Being there for your kids

Being stuck sucks. We usually stay stuck because we're used to it and can't imagine life ever being better. Helping patients soar in the light is the goal of mentalligent psychotherapy (MPT). Are you stuck? What's keeping you stuck? Do you want to soar? Check out my new book, The Healing Journey: Overcoming Adversity on the Path to the Good Life. Buy your copy on amazonbooks.com. Follow this link: https://a.co/d/0dxH5xOL

Blessings,

Dr. Jon

It's easy to be grateful for the good stuff in our lives. We got lucky. We're living right. We're making good decisions. But what about the bad stuff. That's what keeps us stuck. Learning to soar on our healing journey begins with embracing the bad stuff and seeing how we grew from it. Find out how Ethan embraced gratitude in my new book, The Healing Journey: Overcoming Adversity on the Path to the Good Life. Buy your copy on amazonbook.com. Follow this link:  https://a.co/d/0dxH5xOL

Blessings,

Dr. Jon

Did you know you could become a "Mompreneur?" It's a fun and lucrative way to stay at home and provide for your children, while also adding to the family income. My good friend and colleague, Emily Graham (www.mightymoms.net) shared with me tips on becoming a mompreneur. And now I pass them on to you.

Blessings,

Dr. Jon

Do you typically find yourself bogged down in what's wrong? Or are you in search of what's right in your life. Focusing on the positive can make a huge difference in affect, activity, and accomplishment. Amanda's healing journey from stuck in depression to soaring in positivity is chronicled in my new book, The Healing Journey: Overcoming Adversity on the Path to the Good Life. Buy your copy at amazonbooks.com. Follow this link: https://a.co/d/0dxH5xOL.

Blessings,

Dr. Jon

Lots of life choices chang who we are. Where to go to school. Who to marry. Having children. Add to the list your choice to get started in counseling or psychotherapy. In this podcast I share tips about what to include in finding an effective therapist. I also identify how mentalligent psychotherapy (MPT) utilizes components that help you get unstuck and then begin to soar. Check it out at The Healing Journey: Overcoming Adversity on the Path to the Good Life, my new book on amazonbooks.com. Follow this link: https://a.co/d/0dxH5xOL

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Loving yourself is both a skill and an art. It leads to increased self-esteem and self-confidence. It helps you soar as you overcome adversity. With mentalligent psychotherapy (MPT) patients can learn to love themselves through the seamless weaving of mindfulness, positive psychology, and cognitive behavioral interventions. Check it out in my new book, The Healing Journey: Overcoming Adversity on the Path to the Good Life. Buy your copy on amazonbooks.com. Use this link: https://a.co/d/0dxH5xOL.

Blessings,

Dr. Jon

We need a degree, certification, license, or other such credentials to do our jobs. We get nothing to help us learn to be good parents. What's with that? In this podcast, I'm sharing with you one of the hallmarks of effective parenting. For more examples, buy your copy of my new book, The Healing Journey: Overcoming Adversity on the Path to the Good Life on amazonbooks.com. Follow this link: https://a.co/d/0dxH5xOL

Blessings,

Dr. Jon

The most wonderful, curious, and confusing thing about parenting is what kids come up with. Each exchange is a challenge. Do you impart wisdom? scold? challenge? Or do you just go with it? My daughter, Rachel, asked me a question when she was 7 years old. "Who peed in your cornflakes?" Whoa!! What did you say? I was about to go off about her being disrespectful to her elders when I stopped myself and took a cleansing breath. Putting it all in perspective, I realized that she was right, as I was being unfair to her. Patients also say the...

There's a word you don't hear very often. When your brain is working as it is supposed to, it's shutting down often used but unhealthy neuropathways and shifting to new, healthier ones. Over time, these new pathways become engrained, and you are changing how you think, feel, and react. Andy had a lot of work to do to get unstuck, but he stayed with the process on his healing journey and is now soaring. Find more about his healing in my new book, The Healing Journey: Overcoming Adversity on the Path to the Good Life. Buy your copy at...

Being grateful is not just a moment. It's a mindset. Having an attitude of gratitude can set the context for each of your days. I know. You are grateful for your spouse, for your job, for life. That's the big stuff. How about the little stuff? She really made an effort to put together a great meal tonight. Your little girl gave you a big hug and said, "I love you, daddy" just out of the blue. You hit all green lights coming home from work. Gratitude energizes you. Give it a shot. Make a habit of noting in...

