by Sabrina Walters | Apr 13, 2014 | Core Values Couples
Last week was my husband Eric’s birthday, and as such it is a fitting opportunity to discuss Legacy & Blessing. Legacy is the gift you leave, either overtly or covertly. It is the stamp you leave reminding people you were here. A spoken blessing has been...
by Sabrina Walters | Mar 24, 2014 | Core Values Couples
Whether You Think You Can or You think You Can’t… You are right! – Henry Ford This quote is a mantra my fitness coach uses with me a lot, but recently I began to intentionally apply it to all areas of my life. Whether I am running a mile or a...
by Sabrina Walters | Mar 8, 2014 | Core Values Couples
This article articulates (no longer available) very scientifically why kids need to be vastly limited on the use of technology. In my practice I see everyday the devastating effects of the use of technology on the brain. Children have to learn from adults and their...
by Sabrina Walters | Feb 6, 2014 | Core Values Couples
Creating Safety What does it take for one person to feel safe enough to share their life, their thoughts, their dreams, their body and their emotions? To do all this takes an immense amount of time and energy–aka, it takes some serious work. You need to feel you...
by Sabrina Walters | Jan 11, 2014 | Core Values Couples, Health
Happy New Year! 2014! This New Year I have a whole new perspective on resolutions. I am focusing on the journey of NOW! Looking back over the past I remember many New Years resolutions that ended in disappointment and shame for not reaching the goals I had set for...
by Sabrina Walters | Dec 31, 2013 | Core Values Couples, Counseling, Family, Marriage
I don’t know about you, but I can get a little overwhelmed this time of year with the onslaught of emails and new-letters encouraging me to review my last year of life lived and set goals for the year to come. I hate to admit it, but I really think of the word “GOAL”...
by Sabrina Walters | Dec 6, 2013 | Family
During the holiday season it is so easy to loose sight of what is truly important. Instead of buying into the chaos and frenzy of the normal holiday season, which is my usual mode of operation. I am intentionally choosing to be more centered than normal. I am focusing...
by Sabrina Walters | Jun 7, 2013 | Core Values Couples, Counseling
“I can’t stop the rain from falling down on you but I will hold you until it goes away.” These are the words from the Third Day song “When the Rain Comes.” Sometimes life just seems overwhelming and we just want to be held. I think that when we are in this state of...
by Sabrina Walters | May 2, 2013 | Core Values Couples, Couples, Intimacy, Marriage, Sex
What Women Want…What Men Want This is the age-old question. So many couples struggle to share openly and vulnerably about their needs for intimacy. Often the result of this struggle is isolation, frustration and sometimes even relational disaster. At Core Values...
by Sabrina Walters | Apr 6, 2013 | Core Values Couples
This past month I have been on a journey that my brother/coach John Bergquist encouraged me to join him on. I have been complaining about not having enough time in the day to accomplish all that needs to get done, plus write, exercise and take care of my family. He...
by Sabrina Walters | Apr 1, 2013 | Core Values Couples
Balance When I think of balance, I imagine someone on pointe in ballet or an acrobat walking the tight rope. It all looks so elegant and effortless from the audience’s perspective. But I am sure neither of these performers would tell you balance is attained very...
by Sabrina Walters | Mar 25, 2013 | Core Values Couples
Blessings are always better than curses. But sometimes it’s all you can do not to focus the curses in your life. The pastor who married us spent a good amount of time the day before our wedding talking to us about our parents and what “gifts or blessings” they had...
by Sabrina Walters | Mar 11, 2013 | Core Values Couples
FACE of HOPE Hope Monger…if there was a name I would like to be known by it would be “Hope Monger.” Hope: A feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen. Monger: Peddling wares, in this case the ware I peddle is HOPE!I rather like the thought of...
by Sabrina Walters | Dec 31, 2012 | Core Values Couples
My mentor (Tara Mohr) sent me these questions to get my New Year off to a good start. I did this exercise last year with a few of my favorite people. I encourage you to either do it with a warm cup of tea or in conversation with a loved one! It is a perfect way to...
by Sabrina Walters | Jun 17, 2012 | Core Values Couples, Family, Parenting
Today my son James graduates from Oregon State University. It will be an exciting day, made especially so because the First Lady, Michelle Obama, will be speaking. Although I’m thrilled to have the chance to hear her in person, it doesn’t come close to the joy arising...
by Sabrina Walters | May 13, 2012 | Core Values Couples
Mothers Day is one of the most wonderful, horrible, expectation laden, expectant, confusing and memorable days of the year. The emotions surrounging this day depend on so many factors. Number one: your own mom. We all have one. Not all of us have one now, not all of...
by Sabrina Walters | Feb 15, 2012 | Core Values Couples, Family, Parenting
I was reading a newsletter from my Alma Mater today and ran across a blog by a professor at Linfield College called Media Mom, PhD. I have recently been more and more concerned about the effect of media and technology on our kids. Whether you are in the camp of...
by Sabrina Walters | Sep 15, 2011 | Core Values Couples
I don’t know about you, but I find the words “I’m sorry” the hardest words to say in the English vocabulary. Why is that??? With Yom Kippur just around the corner, whether you are of the Jewish tradition or not, I think it is a good time to...
by Sabrina Walters | Aug 30, 2011 | Family, Parenting
Goodbye’s are so hard, especially when mixed with regrets. This weekend we said goodbye to our son and his wife for a year. They are moving to Kuwait. It was hard to say goodbye, even though I know there are going to be blessings and lessons galore for them to glean...
by Sabrina Walters | Feb 16, 2011 | Core Values Couples
This video is a powerful synopsis of what it is to be human, to be willing to grow and be connected. It is worth the 20 minutes to watch. Enjoy!Brene Brown: The Power of Vulnerability
