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Journey – Week Twenty-Three

The third kind of denial women like us on the journey can experience is a bit different. It is not a denial of your husband’s sexual addiction but a refusal to acknowledge the pain and loss his behaviors have brought in your life. In my experience, … [Read more...]

Walking Free – Week Twenty-Two

Owning vs. Minimizing I know there is a battle raging inside you. You want painful consequences removed and life to be normal again. You want to be free from the struggle and free from shame. Part of you just wants to run away from it all. And then … [Read more...]

Trek – Week Twenty-Two

Remember, without healthy relationships, we don’t change and we don’t heal.  So, learning to express our feelings to others in ways that they can hear us and know us is the next step in our trek toward recovery. First, we recognize and identify our … [Read more...]

Journey – Week Twenty-Two

I don’t want to belabor this point, but let me give an illustration from my own life. When I rejoined Troy a month after his abrupt dismissal and departure, I was in a very vulnerable position emotionally. I had just been through a very difficult … [Read more...]

Walking Free – Week Twenty-One

What does surrender ultimately accomplish? Take a deep breath in and let it out. Now reach up and feel the pulse in your neck. Every breath you breathe - every heartbeat you feel - is an act of God’s mercy. You would not be alive if it were not for … [Read more...]