Podcast

Enough Already: Why Your Value Isn’t Earned—It’s Your Birthright

ByJoe Martino May 21, 2025May 21, 2025

This weekend, I was reminded why I love sports so much. Friends sent me a video of their son playing in a weekend tournament—the final moments captured one of those beautiful truths that sports offer us all. That’s the first half of today’s episode. In the second half, I want to share something powerful—something that, if you truly embrace it, can radically change your life. Listen in as I unpack these ideas and give you some exciting updates on what’s ahead this summer.

Couples Counseling | Marriage | Points to Ponder

Points to Ponder (100 Words or Less)
ByJoe Martino January 17, 2011

Love is sacrifice. When we start to demand our rights we have stopped loving our spouse or our kids. When we stop sacrificing, we stop loving. Love goes against logic, which tells us to look out for ourselves first and foremost. Love and sacrifice cannot be seperated. (47)

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Podcast

The Power of a Simple Phrase to Handle Most Parenting and Relationship Situations. Podcast Episode 243.
ByJoe Martino November 1, 2023November 1, 2023

The phrase “tell me more” holds significant power in parenting. When parents employ this simple yet empathetic request, it opens the door for open communication between them and their children. By inviting their children to share their thoughts, feelings, and experiences, parents create a safe space where trust can flourish. This phrase demonstrates active listening,…

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Family | Relationships

Do you give yourself a hall pass
ByJoe Martino February 27, 2020

Relationships are hard They can have painful experiences. Those painful experiences from past experiences can cast shadows into our current relationships. People are complicated messes. Even, perhaps especially, the people we love. Often, when I'm working with a couple I will see a phenomenon I call "Hall Pass." When they are feeling their loved ones…

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Change

Change Never Happens All at Once—And That’s the Point
ByJoe Martino December 2, 2025December 2, 2025

Every day, I sit with people who are desperate to change something in their lives. Their habits. Their relationships. Their patterns. Their choices. Their reactions. Their pain. The specifics vary, but the struggle is the same. They want transformation, and they want it now. But here’s the truth that usually lands like a brick: change…

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Children | Parenting

Everyone Wins! Just for showing up? (Part 4)
ByJoe Martino September 19, 2011

Part one can be found here and part two can be found here. You can find part three here. What has been the cause of this idea that everyone should win just for showing up? Certainly, part of it is good intentions. Of course, there is an old saying about the path to a certain…

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Books | Counseling | Couples Counseling

The Emotionally Secure Couple: Chapter One
ByJoe Martino March 1, 2018

Then we try to soothe our pain. We try to soothe it by working out or making millions of dollars or getting involved in church. We try to outdo our shame, falsely believing that we can outrun it through activity. The net result becomes a heaping of shame on top of shame. Our activity does not do away with our shame; instead, it numbs our response to it. A numb soul tends to be numb to everything. This causes us to pick activities that keep us from connecting with someone else, which causes us to experience more shame.

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