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You Can’t Deal with a Porn Addiction Alone

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 8, 2017 | Pornography, Resolving Conflict, Sexual Intimacy

Recovering from a porn addiction really can’t be done alone. This post contains affiliate links. I’ve spent the last week planning out my blog posts for December and January, and I realized late yesterday that a lot of them are really heavy topics (maybe...

Do We Try too Hard to Rush Forgiveness?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 2, 2017 | Abuse, Resolving Conflict

I have often been very uncomfortable with the way we sometimes talk about the doctrine of forgiveness. Here’s what I see too often happening: Someone is hurt very badly by someone else. Maybe it is sexual abuse; maybe it is some other form of abuse; maybe it is...

10 Ways to Nurture Your Marriage Through Grief

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 6, 2017 | Faith, Grief, Homemaking, Marriage

How many of us, when vowing “for better or for worse,” really expect to have to deal with the “worse”? After reading hundreds of stories that end with “And the prince and the princess lived happily ever after,” it can be easy to be...

What the Musical Hamilton Taught Me About My Legacy to My Kids

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 2, 2016 | Family, Sheila Snippets

My daughter Katie just loves musical theatre. For her 18th birthday I took her to New York City and we saw Les Miserables, which was one of the highlights of her life. And she recently went back to NYC with friends to see Phantom. But what she’s really obsessed...

Forgiving My Dad: Reestablishing a Relationship After Years of Separation

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 21, 2016 | Family

Our relationships with our fathers follow us into marriage. And many of us have virtually no relationship with our dad–because we’ve decided that it’s better that way. There’s no doubt that sometimes it is–when there’s abuse or...

Why “20 Minutes of Action” Can Steal a Life

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 9, 2016 | Abuse

Like many of you, I’ve been sickened by the story of the Stanford swimmer who sexually assaulted an unconscious woman, and received only 6 months in jail. And especially sickened by his father’s letter to the judge, asking the judge to consider the...