by Elisabeth | Oct 12, 2023 | difficult marriage, emotions, faith, healing, heart, pain
As a woman who was lied to, as a woman who was gaslighted, as a woman who was controlled, as a woman who dealt with addictions in her marriage, I know a thing or two about trust being shattered and trust needing to be rebuilt. I will be speaking first briefly to the...
by Elisabeth | Sep 21, 2023 | divorce, emotions, healing, heart, pain
{originally written after my first post-divorce heartbreak, before I met my now-husband} I have said more times than I can count that this man who I fell in love with is a good man. And he is. And yet, there is this one little piece that, if given too much weight, has...
by Elisabeth | Sep 7, 2023 | emotions, heart
[originally written April 2014] I’ve been alluding lately to some things in my life that are leaving me uncertain and ever so slightly unsettled. But I started noticing something bubbling up in me and it was disconcerting for the following reasons: I was healthy....
by Elisabeth | Jul 6, 2023 | abuse, Church, difficult marriage, heart, judgment
Question: “I have been told over and over by well-meaning Christian friends and church leaders that I need to try harder in my marriage, that I need to do more, that my husband’s infidelity is somehow my fault. How do you deal with fear of rejection or judgment...
by Elisabeth | Jun 29, 2023 | divorce, faith, friendship, healing, heart, pain
In the week leading up to my divorce day {author’s note: July 2012}, I felt pretty alone. Friends were checking in and such so I don’t mean on a human level. I mean on a God level. I felt like he wasn’t really there. I had asked the Spirit for some kind of...
by Elisabeth | Jun 15, 2023 | faith, friendship, heart, wholeness
I love certain words more than others. Words like abide. Rest. Quiet. Peace. Be still and know. Enough. A ways back, I took myself on a little journey. Post-divorce, I thought it was time for me to rediscover some of my men-wounds. Good times. And one of the main...