The Dr. Matt Podcast

“The next time we meet, we are going to change your life forever.”

That was what I had said to Brian the last time I’d met with him, and here he was again, sitting on my couch. Normally, I don’t thi…

Brian sat in my office for about 10 minutes while I thought about what to say to him. You see, I had decided to fix Brian. And, so far, Brian was not an easy person to fix.

When Brian came into my …

Folks, I’ve been taking a sabbatical for the first part of this year, which, as you know, is a traditional practice for someone like me who normally does the holy work of bestowing sacred teachings t…

Folks, I don’t put much stock in all that hogwash about 2012 being some sort of Apocalyptic year. But, I’m also an advocate of being prepared. So, just in case the world ends in 2012, here are 10 thi…

This week, a video made its way around the Internet of a Texas judge hitting his 16-year-old with a belt. While the video is difficult to watch for some, I feel like it re-ignites an important and on…

Not long ago, The Hollywood Reporter, which is some kind of online smut magazine, published a story with this headline: “Brad Pitt Uses ‘Moneyball’ Promotional Tour to Criticize Jennifer Aniston“.

Ab…

 As I’ve been telling you, you and I are going to change your life.  Hopefully, you’re up to speed on this, because we’ll be a lot more effective in changing your life completely if you know what’s g…

Folks, it’s time for a change.

I don’t mean for me.  I’m happy as a clam who has been invited to a clam honoring ceremony, in which he or she is about to receive an award for Most Delightful Clam.  I…

Dear Dr. Matt-

Hello, My name is Chris and in our High School Biology class, we are doing a project in which we have to interview a certain scientist and make a PowerPoin…

Believe me, no one was more surprised than me when Sally Ann Bopkins came to my office this week. You may remember her from my wildly popular snack-sized book, Just Stop Having Problems, Stupid!, a b…

I don’t know if you know this, but a crisis can often tell you everything you need to know about a person.  Nothing will separate heroes from idiots faster.  There are plenty of examples in the world…

Folks, occasionally people come into my apartment / office looking for a change.  Sometimes it’s a relationship change, or a job change, or a living situ…

Once in a while, someone will come into my apartment / office who I immediately know is going to be interesting.  I mean, someone who just really catches my attention for some undefinable reason.  I …

Folks, I’ve been looking at news from around the world, and I’ve been seeing a common theme. That is, a group of people are saying to another group, “We’re mad as hell, and we aren’t going to take i…

Folks, earlier this week, a friend of mine pointed me to this article entitled, cleverly, “Don’t Follow Your Passion.”

“It’s really good advice,” my friend told me.

Now, I took a gander at this artic…

Folks, it seems like every year we get to a whole new year.  In the past, I know that I’ve said that my only resolution for the new year, if I had one, was to get more famous.  But I’ve learned and g…

Recently, I spent some time in Belize doing some humanitarian work.  You see, while there are some villages that are geographically isolated and don’t have access to the internet, Belize hasn’t typic…

With a busy schedule of public speaking and celebrity endorsements, I haven’t had time to take a lot of appointments from clients.  However, the other day, a client walked in that I hadn’t seen in a …

Hello Dr. Matt,

My boyfriend and I have been together for almost 2 years, though what we have is a long-distance relationship. Before we finally hooked up, he was broken-hearted because his ex left h…

Folks, I read a recent article that said what you probably already knew, that parents love their fat kids less.  Now, the article admitted that parents probably don’t know this, but their actions sai…