This segment is focused on the wholesome acceptance of the way God made you: on an adequate, well-balanced diet, free from gluttony, sexual purity, proper personal hygiene, proper exercise (especially emphasizing cardiovascular fitness to avoid unnecessary risk of heart attack), adequate sleep, freedom from laziness and freedom from drunkenness.
Marriage Counseling
Marriage Minute with Alan Heller – Goal Setting
Write down all 7 segments and your corresponding goals. Then, pick your top two goals to accomplish this year. No need to feel overwhelmed by all seven areas. Once you accomplish your top two goals, try two more.
Marriage Minute with Alan Heller – Couples Counseling
Over years of Christian couples counseling, we have found it helpful to view life in segments and make goals in each segment that matches Christian biblical principles. You can keep a balanced life if you tend to the garden of each of these 7 areas. I will explain each one in more detail as the counseling videos progress.
The Purpose/Mission of Christian Couples Counseling
Today we talk about the Purpose and Mission of Christian couples counseling. To summarize, these are the following: 1. To provide resources for couples to have thriving healthy marriages that reflect the relationship between Christ and His church. 2. To provide...
Closing the Loop in Communication During Phoenix Couples Counseling
Here is a communication skill we teach during our workshops and Phoenix couples counseling therapies. Read how to “Close the Loop” and to actively listen to one another.
3 Ways to Minister to People Who Need Help with Marriage Counseling
Here are three ways that will help you be ready to minister to people who need help with marriage counseling or any other life crises.
Family Counseling and the Communicorner: Tips for Understanding Communication
Understanding each other is the secret to a happy marriage. Family counseling always involves listening to and hearing what the other person’s needs are. Here is a real life tip.
Causes of Unmet Expectations in Marriage Relationships
How Can Dealing with Unmet Expectations Help in Marriage Counseling? One of the foundational problems we see frequently in marriage counseling, is unmet expectations. Its natural to have some healthy expectations of your partner. But often problems arise when we...
Rebuilding Marital Trust—Recovering from Marriage Infidelity
Whenever a TV show or movie dealt with marriage infidelity as the subject matter, Patty’s anger would burst forth anew at Fred.
A Triple-R DisasteRRR
Alan and Pauly Heller are founders of Walk & Talk Ministries. They write and speak on marriage and marriage counseling around the country.
Sexual Addiction Counseling & Support – Where to Find Help
Do you know someone ensnared and enslaved by sexual addiction? Steve and Marla Wagner are the resources you need. Pauly and I have known Steve and Marla Wagner since 1983 when I did their premarital counseling.
Attitude + Skills => Understanding
This equation encircles our CommuniStar diagram like a wedding band. It reminds us that possessing communication skills alone doth not a successful relationship make. Repeating what your partner has said may be a loving demonstration of your desire to understand his...
How to Get Her to Respond?
By Alan and Pauly Heller Walk & Talk Ministries Jerry, a sales representative for a textile firm, makes frequent calls on the furniture design studio where Mary works. He finds her attractive, and, hoping that the feeling is mutual, asks her to lunch. She says...
How to Make Holidays Work for You?
CHRISTMASTIME “O-o-o Christmastime… We’ll all be fine in a week or two,” is part of the lyric of our daughter-in-law, JJ’s, new song Christmastime. “Wasn’t it just July?” she sings, “I was alone in my room without a cousin in sight.” This is the time of year when...
Active Listening
Valuing
Expectations
Close The Loop
Responsibility In Conversation
Communistar – Video Podcast
Marital Mystery Tour Preview
Is your marriage a mystery to you? Well you're in good company! Marriage is indeed a mystery, but Alan and Pauly Heller are here to help you decode it. This video is a preview from the first of five sessions that the Heller's present on the topic of marriage. Called...