Forgiveness is not something you just decide you’re going to do, and immediately it happens, although many people still think that’s how it’s supposed to work. That’s why I talk about forgiveness is a process and even wrote an entire forgiveness series sharing the truth and myths associated with forgiveness. Even with much of what I said, I still hear,…
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I’ve been seeing a lot more articles around social media about how a wife can keep her husband or how to keep him happy. I don’t usually read them. Then last week, one of the best marriage bloggers I follow, shared on Twitter that the comment section on her post from September 2015 was still going strong – and it…
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I didn’t read The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up but I did watch all of the Netflix series episodes and fell in love with Marie, just as so many others have. The difference for me is, 6 months before the show premiered, I had downsized from a five bedroom, 2 bathroom home (on an acre) to a 2 bed-2 bath…
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In many of the emails I receive, women reference their home as “being broken” after divorce or they may be been told that if they get a divorce their children will come from a “broken home.” This was a phrase that I wrestled with while I was married. Looking back, it kept me trapped in my marriage and fearful of…
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I rarely hear from a woman who wants a divorce. Women may know they’re in an abusive or adulterous marriage or have been abandoned, but instead of seeking a divorce, they separate and wait for their husband to make the first move. Many women just don’t want to be divorced. That’s why I write a lot about surviving an unwanted…
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Should I stay or should I go? A common question married women ask when they start to investigate a troubled marriage. Is this really abuse? How do I know the difference? I remember when I first uttered those words. I was sitting in the master bathroom with the door closed and the fan on trying to drown out that I…
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I hear this question often. Did my narcissist ex-husband ever love me? And at one time I wondered the very same thing myself. I think it’s very normal to wonder; to ponder the relationship and if feelings were true for both parties – especially if we experienced a sudden unwarranted divorce. We know our own hearts but do we truly…
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