by Elisabeth | Jun 1, 2023 | divorce, wholeness
Yeah, I’ve been both the crazy ex-girlfriend and the bitter ex-wife. I didn’t grow up wanting to be either. It’s not like it was a goal of mine or something on my to-do list to become this otherworldly reactionary woman who shape-shifted based off the actions of her...
by Elisabeth | May 25, 2023 | abuse, difficult marriage, healing
Question: “How do you know when it is really time to say no more to the emotional abuse in your marriage?” My short answer: really and truly, you will just know. Before I tell you how you’ll know, let me say why you’ll know. If you are a follower of Jesus:...
by Elisabeth | May 18, 2023 | coaching, wholeness
“You are not your client’s friend.” I’m not?? “Say the things that no one else is saying to her.” But I don’t want to. I want to just tell her she’s amazing and to keep going and Jesus loves her and I think she’s cute. I’ve had a few clients who have made...
by Elisabeth | May 11, 2023 | friendship
A friend of mine from high school once told me I was nostalgic. For some very odd reason, I took it as a slam. I think at the time I thought she meant that I held onto the past or lingered back there as opposed to living life in the here and now. I never asked her to...
by Elisabeth | May 4, 2023 | difficult marriage, friendship, pain
I was reflecting on some significant advice I’d been given back during my first marriage. Advice might not be the right word; someone else’s opinion maybe. I was given this same opinion twice, within months, but one was cloaked in harshness, the other in gentleness,...
