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Reader Question: I Never Told On My Abuser

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 1, 2015 | Abuse, Emotional Connection, Family

Do family secrets need to be brought to light? Should you confront someone who abused you as a child? Every Monday I like to post a reader question and take a stab at answering it. Last week, after I posted on the Duggar abuse scandal, I started receiving quite a few...

Why The Duggar Abuse Scandal Matters

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 25, 2015 | Abuse, Faith

On Friday my daughter wrote a blog post about the Duggar sexual abuse scandal. I posted it on Facebook. And both of us had a whole pile of criticism thrown at us. So today I’d like to explain, in my own words, why I think the Duggar abuse scandal matters and...

Rebuilding Trust After a Porn Addiction

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 4, 2015 | Pornography, Resolving Conflict, Sexual Intimacy

I get a lot of reader’s questions like this one: I found out about my husband of 5 years had been addicted to porn and caught him by innocently searching through his photos on his phone while nursing my son in bed one morning. I regularly asked to use his...

Are We Expecting the Impossible in Marriage?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 29, 2015 | Emotional Connection, Faith

Are your expectations in marriage impossible to achieve? Recently I was going through some older posts that most of you will not have seen, and I came across this one about having sky-high marriage expectations. I thought it was worth re-running today. You may have...

The Unglamorous Life of a Porn Star–and Why We Don’t Have to Compete

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 26, 2014 | Emotional Connection, Pornography, Sexual Intimacy

It’s Wednesday, that day that we always talk marriage! Today’s guest post is from Jennifer Ferguson, whose husband, Craig, battled through and recovered from a pornography addiction. Together they’ve written the book Pure Eyes, Clean Heart: A...

A Little Higher Than the Squirrels

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 10, 2014 | Faith

Squirrels are nature’s little speedbumps, my daughter likes to say. This time of year it’s a pretty apt description, with all the plump squirrels scampering to and fro fervently collecting food for the winter. They’re bulking up, so they’re a tad slower when cars rush...