You can moderate your substance use, but first, question the value you place on heavy use. Belief in moderation is key.

Feeling overwhelmed is common, and for some, it’s frequent. Mark and Michelle share strategies to manage anxiety, offering practical ways to navigate stress and rediscover peace.

Feeling stuck in life? Mark and Michelle share how you can break free from dissatisfaction and struggles by consciously creating a new, fulfilling reality.

Mark and Michelle discuss how shifting from obligations to focusing on what you truly want can positively impact how you feel about yourself and your life.

Mark and Michelle use The Freedom Model to overcome various behaviors, like smoking and gambling, after leaving 12-step programs.

Many feel happier when abstinent, improving relationships, but often return to use. Mark and Michelle explain why replacing habits isn't always effective.

The Freedom Model aims to change global addiction treatment by offering an alternative to the flawed disease-based approach.

We often resist changing harmful habits due to comfort. Mark and Michelle explain why and offer tips on overcoming this resistance for personal growth.

As school starts and life gets busier, don't give up on changing habits—this podcast episode offers motivation to keep going instead of waiting for next year!

Mark and Michelle show how framing addiction as a natural change, not a struggle, helps stop self-conflict and achieve desired changes.

Author Jessi Hartnett discusses overcoming smoking and drinking without rehab or meetings. Her ebook, *Honor Your Heart,* is now available at honoryourheart.net.

You don't need rehab to beat addiction. Most people overcome it at home with less struggle and higher success.

Persistence in The Freedom Model is about genuine change, not rigid recovery protocols or denying what you love.

People naturally form habits, and struggling to change them is normal. Mark and Michelle discuss their experiences and challenge ideas about gratification and positive change.

Mark and Michelle discuss how people transition from addiction and recovery, overcoming loneliness and rediscovering valued activities they once enjoyed.

Mark and Michelle discuss the intense process of writing "The Freedom Model" to help solve PMO addiction, detailing its history and evolution in their workshops.

Just because you don’t use substances or engage in your preferred behavior moderately, doesn’t mean you can’t, it just means you don’t.

Listener requested topic: In addiction treatment and 12-step programs, participants are told to practice absolute honesty while also accepting that substances are powerful and that they are powerless against them. Mark and Michelle explore this contradiction and why it leaves many feeling gaslit and confused in recovery.

People are doing exactly what they want to do at any given moment in time. Understanding this is key when working to solve an addiction.

What or who are you allowing to dictate your life? Join Mark and Michelle as they explore the benefits and challenges of total freedom!

Everyone is unique and therefore your pathway to Freedom from addiction is unique to you! Find out why this matter!

Everyone is unique and therefore your pathway to Freedom from addiction is unique to you! Find out why this matter!

Despite not being alcohol dependent or ever facing severe consequences for her drinking, our guest, Nina , explains how AA's cult mentality convinced her she was an alcoholic.

Are people drawn to behaviors that are deemed as bad or unhealthy? Is it always a struggle to choose eating healthier, exercising?