Category Archives: General Musings

Just a general post, of no specific import, and which I will use from time to time to make quick comments.

Generative Artificial Intelligence

Posted on February 15, 2025 by Dr Joseph Russo

  My robot thinks for me, therefore I am? Artificial Intelligence Scares Me So, now we’re into artificial intelligence everywhere. People in my world are quite proud of themselves when they tell me that no longer ask Google (or Bing) … Continue reading →

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Safe Talk on Campus – the End of Speech and The Deification of Playdoh

Posted on January 12, 2025 by Dr Joseph Russo

A couple of weeks ago, I told my hard-working students that I would be available to them over the coming weekend, “except for Sunday around 11-12 when I will be at Mass.”  Word got back to me that I should … Continue reading →

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The Struggle with Porn is Really a Struggle with Responsibility

Posted on January 12, 2025 by Dr Joseph Russo

[This is for my clients struggling with pornography] In this very short post, as a follow up to what I’ve written recently about the attachment to porn that some 90% of men have (and likely suffer from), I want to … Continue reading →

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Ah, the Childless Life

Posted on November 4, 2024 by Dr Joseph Russo

Saw this today and thought it an interesting response to the whole of “childless life” being somehow better than having kids and rolling the dice. Or, having an “oops” baby and then valuing that child. Disclosure: My wife and I … Continue reading →

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For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, “It might have been.”

Posted on July 19, 2024 by Dr Joseph Russo

For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, “It might have been.” – John Greenleaf Whittier         What does that mean? This quote is about regret and sadness. It is about what might … Continue reading →

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Fix the Problem

Posted on January 24, 2024 by Dr Joseph Russo

Often, we find ourselves in a mess. We’ve had a bad breakup, lost a job, been reprimanded by a boss, received a poor grade on an assignment, or … whatever. As I work in my practice as a life coach … Continue reading →

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Organize a Mastermind Group: Surrounding Ourselves with Life-Givers, not Life-Suckers

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Dr Joseph Russo

This is adapted from Living for Monday, a neat little blog should you ever have occasion to want to, well, live for Mondays. Plus, it was taken from my learnings as a TEC Chair in South Australia, for which I owe … Continue reading →

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Assertiveness – a Primer

Posted on September 10, 2023 by Dr Joseph Russo

One of the downsides to being an Introvert was, for me, an inability to assert myself. I stumbled for words, which only reinforced the idea that I couldn’t do it. Or I wasn’t confident enough in my position or convicted … Continue reading →

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Individuation – Separating from Our Parents

Posted on September 3, 2023 by Dr Joseph Russo

I begin this post with a quote from Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life, in which he summarizes the reasons for, and the process of, separating from our parents: The infant is dependent on his parents for almost everything he … Continue reading →

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Small Talk – the Essential Lubricant

Posted on August 15, 2023 by Dr Joseph Russo

        Small Talk – those polite conversations about unimportant or uncontroversial matters, especially as engaged in on social occasions. Yuck. Talking about unimportant matters? WHO DOES THAT? Why waste my time? Well, it turns out that those … Continue reading →

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