If you’re anything like me, growing up, you heard “trust is easy to lose and hard to regain.” Have you found this to be true? It can be challenging for some spouses to place all their faith into their spouse. Sometimes, a lack of trust is a result of not so favorable life experiences even without any major hurtful betrayals occurring. However, if you add a betrayal to … [Read more...]
Quit Hiding! How to Become More Vulnerable in Your Relationships
By Tatianah Green, I’ve recently come to the realization that I have an issue with being vulnerable. What is the first thing that comes to mind when you read that? Is it vulnerable in the sense of opening up to those around you, making public speeches, seeing your body in a certain outfit, or disclosing personal and raw feelings to your loved ones including those who we are … [Read more...]
To Stay or To Leave Him? That Is The Question
Let’s call her Tara. Tara emailed me in response to an article I wrote entitled, 3 Keys to Rebuilding Trust After It’s Been Broken. Her man broke her trust (she didn’t go into details). She’s upset because he’s trying to make her hurry up and ‘get over it’. She also suspects he will get tired of the uphill climb out the doghouse and will just move on to the next one. She is … [Read more...]
3 Keys to Rebuilding Trust After It’s Been Broken
In order for Steven to rebuild her trust, there must have been trust to begin with. But he done messed up! Now he’s trying to figure out how to rebuild trust. Steven was supposed to be at happy hour with some co-workers (plural)….so he told his fiancé, Tracey. But half the truth is a lie; he was at happy hour with a coworker (singular)…in a two seater…in the corner…hugged … [Read more...]
5 Ways I Know My Husband Trusts Me
A spouse’s trust is sacred and should never be taken for granted. It takes time to develop genuine trust between a husband and wife because we all bring baggage from our childhoods or former relationships that can interfere with our ability to trust each other. This January, my husband and I will celebrate 17 years of marriage. Over half of those were spent learning how to … [Read more...]