Counseling

Have you heard about the NOW clinic?

ByJoe Martino June 16, 2014

Have you heard about the now clinic coming to Grand Rapids? Sometimes, you need to be heard today.

Counseling | Current Affairs | Inspiration

It’s Ok to Be Hurting. Just Keep Going.
ByJoe Martino November 4, 2025November 4, 2025

So many people are hurting right now. There are days when getting out of bed feels like an act of rebellion. When the world feels too heavy, and hope feels too small to matter. Maybe it’s the loss that won’t heal, the mistake that won’t stop echoing, or the endless cycle of trying and failing…

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Counseling | Relationships

Why? Gains, Goals, Pursuits and Reactions? 5 questions to understand those who drive us nuts.
ByJoe Martino November 23, 2010

Have you ever been hurt by someone you cared about? Have you ever been annoyed by someone you could care less about? Have you ever looked at someone's actions or activities and thought, "What in the world are they thinking? I think we all have some part of these elements in our history. We have…

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Counseling | Couples Counseling | Family | Main Ideas | Marriage | Relationships

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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Counseling | Current Affairs

Those who disagree with us are not our enemies.
ByJoe Martino April 30, 2020

We have to develop the ability to hold two things in our minds at once. I pray that we return to being people who value questions. We need to step away from our identity politics and embrace that those who disagree with us are also people just like us. We have to fight against our normal nature of craving certainty. Certainty is good until it becomes the thing destroying us. There is no such thing as a life or a relationship without danger and disagreement.

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Change | Counseling

If you want to start something new, you’ll need to stop something old
ByJoe Martino October 31, 2017

I often meet people who tell me about their wishes. Sometimes, they call these wishes goals and I call them wishes. They want to do this thing they're talking about…. ……build a business ……start a non-profit …….go back to school …..write a novel ……get healthier ….do something they are…

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Counseling | Forgiveness | Podcast | Religion

Is There Value In Talking About Uncomfortable Topics?
ByJoe Martino August 20, 2024August 20, 2024

Tomorrow, my interview with Cindy Clemshire will be published.I’ve received feedback from some who question why I’m doing this interview, and a few have even suggested that I shouldn’t. I want to take a moment to explain why I believe this interview is not only important but necessary. This interview is not an attack on…

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