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How to Gain Trust and Respect When You Deserve Less
It’s been said, ‘‘You cannot give what you do not have.” Here’s…
It’s been said, ‘‘You cannot give what you do not have.” Here’s an example. If someone asks me for ten thousand dollars, I could write that person a check for the ten thousand bucks, but…
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How Broken Trust Regrows: 10 Stage Progression
How does broken trust in a marriage regrow? Growth in trust will…
How does broken trust in a marriage regrow? Growth in trust will require your spouse personally investing in change and your willingness to take relational risks. Your spouse’s growth alone will not create trust without…
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Restoring the Years [Workbook Review]
I recently spoke to a friend whose husband was admitted into long-term…
I recently spoke to a friend whose husband was admitted into long-term treatment for sexual addiction. I knew she had been in therapy herself, and I asked her how it was going. She said it…
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Stop the Abuse of Partners of Sex Addicts
Over the last decade, there have been a handful of professionals in…
Over the last decade, there have been a handful of professionals in the sex addiction treatment community who are trying to change the treatment of partners of sex addicts. This group is growing and has…
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3 Critical Steps to Protect Children After Betrayal
For the woman who has experienced the devastation of betrayal, the pain…
For the woman who has experienced the devastation of betrayal, the pain runs very deep. Her life has been thrown into a tailspin. But as bad as this crisis feels, the anguish is compounded exponentially…
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It’s Possible to Have a Significant Marriage
“God wants to use you to make a difference in the world.…
“God wants to use you to make a difference in the world. He wants to work through you. What matters is not the duration of your life, but the donation of it. Not how long you lived, but how you lived.” –Rick Warren, The…
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3 Reasons Deception Is More Destructive than Porn for Your Wife
“I can’t keep doing this!” she screams with bulging eyes and face…
“I can’t keep doing this!” she screams with bulging eyes and face wrenched in a tormented mix of anger, fear, and pain. “I can’t keep going through this again and again. I feel like I…
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5 Habits to Rebuild Trust in Your Marriage
To build anything that will hold up under the toughest of conditions…
To build anything that will hold up under the toughest of conditions and storms that will come, it is crucial to have a quality foundation. To maintain structural integrity over time, using quality materials to build that foundation…
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3 Truths to Help You Heal from Marital Betrayal
After ten years of marriage, the undeniable truth of my husband’s betrayal…
After ten years of marriage, the undeniable truth of my husband’s betrayal came to light. My children were five, four, two and six-months old, and the reality of the betrayal hit me like being broadsided…
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4 Critical Steps to Save Your Marriage
Marriage. It’s the most exciting life-long journey a man and woman can…
Marriage. It’s the most exciting life-long journey a man and woman can take together. It’s a hilly, bumpy, and at times, treacherous and painful trek. It can also be filled with unspeakable beauty, joy, intimacy, times…