All Episodes
The Joe Martino Show — 360 episodes
356. The Back-to-School Battle: Anxiety, Stress, and Avoidance
355A. Full Parental Estrangement Episode
355. Let's Talk About Parental Estangement.
354. The Most Important Question We Should Ask About Youth Sports
353. What is Emotional Security? How does it Help People Connect?
352. Why Healthy People Distinguish Between Feeling Unsafe and Discomfort
351. Life is Short. Live Your Life, Do the Thing.
350. How Do We Live with Grief?
349. Constructs: How We Make Sense of Our World.
348. Parenting in the Age of Smartphones and Social Media
347. Your Diagnosis Was Never Meant to Be Your Identity
346. What If Phones Are Just Exposing Us?
345. Growth Requires Movement (Even When You Don’t Feel Like It)
344. 5 Things That Actually Improve Your Mental Health
343. Hurt People, Labels, and the Truth We Avoid
340. You Tried to Talk… They Shut It Down. Now What?
339. What Do You Do When You Don't Like Your Friends Family?
338. The Five-Step Framework for Actually Solving Your Problems
337. Feeling Like No One Understands You? Here’s Why You’re Stuck
336. Why Taking Responsibility Is the Key to Emotional Growth
335. If Peace Requires silence, It's Poison, not Health.
334. Boundaries and Empathy: How to Care Without Losing Yourself
333. Growth Often Feels Like Loss First
332. The Lie We Tell Ourselves About Being “Calm”
331. Emotional Maturity: The Skill No One Taught You
330. How Do We Know if We Had a Good Conversation?
329. Why Some People Feel Attacked by Accountability
328. Big Emotions Happen. They Don't Excuse Bad Behavior
327. Wishing You a Happy Holiday Season.
326. Do You Love Someone Who is Toxic or Do You Just not Like Them?
325. The Counterintuitive Benefit of Reading Books You Don't Like or Agree With
324. Celebrate Failure. Utilize These Five Steps to Improve Your Life
323. How Do Navigate Family Stress at the Holidays?
322. How Much Cancel Culture Lives in All of Us?
321. Your Words Build Your Life. For Better or Worse.
320. The Truth About Change: It Doesn’t Build Character—It Reveals It
319. What Version of You Does Your Family Get?
318. What Do You Do When Your Parents Aren't Healthy?
317: How Do We Talk To Ourselves When It Isn't Working?
316. Want Real Conversations Again? Try the Rule of Three
314. Consumer Church is Killing Us
313. It's not about stirring the pot
312. Slow Down. Breathe. Enjoy Today. Tomorrow isn't Promised
311. What Failure Teaches Us (If We’re Listening)
310. Enough Already: Why Your Value Isn’t Earned—It’s Your Birthright
309. We Think We Want Money, What if We Really Want Meaning?
308. The Art of Doing Less: Savoring Every Moment This Summer
307. Want to Raise Great Kids? Start with These 3 Human Needs
306. The Surprising Reason You’re Still Stuck (And How to Break Free)
305. 8 Surprising Benefits of Conflict in Relationships (Yes, Really!)
