I will also send you a free PDF copy of the first chapter of my book, Is It Me? Making Sense of Your Confusing Marriage as well as the first chapter of the brand new companion workbook. It’s like a super-charged therapy session!Parenting small children in an emotionally destructive home is brutal. How do you help yourself, much less your kids?
Parenting Small Children in an Emotionally Destructive Home
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But I Don’t Want to Hurt Anyone!
What if your desire to avoid hurting anyone is actually the reason you ARE hurting them? What if you’re actually hurting YOURSELF by living out this desire too?
Boundaries don’t hurt others, despite the loud voices that tell you otherwise. Healthy boundaries aren’t meant to control other people, ensure they think well of you, or make you into a prickly cactus no one can approach. They’re a way of living your truest self and your highest calling, while honoring the personhood of everyone around you.
What is Emotional Manipulation?
You’ve been telling him for years how hurtful his behavior is. Literally begging him to stop. It’s like beating your head against a wall. You’ve reached your breaking point. Then he tosses out a question your heart longed to hear from the beginning:
“What can I do to fix this?”
Right at the end. Right before your feet hit the pavement. Right before you’ve given up.
What now?
Trusting God While Making Your Own Adult Choices in Your Controlling Marriage
When you’re in a spiritually abusive environment, you might worry that God will be displeased if you make a wrong move. Let’s dispel that myth.
A Christian Woman’s Job Isn’t to Make Everyone Happ
What is the power of a woman in a world that tries to grind her down? We are the pioneers led by our Creator to forge into new territory, taking back our life force so we can offer it fully to God’s purposes as He intended.
When You Are Rejected by Family, Friends, and Church
An abuse survivor sees herself mirrored in the eyes of other people. What she sees is a distortion of who she is because other people don’t really know who she is all the time. To heal, she will need to see herself through a new lens.
Five New Ways for Christian Wives to Think About Their Destructive Marriage
What does it take to get free of a destructive relationship? Here are five paradigm shifts that will rewire your brain and transform the way you think about your relationships and yourself. They may even help you get free!
Is It Rebellious for Christian Women to Say No?
Are you a card-carrying member of the People-Pleaser’s Club? Here’s how and why the skill of saying “no” can set you free.
Should a Christian Wife Submit to an Abusive Husband?
What does the Bible mean when it tells Christian wives to “submit” to their husbands? Was this kind of submission only for that culture? Is this a free ticket for men to take power over their wives? What is submission, anyway?
