My Quest for the Best with Bill Ringle

Episode 246

Donna Marks, deconstructs addictions and their negative consequences

Donna Marks and Bill Ringle discuss the common symptoms and issues relating to addictive behaviors that all small business leaders need to know.

Hosted by: Bill Ringle Released: February 17, 2020 Duration: 0:21:46

Episode Summary

Dr. Donna Marks, author of Exit the Maze: One Addiction, One Cause, One Cure

Authored by Donna Marks

Featured title: Exit the Maze – One Addiction, One Cause, One Cure
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Donna Marks and Bill Ringle discuss the common symptoms and issues relating to addictive behaviors that all small business leaders need to know.

Interview Insights

Top Take-Aways from this Interview

  • Addiction is something you are doing in spite of negative consequences: suffering, financial loss, destroyed relationships, physical impairment, etc.
  • All addictions are merely a substitute for love. A person who is full of love will have no desire to substitute addiction for love.
  • Business owner addictions are commonly related to gambling, drinking, or pornography.

Show Notes

  • Donna Marks shares how her grandmother’s support of her family’s welding business was an early positive role model.  [01:19]
  • She defines addiction based on her work and research. [03:44]
  • What are some of the causes that you think are common for business owners and the harm they’re doing? [04:40]
  • What is the threshold that crosses from something that you do occasionally or is already an addiction? [05:15]
  • Shares what are some of the addictions for women? [08:35]
  • What’s the one cure that you advocate in the book? [09:01]
  • What are the common misconceptions about Freud relating to this area? [11:20]
  • Why is it important for us to be aware of the addiction is in our lives and what should we do about it? [12:21]
  • She shares some books and resources about addiction [16:15]
  • What should someone consider and do once you feel like you need to get some help? [16:35]

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Expert Bio

Dr. Donna Marks, is a psychoanalyst, licensed addictions counselor, author, consultant, public speaker, and an instructor of A Course in Miracles, in Palm Beach, Florida.

For over 30 years, she has helped thousands of people break patterns of addiction.

Her second book Exit the Maze – One Addiction, One Cause, One Cure, explains why the current treatment models have failed and how addiction can be healed and even prevented. It is her mission to save 1 million lives by 2030.

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Web address: www.drdonnamarks.com

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