Mindfulness is one of those funky words that only shrinks use. However, most of us know how to be present, to focus on your now. In Mentalligent Psychotherapy (MPT) this helps you set aside issues and redirecting your energy on what works to soar. Be mindful and embrace possibilities for soaring. Check out my new book, The Healing Journey: Overcoming Adversity on the Path to the Good Life. Buy your copy at amazonbooks.com. Click on this link: https://a.co/d/0dxH5xOL.

Blessings,

Dr. Jon

Sadly, or happily, all of us fail at something. Sometimes we fail often. I would contend, however, that there is no such thing as failure, only an arbitrary limitation of options. Continue finding options and your worst nightmare will be just another opportunity for success. Avery wants a relationship but she is having "boy problems" in her sophomore year of college. While giving up and becoming a nun is her go-to option, I help her avoid that one and find more options. No failure there. Buy your copy of my new book, The Healing Journey: Overcoming Adversity on the...

We all know what being stuck is like. How about soaring? Birds with large wingspans fly on thermal updrafts with their wings out, catching the current and soaring up and up on it. Imagine. If you find yourself stuck in lunhappy, unhealthy circumstances, starting your healing journey might just lead you out of being stuck and onto soaring. In my new book, The Healing Journey: Overcoming Adversity on the Path to the Good Life, I teach you and give plenty of examples of how to soar, making the most out of your life. Buy your copy at amazonbooks.com...

Does it feel like you are always walking through deep mud? Slogging along but not getting very far. Going in the same direction but not getting very far? Does it feel helpless? hopeless? Ya know, insanity is not just being bat bonkers. Insanity is also defined as doing the same thing over and over again, only to get the same results. Getting nowhere fast, huh? In my new book, The Healing Journey: Overcoming Adversity on the Path to the Good Life, I share with you many examples of people who are stuck,but finding new ways to get unstuck...

Things happen, ya know? We don't ask for the bad stuff. It just happens. For people with stress, anxiety, or depression, those things become a burden that weighs them down. What if we were able to convert that burden to a bridge. It would become a means to leave the past behind and forge ahead, soaring to t new tomorrow. Find April's story in my new book, The Healing Journey: Overcoming Adversity on the Path to the Good Life. Buy your copy on amazonbooks.com. Follow this link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CY9PQXMZ

Blessings, 

If you are living your life, not knowing that there is a problem, and you don't know that you don't know, then you are clueless. If they haven't already, hopefully a good friend, spouse, co-worker will let you know how your words and actions impact them. Then, with good motivation, you can begin your healing journey in therapy. Being clueless is the starting point of getting well. In this podcast, I share with you the 4 stages of any healing journey. Your therapist is your guide and helping you get there is your therapist's goal. Check out my new book...

Being strong emotionally in relationships is mostly a blessing to both you and your partner, until it isn't. If you are the one always doing the right thing, always putting your partner ahead of yourself, always giving in, then that's not strength. That's sacrifice, but not the healthy kind. The curse of being strong becomes a blessing when you set healthy boundaries, balance self-care with other-care, divide up responsibilities and delegate. Find out more about turning this relational curse into a blessing in my new book, The Healing Journey: Overcoming Adversity on the Path to the Good Life. Buy...

Eudaimonia is a Greek word that captures "Self-Flourishing." When you are eudaimonic, you are embracing who you are, living in the moment, being self-compassionate, and finding the positive. What a great opportunity to enjoy your life to the fullest. Follow more of Shannon's story in my new book, The Healing Journey: Overcoming Adversity on the Path to the Good Life. Buy your copy at amazonbooks.com. Follow this link: https://www.amazon.com/Healing-Journey.../dp/B0CY9PQXMZ

Blessings,

Dr. Jon

AI, that is Artificial Intelligence, is here to stay. It's our job to use it wisely. I have resources to help you do just that. Don't let AI take control of you. Be you and stay in charge of how you use AI. When you, your kids, or others fall down that dark hole, understand your feelings and help others with active listening to climb back out of that hole. More on this in my new book, The Healing Journey: Overcoming Adversity on the Path to the Good Life. Buy your copy on amazonbooks.com. Follow this link: 

Did you know? While anger is probably the single most prevalent negative feeling, it is ALWAYS a secondary feeling. We can rant and bluster with the best of them, only to cover up what we are really feeling. The primary feelings are morel vulnerable and private. Yet, when they see the light of day, sharing these primary feelings can greatly increase emotional intimacy. In my new book, The Healing Journey: Overcoming Adversity on the Path to the Good Life, follow Bethany and Jake's discovery of emotional intimacy in their marital therapy. When attacked with anger, the journey starts with...

