Healing Your Relationship After Betrayal
We’re continuing to confront some difficult topics. This week, I want to answer a question that so many people struggle with alone: How does a relationship heal after betrayal?
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When Trauma Enters the Marriage Bed
With Valentine’s Day just behind us—and all the cultural pressure that often comes with it—let’s tackle a difficult but important topic: sexual abuse and its impact on sex and intimacy.
If Only Life Had an Undo Button
Wouldn’t it be amazing if we had an “undo” button so we could quickly go back and fix mistakes—or a time machine so we could avoid traumatic events or change outcomes we wish turned out differently.
The Tipping Point Every Relationship Reaches
Ever wondered if there’s a tipping point in a relationship—the moment that determines whether it will deepen or slowly fade? Romantic relationship moves through predictable stages, whether we’re aware of them or not.
The “Rattles” We Live
I (Amy) have an older car. When I’m driving on a bumpy freeway, something on the tailgate rattles. Since most of the time it’s just me in the car I turn the radio up, so I don’t notice it.
Is It Really Rejection?
I (Amy) was reminded recently just how essential it is to be aware of our wounds before the moment happens. The other day, my 20-year-old son and I both had the day off. That doesn’t happen often in this season of life, so I invited him to go shopping with me. To my delight, he said yes.
What’s Your Blind Spot?
Here’s a simple but challenging question: How do you take feedback? Most of us would agree with this statement: I’m not right all the time. But we tend to act and live as if we are.
Why Most Resolutions Fail – And What To Do Instead
The New Year always seems to take me by surprise. There’s such a huge buildup to Christmas—and then suddenly, the New Year hits, and it’s all over. Everything resets, and we’re back at the beginning again.
Letting Go of Your Parenting Role
Last week, I wrote about learning how to be an adult when we go home for the holidays. This week, I want to face what it looks like to let go of the parenting role. We all know the word adulthood, but have you heard the term selfhood?
Being An Adult Around Family This Holiday
Why can it be so hard to feel like an adult when we go home for the holidays? You might be confident and competent in your career, respected by friends, or looked at as a leader in your church—but when you walk back into your family’s home, you can suddenly feel twelve again.