When Intimacy Feels Complicated: Healing Your Marriage After Sexual Trauma
Sometimes two people can love each other deeply and still find that physical intimacy is difficult. And neither one understands why. Maybe a touch that was intended to communicate affection causes one spouse to tense up. Maybe sexual intimacy brings anxiety instead of pleasure. Or one spouse avoids initiating because…
Spiritual Abuse in Marriage: 6 Warning Signs You Should Never Ignore
This might be uncomfortable. But we need to talk about it because it’s quietly damaging marriages, families, and faith communities every day. Spiritual abuse. Would you recognize it if you saw it? More importantly, would you recognize it if it was happening to you?Or if you were the one doing…
Help For Getting Out Of An Abusive Marriage
No spouse deserves an abusive marriage, and no spouse should be expected, or talked into, staying in one either. Different Kinds of Abuse There are many forms of abuse. In the past, the focus was on physical abuse. But there are many other kinds of abuse that, although invisible, are…
6 Warning Signs You’re In An Abusive Relationship
You can be in an abusive situation and not even know it. Abuse doesn’t always come in the form of physical or verbal violence; abuse is about manipulation and power. And freeing yourself from that life and starting over isn’t always easy either, especially if you’re worried or terrified about…