Parenting with Strength & Self-Care
At Gorkin Media, we know that you cannot parent from an empty cup. Showing up for them means making space to restore, recharge, and nurture yourself, too. That’s why Mark Gorkin—widely known as The Stress Doc®—brings parents a wealth of insight, strategies, and encouragement. As a licensed therapist, speaker, and author, Mark has dedicated his career to helping families reduce stress, build resilience, and create healthier connections. Take a moment to explore the resources below and discover ways to nurture yourself while nurturing your family.
Practice Safe Stress: Healing & Laughing in the Face of Stress, Burnout + Depression
Practice Safe Stress: Healing and Laughing in the Face of Stress, Burnout, & Depression takes on the “Toxic Trio” with equal parts insight and humor. Blending practical strategies, playful perspective, and personal experience, Mark Gorkin (The Stress Doc®) shows how to transform stress, burnout, and depression into energy, creativity, and achievement. From the “Four Stages of Burnout” to the power of “Emancipation Procrastination,” this guide is packed with memorable tools, satirical essays, and witty “psychohumor” that make wellness both inspiring and fun. A fast-paced, easy-to-follow resource you’ll turn to again and again for stress relief, resilience, and renewed focus.
Preserving Human Touch in a High Tech World: Writings, Raps & Rhymes on Stress Resiliency, Burnout Recovery, and Digital Sanity
Preserving Human Touch in a High Tech World is Mark Gorkin’s (The Stress Doc®) witty, soulful, and insightful guide to staying authentic and connected in our fast-paced, tech-driven age. Through raps, rhymes, essays, and practical strategies, the book helps readers dance through burnout, build resilience with “Natural SPEED,” and break down barriers of stress, shame, and digital distraction. Blending humor, heart, and hard-earned wisdom, Gorkin offers tools for self-discovery, face-to-face connection, and team growth—all with his trademark style as the “Dr. Seuss of Stress for Adults.”
Fierce Longing…Fiery Loss: Relearning to Let Go, Laugh & Love
Fierce Longing…Fiery Loss is Mark Gorkin’s (The Stress Doc®) bold blend of “Resiliency Poetry” and essays that chart the comic-to-tragic journey of love, loss, grief, and recovery. With wit, raw honesty, and psychohumorist insight, Gorkin dives into intimate relationships, heartbreak, and healing—offering readers both poignant reflection and playful perspective. Structured around stages of longing, loss, letting go, and journaling, this collection inspires self-discovery, resilience, and the courage to laugh, love, and live again.