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It is often painful — sometimes downright traumatic–for people who have effected a change within themselves to re-enter a society where nothing has changed. (24)

– M.Scott Peck

Change | Communication

Effectively Communicating to Bring Health and Healing to Your Relationship

ByJoe Martino January 15, 2024January 8, 2024

Mike and Ashley came to see me because they wanted their relationship to improve. There were no affairs, and there was no abuse. They just didn’t feel connected. Married for almost 12 years, they had four kids, two dogs, and a lovely house. Their cars were paid off, and they had very little debt. He worked…

Books | Change

Pondering Change: Book Style

ByJoe Martino September 4, 2013

And so we retreat, back to what we’ve always known. There is a suffocating comfort to it all. Letting go is not easy. The hoarders we see on TV who are stockpiling cats and newspapers have nothing on us emotional hoarders. At least the things they refuse to give up create physical piles before their…

Addiction | Change | Counseling | Weblogs

Addiction, Self-responsibility and the Importance of Choice | Psychology Today

ByJoe Martino December 29, 2010

One of the central facets of addiction is the unwillingness to take responsibility. Without exercising the all-important watershed of self-responsibility, breaking the compulsive cycle that leads to addictive behavior is all but impossible. Systems like AA or the Minnesota Model, which allow the abdication of self-responsibility to The Program, The Meeting, The Sponsor and even…

Change | Children | Relationships

What makes a good story?

ByJoe Martino January 10, 2012

Yesterday I wrote about the fact that we are telling a story with our life. We are producing a movie in real time. Sometimes that story is not so good. Sometimes we tell a bad story. We get caught in things that do not matter or plot lines that are toxic, corrosive and destructive. In…

Change | Relationships

Conflict is your best friend and a great ingredient for true love

ByJoe Martino March 11, 2024

The following is an expert from The Emotionally Secure Couple. Chapter 8 deals with conflict. The book can be bought wherever quality books are sold and at our offices. Storytellers love conflict. Seriously. Think about our modern-day bards—they all tell tales of high conflict. This conflict gives the hero or heroine in the story purpose…

Change | Podcast

Can we accept our feelings and love to challenge them at the same time?

ByJoe Martino February 21, 2024March 5, 2024

We all have emotions and feelings. For a long time, it seemed like our society tried hard to downplay emotions, and we’ve done a lot of work as a society to incorporate our feelings and emotions into our collective consciousness, but have we overcorrected? Allowing our feelings to steer the course of our lives can…

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Stephanie says:

February 21, 2011 at 2:48 pm

Hi, Joe! Thanks for stopping by. Here’s a link to my thoughts on Sacred Rhythms –
http://garcias2chile.blogspot.com/2010/05/reading-update-sacred-rhythms.html

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