     When something goes wrong in your life, it's easy to fix blame, either on yourself or on others. While you may be right, how helpful is the blame game? Usually, it just stirs up hard feelings. On this podcast, I encourage you to nix the blame game. Go away from awareness of your performance. Try becoming meta-aware. That is, look around the circumstances to understand context and perspective on what just happened. The blame game is a common pattern that mentalligent psychotherapy (MPT) addresses in my new book, The Healing Journey: Overcoming Adversity on the Path to the Good Lif...

Being stuck in life is no fun. Ho hum. What's new? Or worse, more trouble. Why do I keep doing that? When you realize that you are stuck in a life that's going nowhere, begin your healing journey by starting therapy. Your therapist will be your guide on your healing journey, help you get there, and share tools and life skills that will keep you soaring. Part of Hayley and Jamie's healing journey in couples therapy is included in my new book, The Healing Journey: Overcoming Adversity on the Path to the Good Life. Buy your copy at amazonbooks...

This is a pivotal question in a growing relationship. Kinda taking it all to the next level. Taking time to talk through such questions with your partner and your therapist gives you a leg up on getting it all right. Begin following Hayley and Jamie's healing journey and learn the 4 stages of the healing process by listening to this podcast. The "rest of the story" is in my new book, The Healing Journey: Overcoming Adversity on the Path to the Good Life. Go to amazonbooks.com to buy your copy. Follow this link: https://www.amazon.com/Healing-Journey.../dp...

Starting psychotherapy is a big deal. Something's happened in your life and it's not going well. You know therapy is an option, but you're not sure it's "right for you." You've always been able to take care of yourself. But this time? Maybe you'll look into it and give it a try. There's this one guy you've heard good things about. Maybe...  My new book, The Healing Journey: Overcoming Adversity on the Path to the Good Life has a bunch of examples of effective psychotherapy as I introduce what I call Mentalligent Psychotherapy (MPT). Buy your copy on amazonbooks.co...

Many of our life occurrences can leave us feeling bummed out. Part of soaring is not letting the bad stuff linger. In my new book, The Healing Journey: Overcoming Adversity on the Path to the Good Life, I introduce what I call Mentalligent Psychotherapy (MPT). With MPT, you artfully weave three components into your fabric of your healing journey. Feeling bummed out with life can keep you stuck. The MPT strategies of mindfulness, positive psychology, and cognitive behavioral therapy can help you soar. Buy your copy at amazonbooks.com. Follow this link:

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Living on the edge is a precarious place to be. Not sure of your footing. Having to hold on. Too much going on. Feeling overwhelmed. People find themselves living on the edge when they use a lot of extreme words to describe their situation. Words like always, only, ever, never, should, would, could shift your references to the extreme, giving you less latitude to work through the circumstances. Modulate your words and expand your possibilities for mid-course correction. Release your stuckness and soar. Find out more in my new book, The Healing Journey: Overcoming Adversity on the Path to...

Life nowadays can be so overwhelming and crazy that it feels like you are going nuts, but probably not. However, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. If this is you, counseling or psychotherapy may launch you on your healing journey. Check out my new book, The Healing Journey: Overcoming Adversity on the Path to the Good Life. Buy your copy on amazonbooks.com by clicking on https://www.amazon.com/Healing-Journey.../dp/B0CY9PQXMZ.

It's true. What you pay attention to grows. Focus on the negative, negative grows. Focus on the positive, and the positive grows. While we do need to address feeling overwhelmed and put the negative in perspective, your healing journey begins when you pay attention to the positive. Check out my new book, The Healing Journey: Overcoming Adversity on the Path to the Good Life on amazonbooks.com by clicking on https://www.amazon.com/Healing-Journey.../dp/B0CY9PQXMZ Blessings, 

Dr. Jon

Ya know, each of us has so much going on all at once that life can be overwhelming. Making sense out of it all can be really hard. Other people's words can be hurtful and explosive, especially if you don't know where they are coming from. Ya know what else, when you are stuck like this, don't take it personally. In my new book, The Healing Journey: Overcoming Adversity on the Path to the Good Life, I offer this as a rule for life. Finding out what else is going on opens the door to greater emotional intimacy. Buy...

Life can get so hectic so quickly sometimes that we all just need to breathe. Today's youth tell us to "Just take a chill pill." Good advice. In my new book, The Healing Journey: Overcoming Adversity on the Path to the Good Life, I share my mentalligent psychotherapy (MPT) components in real-life therapy sessions. Using mindfulness, positive psychology, and cognitive behaviors strategies blended seamlessly together are the ingredients for a stress-relieving chill pill. Buy your copy on amazonbooks.com at https://www.amazon.com/Healing-Journey.../dp/B0CY9PQXMZ. 

