Many people that I talk to agree that a regular dating life is important for the health of their relationship. They also often admit that they don’t go on enough dates and many even tell me that they rarely go on dates. I think part of that is because dating can be hard to coordinate…
So we want to do something fun for the summer. One of the things that we believe is that couples need to date more. So we are challenging you to do the 46 challenge. The idea is that you will have 4 dates in 6 weeks with your spouse. If you’re willing to do it,…
So last week, I set out to do my first 30 day challenge. I was going to listen to a TED talk a day. I made it two days. I failed. Not exactly the auspicious start I was hoping for. In fact, I’ve since cancelled that particular challenge. (Hey, I made it up so I…
I have a new post up at the Creative Solutions Counseling webpage regarding our expectations and how they impact our life. Many times, bad expectations lead to bad experiences. Often because our expectations are just impossible. Here's an excerpt from the post: I so firmly believe that one of the most important questions we can…
I stumbled across this video recently. I really like it. In fact, I’m going to do random things for 30 days at a time as experiements. I’ve started today with watching 1 Ted video or reading one transcript for the next 30 days. I think as time goes along I will update how I’m doing…
Have you ever wanted to ask a mental health therapist a question? Well, now you can! We are excited to announce at Joe Martino counseling that we are starting a series called, Joe Knows. We are currently collecting questions that will be chosen at random by us with no real method to the madness. The…
June is a hard month for me. It is both the month that my mom was born (the 7th) and the month that she died (28th). To be honest, I don’t remember much about the month that she died. I was vaccuuming the house when my Dad called to tell me that she had died….
Dr. Robert Lehman recently shared this with me and I thought it was important enough to share. Parental and family time Family celebrations Connecting rituals Familiar and sacred places Shared common interests Family stories and symbols What do you think of the list? Would you add anything? Would you take anything away?
Most of us are not so wise. Fearing the pain involved, almost all of us, to a greater or lesser degree, attempt to avoid problems. We procrastinate, hoping that they will go away. We ignore them, forget them, pretend they do not exist. We even take drugs to assist us in ignoring them, so that…
Are you a slave? It seems absurd to ask that question, doesn’t it? Some may even think it seems too insensitive given the number of actual slaves in the world today. But let me explain. I have seen countless people come through my office doors who are slaves. Some are willing slaves. Some recognize that…
