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A Personal Post: If You Grew Up with My Girls, Can We Have a Word?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 26, 2020 | Abuse

It’s American Thanksgiving today, and I wasn’t going to post anything because most of my readers are American, and I wanted a day off anyway. But over the last few weeks a number of things have happened that have made me worried and alarmed about...

God Language and Emotional Maturity Part 2: There’s a Commandment for That!

by Joanna Sawatsky | Nov 24, 2020 | Doing Life Together, Faith

We’ve been talking a lot on the blog about emotional maturity and its importance. And part of that is the whole “God language” issue. It’s Joanna on the blog today! Joanna is my intrepid stats person and co-author of The Great Sex Rescue, who...

The Podcast: No Wonder Abuse Victims Don’t Speak Up!

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 12, 2020 | Abuse, Podcasts

A few weeks ago I deleted a podcast I did for Domestic Violence Awareness Month. In it, I told a story of something that happened to me when I was 18, and I was raged at in public. I tried to tell a story which was nuanced–I had done something wrong as well. I...

How to Handle Your Children’s Disappointments

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 11, 2020 | Parenting Small Children, Parenting Teenagers

My girls were both far more emotionally mature on their wedding day than I was on mine. And their husbands were both more emotionally mature than Keith was, too! Keith and I were just so young, in so many ways (though my daughters were both technically younger than I...

When Did You Feel Like an Adult?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 4, 2020 | Doing Life Together

When did you officially feel grown up? I’m sure we all woke up this morning to a little bit of a fog that we weren’t necessarily expecting. I didn’t watch the election returns last night, and only tuned in at 7:15. I don’t want to get political...

Stop Worrying About Stuff You Can’t Change

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 7, 2020 | Doing Life Together

We’re in election season. We’re in the middle of COVID. It’s easy to feel depressed about the state of the world. I’ve been trying to cocoon, not pay attention to the news, not think about much of anything at all. I made the terrible mistake of...

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About Sheila

Sheila Wray Gregoire has been married for 25 years and happily married for 20! She loves traveling around North America with her hubby in their RV, giving her signature "Girl Talk" about sex and marriage. And she's written 8 books. About sex and marriage. See a theme here? Plus she knits. Even in line at the grocery store.