304. Men Grieving; Cognitive Distortions and Navigating Our Messy World
303. What does Good Empathy Look Like?
302. The Controversial Truth that Empathy Alone Is Not Enough
301. Men, Grief, and Growth: Navigating Loss with Strength and Support
300. Emotionally Healthy People Know Why Conflict Can Bring You Closer, Not Push You Apart
299. Use Your Voice to Develop Important Character Skills
298. Mastering Anger: How Emotionally Healthy People Stay in Control
297. Transform Your Life by Following Four Simple Rules
296. Healthy People Don't Vilify Those They Disagree With
295. Face Everything! Be Free and Wild
294. You Can Still Achieve Your Goals This Year
293. Final Episode of 2024
292. When Counselors Feel Overwhelmed: A Human Perspective
291. Say No, Protect Your Greatest Power in Parenting
290. Relationship Wins. You Are a Great Parent. Build The Relationship
289. Maybe Bridezilla's Have Something To Teach Us
288. Counseling is More than Talking
287. Emotionally Healthy People Embrace Examination of Their Words
286. Let's Have Better and More Productive Conversations About Book Banning
285. What Kind of Tales Do You Tell Yourself?
284. Sexual Assault and the Church. Interview with Cindy Clemishire
283. In Difficult Times Do These Two Things to Experience Happiness
282. Living in a Time of Grief
281. Why We Need To Let Our Kids Fail
280. Two Keys to Living a Meaningful Life
279. Inside Out 2: A Good Start with a Glaring Problem
278. 10 Ways to Enhance Communication and Deepen Intimacy
277. Utilize these four questions to make difficult decisions.
276. Robert Morris Did Not Have an Affair, He Assaulted a Little Girl
275. People with Peace Filled Lives Know These Two Truths
274. New Research on Screens and Our Emotional Intelligence
273 You won't be happier later if you're not happy now.
272. Build Your Relationship, Don't Burn it Down
271. How do we love our toxic parents and be healthy?
270.Paddle from Both Sides to Spur Growth in Your Life
269. What Good is our Faith?
268. Is Avoiding Conflict Conversations Hurting Your Quality of Life?
267. Constructs Create Our Understanding of the World
266. How to Have the Most Difficult Conversation with Our Children
265. Bad Therapy Book Review Podcast: A book I wanted to love but was left mostly frustrated with
264. Financial Tips to Manage the Difficulties of Life
263. Why I Think it's Incredibly Important to Talk about Men's Mental Health; Responding to an Email
262. Grieving with a Friend: Why It's Important to Show Up
261. Are there hidden dangers to Accommodation Culture?
260. One of the Most Powerful Questions We Can Ask Ourselves is Also the Most Freeing.
259.Can we accept our feelings and love to challenge them at the same time?
258. Embrace this truth to propel yourself onward to a better life
257. What is the responsibility of spouses in men's mental health?
256.Society's Impact on the Mental Health of Men
255. Breaking Barriers: Navigating Men's Mental Health (Part 2)
254. Let's have a Candid Conversation About Men's Mental Health
253. Let's Examine Ourselves to Create a Better Society.
252. "Embracing Every Moment: A Guide to Making the Most of the Days Ahead"
251. Use this Often Forgotten Ingredient to Propel Yourself Toward Change
250. Is Regret the Most Transformative Tool We Have?
249. Boundaries Build Over Time
248. Things Healthy Couples Do (Part 2)
247. Things Healthy Couples Do (part 1)
246. We will Benefit from Creating a Rhythm of Thankfulness
245. Hey Joe, What do you mean when you say...?
244. What are Boundaries? How do they Help Us?
243. The Power of a Simple Phrase to Handle Most Parenting and Relationship Situations.
242. You are the organizational leader of your life
241. Accepting Cognitive Dissonance Will Improve Your Life
240. Beliefs over Emotions: A Journey Beyond Feelings"
239. "Embrace the Discontent: Finding Peace in Not Loving What You Do"
238. Just Win the Next Few Moments
237. Myths and Living Satisfying Lives
236. Obligation, Freedom, Responsibility, and Comfort.
235. Did It not Work or Do We need to Be Willing to Fail Some More
Welcome to Summer Break
234. Effective & Essential Problem Solving Skills
233. Tips for Practicing Identity Parenting with Your Children
232. What You Can Do When You Feel Worn Out
231.The Impact of Covid-19 Causes Concerning Behaviors
230. 7 Steps to Make Stress Your Best Friend
229. Manage Expectations for More Peace
228. Expectations and Acceptance, A Two-sided Coin for Health
227. All Change Is A Process or I want to change but I can't
226. Won't I spoil my kids if I do that?
225. Indentifying with something more than our biggest hurts.
224. Building Relationships
223. There is value in engaging those with whom we disagree.
222. Maybe our kid's behaviors are a mirror for us for self examination
221. How much satisfaction are you getting out of the relationships that have the most of your time?
220. Let's Talk About Sex (Part 3)
219. Let's talk about Sex (Part 2). What Role do Women's Actions Play?
218. Let's Talk About Sex
217. That makes me uncomfortable.
216. When you don't like your kids choices.
215. Seven Questions to Propel You into the New Year
214. Kids and Secret Rebellion
213. Kids and Technology from a Kid's Perspective
212.Virtue Signaling and Cancel Culture Suck...Redemption is a way better approach
