by Elisabeth | Aug 20, 2021 | difficult marriage, divorce, e-course, emotions, friendship, healing, heart, wholeness
Question: How do you stop obsessing about what your ex-husband is doing with his life? How do you detach from someone that you were literally linked to as “one flesh” for years and years? The same way you spit out the elephant you’ve been eating for years…one bite at...
by Elisabeth | Jul 23, 2021 | emotions, friendship, healing, heart, wholeness
When I was in my 20s and 30s, I probably said about 75% of what I was thinking and kept 25% to myself. I was involved in so many conflicts at my church of 19 years that I jokingly said I should get a plaque for most Matthew 18s. I’m not sure why I felt I could say...
by Elisabeth | May 12, 2020 | friendship
When I was a little girl, I really struggled with finding even one friend who was true blue. For one thing, we moved a lot. I was also pigeon-toed which apparently made me a prime candidate for bullying. And, and this one is just weird, I would get myself into...
by Elisabeth | May 5, 2020 | Church, difficult marriage, divorce, friendship, pain, single moms
This post is for anyone who has a friend (or small group member or congregant or neighbor or family member) who is living in a difficult Christian marriage, or who is going through a divorce, or who is a single mom. You want to help her. You want to support her. But...
by Elisabeth | Oct 15, 2019 | Church, friendship, pain, redemption
I spoke at a retreat a ways back and though I touched on quite a few points in the two talks I gave, one of the topics I broached was one of my sin stories. I think I have this thing with just telling complete strangers all the details of my life and then letting...
by Elisabeth | Sep 18, 2018 | businessy stuff, coaching, e-course, friendship, healing, redemption, wholeness, writing
I need you. You may think that’s just something nice I say but I truly do. If it weren’t for you – the person reading this right this moment – I wouldn’t be able to do what I do every day. So thank you. Truly. And I want to partner with...
