3 Things NEVER to DO When You Begin a New Relationship
Starting a new relationship? Avoid these three critical mistakes: oversharing too soon, losing your identity, and ignoring red flags. Dr. Christine shares expert tips to help you build a strong, lasting connection from the start.
Finding Comfort After Betrayal and Rejection
Betrayal and rejection cut deep, but healing is possible. By pouring your heart out to God and embracing His truth, you can find comfort, freedom, and restoration. Discover practical, psychologically sound ways to navigate the pain and reclaim your worth in this heartfelt blog.
Cognitive Distortions: How Your Thoughts Might Be Sabotaging Your Relationships
Are your thoughts secretly undermining your relationships? Cognitive distortions—those sneaky, irrational mental habits—could be sparking conflict and distance in your closest bonds. From jumping to conclusions to assuming the worst, discover how to spot these patterns and break free with practical steps and expert guidance.
Can You Really Fix Them? The Truth About Changing Others
We unpack the common struggle of trying to change someone in a relationship—whether it’s a partner, family member, or friend. Learn why true change must come from within, recognize the signs it’s time to let go, and discover the freedom of accepting others as they are. Join us for practical insights and empowering truths to help you break free from exhausting patterns and embrace a life of authentic love and self-respect.
The Art of Soul-Care: Embracing Self-Care and Vibrant Authenticity
When you dismiss your needs, mute your longings, or diminish your gifts, you erode the very foundation of your being. This isn’t about fleeting exhaustion—it’s about a soul losing its bearings. Without self-care, your love for others becomes a fragile thread, stretched to breaking, unable to hold the weight of authenticity.
What are safe relationships
Healing from abuse requires more than time—it requires safe relationships. Learn how to recognize the difference between healthy and unhealthy connections, and discover five key traits of safe people who support your growth, dignity, and emotional well-being.
Recovering Your Identity After Escaping Codependency and Abuse
We cannot get through life unscathed by trauma. Yet, we often let trauma dominate our lives through denial, avoidance, fear, or naivete. Undealt with, trauma isolates us and leads to self-protection, manifesting as codependence or narcissism. Both extremes involve hiding oneself to manage the world around them. As natural nurturers, most women tend to lean toward codependency.
Healing and Wholeness after Escaping Abuse
You cannot live (or love) well if you are not well. Your journey to healing begins with finding your own footing to think, speak, act, and live authentically no matter who agrees.
Hostage to The Misplaced Responsibility
I’m going to make a statement that might initially cause a strong reaction in you, but please hear me out. Ultimately, my goal is to find that precious, sacred, powerful point at which we become intentional about living, even in the midst of a destructive, stifling world. It is at that point where we have the God-given agency to make a choice about our next step, and about who we are and how we are showing up. The hardest question to answer is: How?
His New Nickname
We get stuck in loops trying to figure out why our spouse (or any other significant other) does what they do to us. It’s as if we understood the intent, it could excuse the pain or angst we feel toward them. Or, we turn it all inward and ask ourselves, “What’s wrong with ME?”
Maybe if we could figure out why he does what he does, we could also figure out how to better avoid it. Or fix it. Or be able to get him to change because we could explain it and connect all the dots to make sense for him why it would be so easy to change and do differently.
