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Nice Guy or Something Else? Part 3 of 9

December 15, 2021 Jane Dough

Nice guys actually are nice in many ways – I know this is hard to understand when we are experiencing trauma due to their betrayal. Nice guys who have given themselves to addiction and cheating behaviors are experiencing a deeper level of dysfunction that requires more treatment and attention. In my opinion, once a person has given themselves over to betraying behaviors, serious treatment is needed because they’re very unhealthy. In the previous post, Saad said that sex addiction is…

Resource Spotlight: Stuck?

November 23, 2021 Jane Dough

Wow! This podcast episode by Helping Couples Heal is on point regarding feeling stuck! Marnie and Duane hit the nail on the head.

I Am Who He Says I Am…regardless of my thoughts and feelings…

October 14, 2020 S. Heart

I’m reading a few books, one of which is a book of 52 devotions written by Margaret Feinberg. The title is More Power to You — Declarations to Break Free From Fear & Take Back Your Life. She starts the book with a 90-second daily challenge wherein you read the daily declarations out loud. All of her declarations are based on who God says I am. And I believe every one of them with all my heart. I know these…

How to Calm

September 27, 2020 Jane Dough

I get it – the fear is REAL. We are dealing with serious consequences, devastating pain to the people we love the most, shame, public humiliation, being faced with possible divorce, job loss and more. Given the fact that our brains are in trauma-mode, how can we calm? I’ll never forget my first coach’s words: “Don’t let your circumstances make you doubt God’s nature.” God didn’t betray me, my husband did. 2 Timothy 4:17&18 “But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me… So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth. 18 The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.” Her advice,…