Final Episode of 2024 -

This marks our final episode of the year as we take a well-deserved pause to reflect, recharge, and prepare for an exciting and successful launch into 2025. We’re deeply grateful for every one of you who has joined us on this journey and listened along the way. Thank you for your support, time, and energy—see you in the new year, ready to tackle what’s ahead together!

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Joe Knows

Joe Knows #2: Teen in the home edition

ByJoe Martino August 15, 2013

Here's the second installment answer for Joe Knows. The original post can be found here. Joe Knows is your chance to ask a therapist any question you want to ask but don't want to pay to find the answer. Here’s how it works: People submit a question. A question is chosen at random by someone…

Decision making in relationships. A step by step process to understand expectations

ByJoe Martino July 23, 2012

Recently I started a not series on conflict. This series will not be posted on a schedule but will come at random times and the mood hits me and I feel I have something to write. To see the first post, click here. To catch all of the post filed in the category conflict, click…

Change | Stress/Anxiety

Don’t Quit: An Old Poem For Modern Hard Times

ByJoe Martino July 9, 2024July 9, 2024

This poem hung on the wall in our house as a kid. I saw it repeatedly, slowly sinking into my memory over time. And now, almost everyone I’m talking to mentions life being really hard. So many people talk about giving up.And I get it. Sometimes, I think about quitting. Just selling everything and moving…

Weblogs

Nordstrom’s Employee Handbook — short and sweet – (37signals)

ByJoe Martino November 8, 2010

Nordstrom Rules: Rule #1: Use best judgment in all situations. There will be no additional rules. via 37signals.com I found this by accident. I find it interesting on a number of levels. The comments that followed were interesting for one thing. But what about the concept itself? It seems that everywhere I go people…

Change | Podcast

One of the Most Powerful Questions We Can Ask Ourselves is Also the Most Freeing.

ByJoe Martino February 28, 2024March 5, 2024

In life’s journey, we often face various challenges and obstacles, each demanding our attention and resolution. Yet, amidst this myriad of issues, one fundamental truth remains: we possess the power to choose our response to these problems. While we may not always have control over the circumstances that befall us, we have agency over how…

Your Marriage is Mortal, It can die. You Can Keep It Alive

ByJoe Martino February 11, 2016

The truth is your marriage, my friend’s marriage and my marriage is mortal. They can all die, which is why we must be vigilant in protecting our marriages. We must cultivate them.
When things are going ravishingly well, we must work at it. When dry and difficult times come we must work at it.
Admitting that our bodies are mortal does not mean that we want to die prematurely. The same is true for marriages. When I was married I made a promise to stay that way until death separated us and I meant it.
Denying that my marriage is mortal doesn’t make that promise any stronger. It does not make my marriage stronger, in fact I think it makes it more vulnerable.

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