Counseling | Life Coaching | Chris Kourtakis

Your Past Does Not Define Your Future

Posted on December 22, 2025 (December 22, 2025) by Arnold Gonzalez

Sure, your past may have sucked. It may have been hard. But it doesn’t have to define you as a person, and it doesn’t define the future version of you. So many clients come in and say that therapy has never worked for them in the past. They say to me that their past is […]

Never Date Or Marry Their Potential

Posted on October 13, 2025 (October 13, 2025) by JastMedia

Oh, the possibilities. Oh, the potential that they could be. Potential can be a very dangerous thing. Potential can give someone more power than they may deserve. Now I’m not saying that you should not consider someone’s potential and be their biggest cheerleader while they reach their highest potential. I am stating the importance of […]

No Reason To Chase… Ever

Posted on September 29, 2025 (September 29, 2025) by JastMedia

No matter which dating coach you listen to, they all say never to chase. Coaches are telling the women to never chase men and men are being told to never chase women. If this is the case that no one is supposed to chase, then how will anyone ever get together if no one is […]

Put Yourself Out There and Watch The Magic Happen

Posted on September 22, 2025 (December 22, 2025) by JastMedia

Over the past couples of weeks, I have taken on individuals as new clients who felt stuck or felt like they were going to “disappear” from their current lives or situations. A couple of them are going through divorces and feel that their friends will choose sides. Others feel like they are about to lose […]

Quickest Path to Divorce: The One Key Indicator

Posted on September 10, 2025 (September 10, 2025) by JastMedia

People and couples ask me all the time what are some of the things that I see in my sessions that are key indicators that couples will get divorced or that this one thing will lead to the relationship breaking up. Is there a magic indicator? I am sure there is, and I am sure […]

If You Were on Your Death Bed

Posted on February 24, 2025 (February 24, 2025) by JastMedia

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If you were laying on your death bed, what is the last thing that you will talk about or think about? Will it be the holiday in Greece? Will it be the company that you started from scratch and sold for millions? How are you currently measuring your life successes? Are you truly happy with […]

Say YES! to Everything

Posted on February 17, 2025 (February 17, 2025) by JastMedia

Say YES to yourself and good things will happen. Saying yes to yourself will lead to positive outcomes. Saying YES to yourself will open opportunities that you never knew existed. Grant Cardone says that he says yes to everything. He says yes to his family, to business meetings, to upcoming projects. Grant says yes to […]

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Is porn good for you?

Posted on February 17, 2025 (February 17, 2025) by JastMedia

Should we leave the porn to the porn stars or is there some good that can come out of watching porn? This is the question that I asked one of my clients the other day that thinks watching porn daily is good for him. So, I asked him for examples of how it is good […]