
7 Steps to Identifying and Healing from an Emotionally Abusive “Christian” Marriage
Getting out of an emotionally abusive relationship is like the seven steps a caterpillar takes before it becomes a butterfly. Let me show you how!
Getting out of an emotionally abusive relationship is like the seven steps a caterpillar takes before it becomes a butterfly. Let me show you how!
Can you have a healthy relationship where there is lying, covering up, pretending, overlooking, and ignoring? Does that foster intimacy? Of course not. Healthy relationships are grown in the soil of vulnerability and safety. When two people are open and honest, they can get close and experience authentic acceptance and love. Anything less is dysfunctional in some way.
Someone who is truly sorry will not make excuses, blame you or something else, rationalize their behavior, or justify what they did. If a person is doing any of those things, they are not sorry. Period.
Get the first chapter of my book, Is It Me? Making Sense of Your Confusing Marriage, recommended by therapists. That chapter will help you figure out what’s going on in your marriage.