Linda M. Rio, MA, MFT

Linda M. Rio, MA, MFT Marriage and Family Therapy(MFT): Individual, couples/marital therapy, adolescents, families: AAMFT

"The Hormone Factor in Mental Health: Bridging the Mind-body Gap", is edited by Linda Rio, with chapter contributions by her as well as some of the world's top specialists in the fields of endocrinology, neuroendocrine neurosurgery, family therapy, psychiatry, nutrition, and patient advocacy.

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09/24/2025

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We often believe that happiness and peace will come when the world around us changes—when people treat us better, when circumstances improve, when life finally gives us what we want. But the truth is the opposite: real change begins within.

When you cultivate patience, suddenly people’s words don’t hurt you as much.
When you practice gratitude, you begin to see blessings where before you only saw problems.
When you learn to let go, situations that once felt unbearable lose their grip on your heart.

The Buddha taught that our outer world is a reflection of our inner world. If our mind is filled with anger, everything looks like an enemy. If our heart is full of compassion, even strangers feel like friends.

✨ Inner peace creates outer harmony.
✨ Inner clarity brings outer balance.
✨ Inner love attracts outer love.

So instead of waiting for the world to change, start changing the way you see, think, and respond. Meditation, mindfulness, and compassion are the tools to transform within—and as you do, life around you begins to transform in the most unexpected and beautiful ways.

🙏 Change your mind, and you change your world.

09/18/2025

I like the term "selective empathy" that I read about today. This refers to today's political climate of only mourning or feeling sorrow for one's own lost/murdered leaders. We must find ways to heal this nation/world, and I believe we cannot look only to our leaders; we each must do our part.

Every day, each of us must begin to look inward and be willing to take personal responsibility for our own well-being, as well as for how we affect others. There was a time in the past when we were taught that how we behave toward others was an important value.

Unless we realize that we do impact one another and that we live in a community, a very large community of the world, we will continue to see the decline of civilized discourse and behavior, and we will all suffer for this.

I was taught as a child that how I acted, talked, dressed, and behaved in public was a reflection on my family as well as myself. And, that I owed my family and myself respect. This was a basic value, along with others that were the cornerstones of child rearing at the time. Children, and apparently adults too, need to be held accountable not by punishing but by example and well-taught lessons. We all need to be who we expect our children to be. It takes work to be a good human being, but this world deserves the hard work; our children deserve a well-worked future.

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09/02/2025

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"The Hormone Factor in Mental Health: Bridging the Mind-body Gap", is edited by Linda Rio, with chapter contributions by her as well as some of the world's top specialists in the fields of endocrinology, neuroendocrine neurosurgery, family therapy, psychiatry, nutrition, and patient advocacy.