Okay I am still having the hardest time on using these two words correctly, so by George I’ve got to reteach myself the difference between the two

This is how I remember the difference between the two.

Counsel is when someone wants to sell you on an idea or principal. So if someone is trying to counsel you to eat more healthy than they are coun-selling you on the idea to eat better.

Council is when there are a bunch of people gathered together to help make a decision. For example I think of city government. Thus Coun-ci(ty)l. government.

More details on these two words as provide by Diction.com  says:

coun•sel [koun-suhl]  noun, plural -sel for, verb, -seled, -sel•ing

noun

1.advice; opinion or instruction given in directing the judgment or conduct of another.

2.interchange of opinions as to future procedure; consultation; deliberation.

3.Law . ( used with a singular or plural verb ) the advocate or advocates engaged in the direction of a cause in court; a legal adviser or counselor: Is counsel for the defense present?

4.deliberate purpose; plan; design.

5.Theology . one of the advisory declarations of Christ, considered by some Christians as not universally binding but as given for aid in attaining moral perfection.

coun•cil [koun-suhl]

noun

1.an assembly of persons summoned or convened for consultation, deliberation, or advice.

2.a body of persons specially designated or selected to act in an advisory, administrative, or legislative capacity: the governor’s council on housing.

3.(in certain British colonies or dependencies) an executive or legislative body assisting the governor.

4.an ecclesiastical assembly for deciding matters of doctrine or discipline.

5.New Testament . The Sanhedrin or other authoritative body.

So I counsel you to think of ways on how you can better remember the differences between these two words.