search shows verbal aggression and conflict damages kids (if you are also yelling, you are contributing) – and it takes two to make it happen. Let’s become women of strength & dignity and raise the standard of behavior for ourselves and everyone around us, including our husbands.
Tag: emotional abuse
If you are feeling worthless or alone in your marriage…
If you are feeling worthless and alone in your marriage, I want to give you HOPE today. Even if your marriage is “okay.” Especially if your marriage is “awful.” And really if your marriage is “full of conflict,” “mean-ness,” hurt, or even verbal/emotional abuse. And I hope that if you understand what I’m about to …
If you are feeling worthless or alone in your marriage…
If you are feeling worthless and alone in your marriage, I want to give you HOPE today. Even if your marriage is “okay.” Especially if your marriage is “awful.” And really if your marriage is “full of conflict,” “mean-ness,” hurt, or even verbal/emotional abuse. And I hope that if you understand what I’m about to …
What Not to Do with Anger…
I opened the tube of toothpaste and said, “This tube is just like our mouths, and the toothpaste is our words.” I squeezed the tube, and the toothpaste piled up on the plate. I handed the whole mess to my oldest son, then 8, and said, “Now put it back in the tube.” He looked …
And once again, I behaved badly…
“I can’t believe you didn’t remember your shoes!!” I know I reminded her. I know she’s 9. But now we can’t go in the store. Again. The Holy Spirit helped me stifle the critical remark threatening to escape my lips. You know the one that starts, “How many times have I told you to…” I …