Contrary to what most of us believe about abuse… and even “domestic violence“… the sight of a woman who’s being punched in the face and kicked in the ribs while her husband threatens to kill her is not the only form. That would be at the extreme end of a spectrum known as partner abuse. Most abusers never have to hit,…
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Before I married, I was a confident and carefree woman. I was working for a large newspaper as a circulation manager with employees under me. I was moving my way up in the company, that appreciated the work that I was doing. And although I had some normal female insecurities, I wasn’t really worried about what people thought of me,…
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If an unwanted divorce is not enough to be dealing with many of us women are dealing with a toxic family of origin as well. I’ve been coaching and mentoring women through the divorce recovery journey for about four or five years now. In my experience, I’ve only coached a couple ladies who did not have problems with their birth…
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Why do I have to be going through a divorce? Why didn’t my husband stay faithful? Why doesn’t God make my husband change? Why doesn’t God fix my marriage? Why does God allow these bad things to happen to faithful Christians? We’ve all thought these or similar things during and after divorce. They are very normal thoughts and feelings, for…
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After the first physical affair had ended (in late Fall 2002), the other woman (OW) called our house (no cell phones at the time). She seemed shocked that I answered. But immediately started stuttering out that she wanted to apologize for what she had done and ask for my forgiveness. I was still very angry about the betrayal and didn’t want…
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