by Elisabeth | Jun 4, 2021 | heart, pain, wholeness
Some people – no matter how much you love them and how much you pursue them or how much you apologize – will never love you back or will never give you what you wish they’d give you or will never forgive you. This is not your fault. And this is only sometimes their...
by Elisabeth | May 14, 2021 | emotions, healing, heart, pain, wholeness
One of the number one phrases I hear from the women I work with is this: “I am feeling {fill-in-the-blank}…is that normal?” I don’t care what emotion or feeling they have just confessed to having, I ALWAYS answer, “Whatever you are feeling is normal. Seriously,...
by Elisabeth | Apr 16, 2021 | emotions, faith, healing, heart, pain, wholeness
Back when my first marriage was hanging by a thread, had someone said to me, We need you to agree to the following: eight adults will know every detail of your life and marriage; you will have to meet with two counselors, two mentors and a mediator weekly, along with...
by Elisabeth | Mar 12, 2021 | 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 | Jan 22, 2021 | emotions, pain
I seem to have a pattern with men (and by pattern I mean that this has happened maybe two or three times in my life). Ready? What they offer me (in my head) isn’t enough. I don’t say this like a diva who thinks she deserves the sun and the moon and stars, because I...
by Elisabeth | Aug 13, 2020 | dating, divorce, healing, pain
In my lifetime, not including what’s going on right now, I have lived through four break-ups, including my divorce (from a grand total of two guys). And in those break-ups, something bad had happened that had caused the relationship to end. Which is why, in part, I...