211. Year end evaluation; it's not as bad as it sounds
210. Holiday Season is here. Are there physical benefits available?
209. How should we handle rejection?
208. Compromise can be a great tool to build your relationship
207. How do we teach our kids to handle peer pressure?
206. Technology and our kids
205. Raising Emotionally Secure Kids
204. Build healthy couples habits to have a healthy relationship
203. Five Friends and Your Future
202. Students, Fidgeting and Learning. Erica's First Episode!
Break Time. Episodes will resume September 14th
201. Four Filters to use for Better Communication.
200. Dialogues over Monologues
199. What do we do when goals change?
198. Mindshift
197. Choosing our emotions is a great way to a better life
196. Rhythms, Villians, and Heroes
195. Rhythms build your life.
194. You Can Control Your Emotions
193. Let's Talk About Being More Selfish
192. Actions Matching Words and Children
191. Affirmation and Help
190. What can I learn from this?
189. Severity of Consequences, won't get us there. This will
188. Victims, Vacuums, and the Valiant
187. What are they feeling?
186. Consider these eight ways to build emotional strength.
185. What could you change?
184. Some things that emotionally strong people do
183. What happens when you can't find the why?
182. How much of your life does that cost?
181. Is Chasing Happiness Making You Less Happy?
180. Why? How one word can help us be healthier (part 1)
179. Change Your Thinking Change Your Life (part 4)
178. Change your thinking, Change your life (part 3)
177. Change your thinking, change your life (part 2)
176. Defense Mechanisms, Thinking and Healthy Living (part 1)
175. How do we talk to our kids about school shootings?
174. Let's talk about kids and rules. Parenting is hard.
173. Fail at something you love, or something you hate. It is your choice.
172. Safety is overrated; Danger is underrated
172. The Last Seven Weeks
171. Maybe it's not a cry for attention but connection
170. Daughters and Sons. Train them both.
169. Let me introduce you to your best friend
168. Incomplete. Why we need more than motivation.
167. Why is change so hard?
166. Kids and Technology. How do we navigate that?
165. Let's talk about Discouragement and Change
164. What is the difference between Kind and Nice? Why does it Matter?
163. Jesus isn't in Your Political Party and 7 Tips for a Better School Year
162. Spending time with your kids is easier than you might think
161. Setting personal intentions out of realistic expectations
160. Simone Biles, Mental Health and Our Obsession with Sports
159. Three coping mechanisms
158. Let's Talk About Defense Mechanisms
157. Teaching and living Emotional Intelligence
156. Resist. Resist the tempation to do something just because you have to do something
155. What is the difference between being a victim and being the victim?
154. Sexual Assault and Minors
153. We need to talk about sexual abuse amongst minors
152. Forgiveness, New Chapters and Abuse
151. Growth, Risk and Generosity
150. Don't tell your life by one chapter (Part 2)
149. LIfe isn't told by one chapter: Live a missable life
148. Have a happier life by picking fewer battles.
147. Personal Responsibility and Change
146. Don't turn your problems into monsters
145. Avoid CRID by keeping people you disagree with in your life
144. Our Addiction To Anger Is Killing Us (Part 2)
143. Our Addiction To Outrage And Anger Is Killing Us, Not Helping (part 1)
142. Price, Cost, Value
141. Are boundaries mean?
140. Overcoming Two Obstacles To Getting Things Done
139. Before, During and After
138. Four steps to achieving life long growth
137. Parenting During Conflict. What Is Unity?
136. Communicating When We Disagree
135. Three Tools For Change And Growth
134. First Things First: Change Starts In Honesty
133. Play the cards in front of you
132. What Are You Committed To?
131. Own Your Life. Living Intentionally.
130. Intentionally Managing Our Relationships
129. The Power Of The Circle And The Square
128. Thankfulness As A Way Of Life
127. Checking For Negative Overload and Finding the Antidote
126. Your Most Powerful Tool To Facilitate Change
125. Mental Models; How We Find Our Place In This World
124. Examine Why You Do What You Do To Change What You Get
123. Make A Small Shift In Your Thinking To Improve Your Stress Response
122. Who Do You Want To Be When Your Emotions Are Strong?
121. We Can Facilitate Healing Together
120. You Can Be A Great Communicator
119: Cuties: Child Exploitation Or Child Advocacy?
