Everything matters. Celebrate the ordinary -

“Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think: there are no little things.” — Bruce Barton

Point To Ponder (100 Words or less)

ByJoe Martino November 2, 2010

Eventually everyone has to move beyond the wounds and the hurts they experienced as children and learn to parent their own children in a new and better way. The excuse that I didn't have good parents simply won't fly in the end.We need to stop the cycle. Beyond that we need to move to the…

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…

Addiction | Change | Depression | Mental Illness | Stress/Anxiety

Do Anti-Depressant Meds work?

ByJoe Martino February 10, 2014

What the published studies really indicate is that most of the improvement shown by depressed people when they take antidepressants is due to the placebo effect. Our finding that most of the effects of antidepressants could be explained as a placebo effect was only the first

Change | Depression | Stress/Anxiety

A simple life-hack to be happier

ByJoe Martino January 9, 2020

I live in the North. And it's January. In the North in January, there isn't a lot of sunshine. And a lot of people feel that they are more depressed in the winter at least in part because of that reality. You leave the house and it's dark. You leave work and it's dark. It…

Conflict Resolution | Couples Counseling | Family | Main Ideas | Parenting

6 rules of communication. Beginning thoughts on conflict.

ByJoe Martino July 13, 2012

Conflict is something we all have in life. No matter how good the relationship, people disagree. Typically, we do everything we can to avoid conflict. Some people use aggression to blow the conflict up while others use passiveness and run away. Probably most of us fit somewhere in the middle of those two positions. But…

Change | Children | Parenting | Trauma

Breaking Free: Overcoming Toxic Parenting for a Brighter Future

ByJoe Martino April 22, 2024April 22, 2024

Breaking the Cycle: Healing from Toxic Parenting – Dive into the profound impact toxic parenting has on children’s mental and emotional well-being, echoing into the adults they become! Uncover the telltale signs of toxic parenting behaviors and grasp the correlation between parental psychological abuse and mental health. Empower yourself with effective strategies for breaking the cycle and embarking on a journey of healing from past trauma. This installment marks the second part of an enlightening series, laying the groundwork for future explorations into this critical topic. You can find part one

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