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Practising Boundaries in Marriage: Speaking Honestly Without Attacking or Withdrawing – Part 2
It is one thing to understand that boundaries are important in marriage. It is another thing to actually practise them. Most couples who struggle with boundaries do so not because they do not know the theory.
Practising Boundaries in Marriage: Why Love Needs Freedom, Responsibility, and Truth – Part 1
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When Conflict Happens: Learning to “Fight Fairly” in Marriage
If your current pattern of conflict feels stuck, that does not mean it cannot change. Even rigidly set patterns are learned. And what is learned can be unlearned. Hard hearts can become soft again.
Communication Is the Relationship
By Erich Schoeman | Clinical Psychologist Do you want a relationship that is close, works well and is full of understanding, support and fun? Let’s look at one of the key components to this –...
10 Thoughts on Christian Marriage and Sexual Intimacy
Sex is one of the most powerful and misunderstood aspects of Christian marriage. Culturally, we are fed two dominant narratives. The first says that passionate, exciting sex belongs to the unattached and the adventurous. The second suggests that religious marriage is restrictive, rule-bound, and sexually dull. Neither narrative is true. As both a clinician and a Christian, I have seen something far more nuanced and far more hopeful. When faith and emotional maturity intersect in marriage, sexual intimacy is not diminished. It is deepened. Here are ten thoughts to help us think more clearly, and more biblically, about sex in Christian marriage.
Steps for healing after an affair
written by Christian Clinical Psychologist Erich Schoeman A Step-by-Step Guide for Christian Couples Infidelity is a devastating breach of trust, but it doesn’t have to be the end of a marriage....
Restoration after an affair
RESTORATION AFTER AN AFFAIR A Christian Psychology Perspective By Erich Schoeman (Clinical Psychologist; Trainer & Speaker) Matters of the Soul/Sake van die Siel (www.mattersofthesoul.org)...