by Elisabeth | Oct 16, 2020 | coaching, emotions, faith, healing, pain, wholeness
When we find ourselves in a situation that is painful, frustrating, confusing, maddening or sad, we can either pretend it’s not as bad as it is or we can keep doing what we’re doing hoping something changes on its own. That is what most of us do, and...
by Elisabeth | Sep 18, 2020 | difficult marriage, emotions, faith, heart, pain
During my difficult marriage, I had a hard heart. My heart was hard and cold and wounded and tired and done. Not hard to God. Not cold toward my family or friends. But closed off to the one I once loved most. During my second-to-last Lenten season of my first...
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 | Mar 3, 2020 | emotions, faith, healing, heart, pain, redemption, wholeness
Listen, are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life? -Mary Oliver This post will be rambly and winding and it will not be pretty and it will not wrap up with three easy steps to anything. These things are recent and these things are current. And I am scared...
by Elisabeth | Jan 21, 2020 | divorce, e-course, emotions, faith, healing, heart, pain, redemption, single moms, wholeness
Move from Heartbreak to Healing & Hope Post-Divorce in 3 Months leaving behind emotional overwhelm, steering clear of the bitter ex-wife trap, & learning your lessons to avoid repeating any patterns If you’re a separated or divorced woman looking to not...
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...
