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My Parents Need Money, My Husband Doesn’t Care. I’m Stuck!
Morning friends, Happy Thanksgiving, including our Canadian and international friends. I am thankful for all of you. This is such a warm and generous community and I am so blessed to have you here. I hope to meet all you someday. Put it on your calendar now. We are having our second CONQUER Conference in October 2018. Be Brave: Grow…
Do Christians Have Rights?[Guest Post]
Morning Friends, We’ve had a great discussion regarding narcissism this week and whether or not it’s possible to stay well. I appreciate all of your contributions and your desire to stay Biblically true and compassionate for the real-life pain that many of you live with day after day as you try to stay sane in a crazy-making environment. One of…
How Do I Live With A Narcissist?
Morning friends, Wow, we had a pretty lively dialogue with Counselor Tim last week and I’m trusting he has seen and learned some things about himself from listening to all of you. But I’m also wondering if you have seen and learned some things about yourselves as a result of your interaction with him? Tim was a total stranger to…
A Counselor Has Some Questions
Morning friend, I thought I would do something a little different this week. I get a lot of e-mails, much of it I can’t personally respond to and so I use this forum to answer questions from mostly women in destructive marriages. But this week I want to answer several questions from a counselor who has some concerns that I…
Setting Boundaries and Applying Consequences with Compassion [Guest]
Morning friends, This week has been a hard week. Last Saturday, my sweet dog Gracie stopped eating. After tests we found out she had stage IV cancer and as she grew weaker, we decided to put her down just this past Saturday. It’s almost surreal how quickly life can change in a week. Gracie has been my faithful friend for…
How Do I Love My In-Laws Unconditionally When They Still Hurt Me
Morning Friend, Thank you so much for your love for one another on this blog. I am so very grateful that you are such warriors on each other’s behalf. I know so many of you are very busy and the time you take to thoughtfully respond to one another deeply touches my heart. I so wish I could meet…
Our Finances Are A Mess, What Do I Do?
Morning friends, Thank you for your prayers for me. Last week I spoke three times at the American Association of Christian Counselors World Conference in Nashville. For my talk, The Three Common Mistakes People Helpers Make in Working with Destructive Marriages, we had an overflow crowd, people sitting all over the floor. The response was great and I am encouraged…
What’s the Difference Between a Difficult, Disappointing and Destructive Marriage?
Hi friends, This week I am at the AACC training pastors and counselors on recognizing destructive marriages. Please pray for me that I can share my message in the way the Lord wants me to. I wanted to repost a great article about the difference between a difficult, disappointing and destructive marriage. I think this is a question many of you are trying to…