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Finding Peace After Parental Estrangement: Steps to Healing
Good Morning Friends, The light in August always feels softer to me, like the world is whispering, ‘Pay attention.’ It’s a month of quiet reflection, a time when God often invites me to notice where I’m still gripping control instead of living loved. This year, I’ve been writing more than ever, prayers and reflections, pieces of a story that has…
Rebuilding Trust with Your Child After Conflict
Dear Beloved Readers, In our last post, we began talking about the effects of trauma on how we react, especially in moments of conflict with our children. Today, I want to address another important aspect of the question: How do I make amends and rebuild trust after a difficult moment with my child? As parents, we all have moments where…
My Mother’s In A Destructive Marriage With My Father
Morning friends, I’m heading off to Liberty University in Virginia this morning (October 21) to speak to their counseling students tonight on Destructive Marriages. Tomorrow (October 22), I’ll be speaking to a group of pastors in the morning, and then in the evening I’m going to be doing a 3 hour webinar…
Topic: Honoring dysfunctional parents when there is no reconciliation
Good morning dear friends, It’s been a great week. I just returned from speaking at a Morning Star Friends Church women’s retreat this weekend. Our topic was humility and we together we learned how freeing humility can truly be. So many of us are afraid to think about humility because we associate it with humiliation (which wounds our ego) or…
Setting Boundaries With an Adult Daughter
Morning Friends, I’m in Texas this week with some of my writing and speaking girlfriends. We do this once a year. It’s called Spa Week–although we’re not really at a spa. We’re at a Christian retreat center, in our sweats and sneakers, doing some exercising, walking and eating right, compliments of Carole Lewis and her group, First Place 4 Health.…
My mom’s in an emotionally destructive relationship with my dad. What should I do?
Good Monday Morning Friends: I hope you had a beautiful weekend. I just finished reading a beautifully written new book by Michael and Gina Spehn, The Color of Rain. It is a true story of incredible loss, hope, and trust in God’s goodness. Both Michael and Gina lost their spouses to cancer at young ages. The shared grief turned to…