by Joel Walton | Mar 31, 2019 | General Interest, Life Transitions, Resilience
As a counselor, people share with me everyday about their fears. Some fear divorce. Some fear dying. Others fear themselves or their parents. Others fear being alone or even being with people. It’s a topic (https://www.mendedlife.com/the-effect-of-fear-how-to-cope/)...
by Joel Walton | Feb 28, 2019 | Life Transitions, Resilience
Have you ever needed to put something in an envelope after you sealed it? Oh yeah, we’ve all done it sometime in our lives, I did it this morning! Turns out, things that have been bonded together do not pull apart very easily – Seem there’s almost always damage and...
by Joel Walton | Feb 28, 2019 | Life Transitions, Relationship, Resilience
Remember back in science class when you learned about the three forms of water? Since some of us are far removed from the school ages days, let me refresh your memory. Water can take on three different forms: liquid (water), gas (vapor), or solid (ice). At any given...
by Joel Walton | Nov 16, 2018 | Family, General Interest, Life Transitions, Resilience
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” These lyrics by Andy Williams belong to one of the most famous holiday songs and will surely be blaring in a department store near you soon (if not already). Sadly, for many, these words will sting for the first time this...
by Joel Walton | Sep 22, 2018 | Relationship, Resilience
Hollywood has given us some fairly famous breakups: Angelina and Brad, Sonny and Cher. And when it comes to breakups, you’ve probably heard the line (or were the one to deliver it), “It’s not you. It’s me.” But sometimes that’s just not true. Sometimes it’s not you...
by Joel Walton | Aug 27, 2018 | Life Transitions, Relationship, Resilience
If you were alive during the Top Gun era, you can probably sing every word to The Righteous Brothers’ “You’ve Lost that Loving Feeling.” No judgment and no shame – I’d sing right along with you…and Goose and Maverick, if I could only carry a tune! But losing...
by Joel Walton | Aug 27, 2018 | Life Transitions, Relationship, Resilience
Muhammad Ali couldn’t deliver a right hook quite like the gut-punch you just received. Whether you suspected it or were completely in the dark about it, finding out your spouse has had an affair is a devastating blow. While I don’t have a crystal ball to say exactly...
by Joel Walton | Jul 18, 2018 | Life Transitions, Resilience
It’s the call you never expected to get. You probably remember exactly where you were and what you were doing when the phone rang and you so casually answered, “Hello.” Maybe you hoped you misunderstood or maybe the clear message on the other end caused you to drop...
by Joel Walton | Jul 18, 2018 | Life Transitions, Relationship, Resilience
They say it’s better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all, but what about loving again after you’ve lost? What if you walked the aisle, said, “I do,” and committed yourself to someone for the rest of your life – and then they died? You promised, “Til...
by Joel Walton | Jun 19, 2018 | Family, Life Transitions, Resilience
They took care of us when we were sick. They clothed us, housed us, taught us, and loved us. I’m talking about our parents, of course. For many of the folks I work with, their parents have become senior-citizens. This demographic is growing rapidly as we are seeing...