118. One Skill Necessary To Help You Get From Here To There
117. You Are Not An Imposter
116. Listener Emails and a Short Discussion on Trauma
115. Values over Power And Fear
114. Teach Your Kids an Emotional Vocabulary
113: Let's Discuss Spanking; An Interview With Dr. Catherine Mueller Bell
112. The Gift of Thinking About Outcomes
111. Communication that heals
110. The power of admitting. Engage Change
109. You Can Do It. Looking To The Second Half Of This Year.
108. Dealing with Story Failure Creates in a Man's Head
107. Growing up as a black female in America
106. Growing up as a Black Man in America (part 2)
105. Growing up as a black man in America
104. What happens when fear becomes a Virtue? How do we discuss George Floyd
103. Grief. Dealing With The Loss Of Loved Ones
102. Racism And How We Have (or don't) Difficult Conversations
101. Ten Things We Can Do To Have Better Conversations
100. If It Saves One Life, It Is Worth It. What If It Costs A Life?
99. Just Mercy, Engaging conflict fueled communication
98. Can you pass the eyeball test?
97. Responding over Reacting; Live your values
96. Growing by learning from the inside out
95. Facing death, pandemic and fear; Differentiating between our emotions and behavior
94. Covid 19 , Grace, Empathy And Dealing With Hard Emotions
93. Raising A Child With Brittle Bone Disease
92. Let's Talk About Angry People
91. Parenting Gone Wild
90. Dealing With Anxiety In Your Life
89. Hold things in tension to be healthy, and happy
88. Change Your Brain To Be Happy
87. Kobe, Grief And Finding Meaning
86. Why we try to control others and how it is ruining our friendships
85. Five questions to accomplish what you want in 2020
84. Stop Telling Your Kids This One Thing
83. You Need Time To Make Your Goals Work
82. How do we handle the different reactions to the holiday season.
81. Dealing With Family Stress during the Holidays
80. Set Yourself Up For A Great 2020
79. Be More Trustworthy By Not Getting Along With Everyone
78. You should practice your arguments and fights
77. What is emotional reasoning and how do we work around it?
No Episodes For October
76. Cognitive Distortions, our Kids and Anxiety
75. What happens when two strangers meet in a grocery store?
74. Promposals, The Eneagram and Toxic Relationships
73. Suicide Awareness: Maybe Your Teen is Depressed
72. My vacation isn't relaxing and my mom thinks I need meaning
71. Andrew Luck And Our Values
70. Do The Work
69. Dealing with the August Blues
68. Where passion and problem solving cross paths
67. The Beautiful Power Of Habits
66. Foundations for Great Relationships
65. What happens when you don't get along with your family?
64. How do you decide if you made a good decision?
63. You Don't Have To Like Everyone
62. Tolerate distress: One of the biggest keys to a healthy relationship
61. What's the story in your head doing to you?
60. 3 Questions To Ask Your Spouse Today that will Improve Your Relationship
59. What can we learn from an NFL Quaterback about life and parenting?
58. How working at a mental hospital made me a better parent
57. Processing your hurt so you can heal
56. What Kind Of Story Are You Telling
55: You need more than self-love
54. It's time to end the shame
53. Building good habits
52. How does divorce effect adults who were children of divorce
51. Dealing with Grief.
Episode 50. What to do when you feel stuck? Three states of being to help you improve your life
Episode 49: Do you want to be right or reconciled?
Episode 48: From the 5K to the Couch
Episode 47: Can we change our feelings?
Episode 46: Parenting to Principles not Rules
Episode 45: Youth Sports and Families
Episode 44: Mind Games (the sequel)
Episode 43: Find freedom by avoiding power games
Episode 42: Parenting, Regret and Anger
Episode 41: Connected Communication
Episode 40: Dealing with Manipulation
Episode 39: Courage
Episode 38: The Power of Burning Stories
Episode 37: Set yourself up for success in 2019.
Episode 36: What's your theme going to be for the year?
Episode 35: Relational Equity and Thoughts for Divorced Parents
Episode 34. Stratagies to be a better listener during the holidays and all year
Episode 33. Dealing with the Holidays
No Episode this week or next.
Episode 32: Assumptions
Episode 31: Failure
Episode 30: Five words to help you get the right things done
Episode 29: Stop Being So Easily Offended
Episode 28: Use Your Words to Build or Tear Down
Episode 27: From whence comes our self view?
Episode 26: Build a habit of conflict?
Episode 25: Vigorous Debates, Free Speech and Growth
Episode 24: Extreme Ownership and Empathy
Episode 23: Be Thankful: Stop Complaining.
Episode 22: Living in Your Best Mind
Episode 21: Principles to Live
Episode 20. Why can't I ever tell people no?
No Episode this week.
Episode 19. Overcoming Fear
Episode 18: How to Protect all of Your Relationships
Episode 17. What Are You Doing with the Next Six?
Episode 16. What Happens When You Use Universals?
Episode 15: Stop Chasing Happiness
Episode 14. The Mirror Method. Use this tool to improve all of your communication
Episode 13. The Four Emotional Hazards
Episode 12. Suicide
Episode 11. How do you enter back into change?
Episode 10. Love Stories, Life Meaning and Promised Insurance Rant
Episode 09. How to Stop Fighting and Start Communicating
Episode 08. The Three D's
Episode 7. What Drives Your Bus?
Episode 06. What's More Dangerous Than Screen Time for Your Kids?
Ep. 05. Propel Yourself into the Change Process
Ep. 04 When You Screw Up as a Parent
Ep. 3. Managing Expectations
Episode 2. I want to Change, so How do I do it?
Episode 01. Emotional Security: What is it?