by Joel Walton | Nov 27, 2017 | Family, Relationship
With the holidays in full swing, are you experiencing joy or frustration? Happiness or stress? A study by the American Psychology Association found that 44% of women and 31% of men report an increase in stress during the holidays. The holidays are a time to celebrate,...
by Joel Walton | Oct 19, 2017 | Family, Relationship
My assistant is an avid Black Friday shopper. After eating a turkey dinner with her family, she naps (I would blame tryptophan, but it’s really pre-game prep for her long night ahead), and then meets up with four of her closest mom-friends for 18 hours of shop til...
by Joel Walton | Aug 16, 2017 | Family, Relationship
It’s been said that in a healthy marriage your spouse should be your safety net and the one place (other than God) you should be 100% transparent. While there shouldn’t be any walls within marriage, there are a number of walls you can build AROUND your marriage:...
by Joel Walton | Aug 16, 2017 | Family, Relationship
Oxygen cannot be seen or smelt; yet, it’s vital to life. I happen to know this first hand from my days serving aboard a nuclear submarine. During that time, one of my jobs was to generate oxygen for the crew in order to keep them all alive. It was a rather complex...
by Joel Walton | Jul 25, 2017 | Life Transitions, Relationship, Resilience
I recently logged into my website to post an article, and I was met with familiar notifications. Three plug-in updates, one theme to update, and a new version of WordPress to install. I’m pretty certain there’s a new update to run for every time I change my clothes!...
by Joel Walton | Jul 10, 2017 | Relationship
Pre-marital counselors are often the first to get a behind-the-scenes view into the way fiancés interact. After all, seeking an outside perspective is the reason couples seek these types of consultations, even if they’re very sure they are right for each other. A...
by Joel Walton | Jun 13, 2017 | Relationship
There’s been a lot of buzz in psychological studies lately in regards to love. Psychologist Arthur Aron researched how asking and answering certain questions can actually cause people to fall in love. In fact, Aron has compiled a 36-question list, broken down into 4...
by Joel Walton | Jun 11, 2017 | Family, General Interest, Life Transitions, Relationship, Resilience
How that Negative Voice in Your Head Gets Louder: And How to Stop It Have you ever run into a Negative Nellie, someone you wish would just let up a little bit? Have you ever tried to cheer Nellie up, only to find that her constant negativity won’t budge? You might...
by Joel Walton | Jun 3, 2017 | Relationship
Is your relationship doomed to fail? Does your marriage have an expiration date stamped on it? Aside from one of you expiring, of course. I recently read an article at PsychologyToday.com regarding the divorce of Al and Tipper Gore. Author Susan Pease Gadoua posed a...
by Joel Walton | Apr 12, 2017 | Counseling, Relationship
Most couples entering into counseling have a unified agenda and agree on wanting to keep the relationship together. Unfortunately, some couples can enter into counseling with mixed agendas, meaning that one person wants to try counseling while the other one doesn’t....
