About Lino

Dr. Lino Martinez is an author, professor, motivational speaker, poet, and the host and executive producer of A Little Less Fear Podcast. Since 2020, he has hosted and produced more than 300 conversations with physicians, researchers, authors, entrepreneurs, spiritual teachers, trauma survivors, LGBTQIA voices, disability advocates, and inspiring people from all walks of life. Through warm and honest conversations, his work brings psychology, spirituality, resilience, and personal growth together.

His work is deeply shaped by lived experience. Diagnosed with Muckle-Wells syndrome, a rare genetic disease, Lino endured years of chronic illness and more than 40 surgeries. As a transgender man who transitioned at 34, he also understands the courage required to live authentically. Through exceptional medical care, spiritual awakening, and an unbreakable will to survive, he transformed years of pain into a message of hope, love, and inner freedom.

With a doctorate in Clinical Psychology, Lino teaches graduate psychology students and serves as a dissertation chair and reader. In the classroom and beyond, he creates inclusive spaces for learning, reflection, and transformation. His approach brings psychological insight, spiritual wisdom, lived experience, and personal empowerment together.

Through his memoir, A Little Less Fear, original poetry, teaching, speaking, and podcast, Lino reminds others that pain does not define their destiny. His mission is to help people recognize their inner light, open their hearts to unconditional love, and move through life with less fear, more courage, and greater authenticity.