Author Archives: James Gorton

About James Gorton

I am happily married to Nadine, a person I've known for 20+ years. She and her late husband owned Airpark Auto Service where I took my car for years. Four years after my wife died we began dating and the rest is history. We have a blended family of 6 children between us and love visiting them across this country. We recently had our third grandchild between us. We love to hike, bike and ski. I am a psychologist and do relational life coaching for marriages and families primarily. I love what I do and never get tired of seeing marriages and families move to more healthy places in their lives. Five years ago my oldest daughter Deborah encouraged me to begin writing my thought into a blog I call my Jlog (Jim's log). I have become more and more passionate in connecting everyday experiences to spiritual truths. I hope that as you read my Jlog, you will gain insight into your personal life and experience true growth in your personal and relational life.

Relational Wisdom: Part II

Posted on July 14, 2018 by James Gorton

Have you experienced a person who has hurt you deeply with their sarcasm or a put down? Has their look or their behavior given you the message you were not accepted by what you had said or done? It may … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal mastery | Tagged #I was only joking, #I was only kidding, #Just kidding, #Power of negative words, #Sarcism | Leave a comment

Relational Wisdom: Part I

Posted on July 13, 2018 by James Gorton

I have read Proverbs over 48 times in my life. You’re probably asking why the figure 48? I do have an answer to that. I was challenged in 1970 as a college student when I was going to a rural … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal mastery, Relational goals | Tagged #Breaking up fights, #Dog bites, #Relational quarreling | Leave a comment

A Heart of Reflection

Posted on July 12, 2018 by James Gorton

At 2:30 this morning the alarm went off and a groggy body slowly meandered toward the shower to try to wake up. Today was the day that I had an appointment to see my oldest daughter in Chicago where she … Continue reading →

Posted in Parental Relationship, Personal mastery | Tagged #Authentic, #Carpe Diem, #Children a heritage, #Generational Impact | Leave a comment

Travel Mercies

Posted on June 7, 2018 by James Gorton

When you take a month-long journey in your car or truck, there are bound to be experiences that happen when driving where you see the hand of God guiding and protecting you. I wrote about the first experience we had … Continue reading →

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Baby Elephant Seal

Posted on May 31, 2018 by James Gorton

I have come to appreciate God’s creation especially when it comes to the animals that He created and the ways in which babies grow up to become adults and then reproduce themselves. One such case happened to be when we … Continue reading →

Posted in Parental Relationship | Tagged #Creating independent adults, #Dependency versus independency, #Elephant Seals, parenting | Leave a comment

Pain to Euphoria

Posted on May 30, 2018 by James Gorton

Life is sometimes like climbing a mountain. Tyler is an avid hiker and wanted to take the family on a hike to Heather Lake in the Cascades of Washington. I was up for the hike but had some fear and … Continue reading →

Posted in God Relationship, Personal mastery | Tagged #Heather Lake, #Life struggles, #Mountain top experiences | Leave a comment

Texas Fritter

Posted on May 15, 2018 by James Gorton

This last Sunday was Mother’s Day and we happened to be in Seattle, Washington celebrating Tyler’s college graduation the previous day. On Sunday we went down to Pike Market in downtown Seattle to get a taste of Northwest Pacific flair … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged #Apple Fritter, #Giving in to your senses, #Mother Day, #Pike Market, #Texas apple fritter | Leave a comment

Controlled Chaos

Posted on May 14, 2018 by James Gorton

On our journey through the Northwest, we stopped in Spokane, Washington for the night and had the opportunity to walk downtown to see the Spokane River running through the walk-ways. The Spokane River starts in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho and snakes … Continue reading →

Posted in God Relationship | Tagged #Chaos, #Controlled chaos, #Organized life, #Spokane river | Leave a comment

Red Dog

Posted on May 12, 2018 by James Gorton

You may be wondering why such an odd title for a jlog (my blog). Am I going to be talking about an Irish Setter that is red? They are very pretty dogs, but I’m not going to be talking about … Continue reading →

Posted in God Relationship, Personal mastery | Tagged #Prayer requests, #Red dog, Answered prayer | Leave a comment

The Beauty of Peaks

Posted on May 9, 2018 by James Gorton

Nadine and I are on a 3+ week journey that has taken us from Arizona to Colorado to now Wyoming. We have some wonderful friends that invited us up to their summer-house at the foot of Grand Teton National Park. … Continue reading →

Posted in God Relationship | Tagged #God's beauty, #Teton National Park | Leave a comment