Your choice. Focus on the negative and it grows. Focus on the positive and it grows. The negative spirals you down and into your stuck-ness. The positive spirals you upward on your healing journey to soaring. My new book, The Healing Journey: Overcoming Adversity on the Path to the Good Life is a good place to change your perspective. Buy your copy at

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Blessings, 

Dr. Jon

Your daily activities determine how you reach your goals and how you feel about yourself. When you are in a downward spiral of stuck-ness, there's not much movement. Progress is slow. To begin upward soaring, consider adding therapeutic journaling as a part of your daily regimen. It's a great habit to develop. In my new book, The Healing Journey: Overcoming Adversity on the Path to the Good Life, I explain how helpful therapeutic journaling can be to your healing process. Buy your copy at amazonbooks.com. Click

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Sorry for messing with you to get your attention. Your business is your own, but I do want to talk about your mind and how you can traverse stages on your healing journey, actually changing how our brain functions. There are 4 stages to your healing journey. Making the commitment to healing change, your brain develops brand new neuropathways. This process, called neurogenesis, is the source of hope and change with counseling and psychotherapy. Check out my new book, The Healing Journey: Overcoming Adversity on the Path to the Good Life. Buy your copy at amazonbooks.com by clicking over...

We all endure hardships of one sort or another. If we let them, they will turn into downward spirals that leave us feeling helpless and alone. What if you could take all of that mess that is yours and turn it from a curse into a blessing? In my book, The Healing Journey: Overcoming Adversity on the Path to the Good Life, I explain using mentalligent psychotherapy (MPT) as a healing journey where your therapist is your guide in seamlessly weaving together mindfulness, positive psychology, and cognitive behavioral strategies to help you out of your stuck-ness and begin soaring...

When we grumble about what's wrong in our life, we stay on a downward spiral. I call it the "Woe is me." Eeyore syndrome. It's hard to function while grumbling, and grumbling affects your surroundings as well. Using mentalligent psychotherapy (MPT), I help guide my patients find things in their lives to be grateful for, however how miniscule it might seem to their problems. It's true. Gratitude affects attitude. When you are mindful, focus on the positive, and reframe difficult events in your life, you can turn a downward spiral into upward soaring. My new book, The Healing Journey...

We all worry, about all sorts of stuff. Is it possible to be worry-free? It is if you learn to trade in any budding worry for curiosity. When you do that, your "what if" worry questions become "I wonder" curiosity statements. Add a potential positive outcome to your curiosity and you generate creative thinking and positive action to keep your worry at bay. Little Jonny (that's me, back in the day) thought to himself, "What if I fail this science test after all the work I've put into studying for it?"  He remembers the "I wonder" trick and asks h...

As we let go of the past and look forward to the future for a new year, we become more hopeful. Mentalligent Psychotherapy (MPT) offers you that hope on your healing journey. Check out how high school senior Kelly climbs out of her despair of being dumped by her boyfriend and finds hope as I use mindfulness, positive psychology, and cognitive behavioral strategies to guide her on her healing journey. Blessings, Dr. Jon

Everybody gets sad one time or another and for various reasons. What you do with that sadness can define your quality of life. The holidays are often occasions when feeling sad can overwhelm us and take us out of a good mood. Follow little Becky's exchange with her mama over the recent death of her Nana and hear an example of using mentalligent psychotherapy to conquer your holiday blues. For more on MPT, buy my new book, The Healing Journey: Overcoming Adversity on the Path to the Good Life, at amazonbooks.com. Click on https://www.amazon.com/dp...

Are you one of the gazillion people who consistently wear masks? You know, the mask that hides what you are really feeling?  Mask-wearers often engage in happy talk with others. Playing the game of socializing when you really don't feel like it. How about trading in your fake happy for real happy. Mentalligent Psychotherapy (MPT) can help you do that. By using the treatment strategies of mindfulness, positive psychology, and cognitive-behavioral interventions, you can leave your stuckness of fake happy behind and begin to soar toward real happy. Find more in my new book, The Healing Journey: Overcoming Adversity o...

Clinical depression lives in about 20% of our population. Yet, we are one of the wealthiest countries in the world. Clearly, money doesn't buy happiness. One of the sources of stuckness is having a consumer-generated perspective. The more I have, the better I'll feel. Nope. Not so. One of your mental pathways on your healing journey is to trade in your consumerism , which keeps you stuck, and become more grateful, which frees you to soar. Gratitude motivates us to give to others, reach out, enjoy with others what we have. Focusing on our gratitude is one of the elements of...