by Sabrina Walters | Apr 28, 2023 | Affair Recovery, Communication, Community, Conflict, Couples, Family, Health, Intimacy, Marriage, Relationships
In our last blog post, we introduced the seven pillars of connection we often talk about here at Core Values Counseling. In every romantic relationship, we experience a need for connection in seven distinct areas: Emotional Connection Relational Connection Spiritual...
by Sabrina Walters | Mar 24, 2023 | Communication, Couples, Family, Finances, Marriage, Relationships
When was the last time you checked in with your own needs and put those first? You can choose each day to be a giving and caring person, but it’s crucial to remember that you need to fill your own cup before you can fill others’. That might be a hard pill to...
by Sabrina Walters | Mar 16, 2023 | Communication, Couples, Family, Finances, Marriage, Relationships
Spending time with your spouse matters. But how you spend that time together — with and without an agenda — matters even more. Couples who spend time together flourish as long as they are both getting what they need. Some couples simply go, go, go. They...
by Sabrina Walters | Mar 10, 2023 | Communication, Conflict, Core Values, Core Values Counseling, Family, Relationships
If you’ve been around Core Values Counseling for any amount of time, you know what a high regard we have for the Core Values Index™(CVI™). It’s such a fast and easy way to better understand the internal and external worlds of those around us — our kids, our spouse,...
by Sabrina Walters | Jan 20, 2023 | Communication, Conflict, Core Values, Core Values Couples, Couples, Family, Relationships
Here at Core Values Counseling, the Core Values Index™ (CVI™) is absolutely critical to the work we do with couples, especially for those struggling with perpetual conflict. In some of our recent posts, I’ve talked about discovering the gifts of your highest core...
by Sabrina Walters | Nov 17, 2022 | Communication, Conflict, Family, Relationships
Thanksgiving, like any major holiday, is packed with emotions, memories from seasons past, current family tensions, and the losses of the past few years. Perhaps your Thanksgiving is filled with memories from your childhood. Mine certainly is! I think...