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Something Has to Change You can't put it into words, but something is happening to you. Your stomach churns, your heart aches, and the tension in your marriage is making you feel weary and a little crazy. The constant criticism, disrespect, cruelty, deceit, and gross indifference are eroding your confidence and breaking your spirit. For any woman caught in an emotionally destructive marriage, Leslie Vernick offers a personalized path forward. Based on decades of counseling experience, her intensely practical, biblical advice will show you how to establish boundaries and break free from emotional abuse. Learn to identify damaging behaviors, gain the skills to respond wisely, promote healthy change, stay safe, understand when, why, and even how to leave, and recognize that God sees and hates what is happening to you. Trying harder to be a perfect fantasy wife won't help fix what's wrong your marriage. Discover instead how you can initiate effective changes to stop the cycle of destruction and restore hope for the future. ?Women in an emotionally abusive marriage do not need another book on how to have a good marriage; those books rub salt in raw wounds. No, they desperately need this book so that they can diagnose just how bad their marriage is and then, with Leslie's clear expertise, develop a plan that will either begin to turn their marriage around...or give them a wise route of escape.… (more)
To the bravest women I know. Your faith, strength, and courage inspire me.
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[Introduction] It's easy to find a plethora of good books about how to be a godly wife or what steps to take to build a successful and happy marriage.
Several years ago, while speaking in Hungry, I was shocked to see the new title the Hungarians had given one of my books when they translated it into their language.
[Epilogue] I hope you are no longer hanging on by a thread but have grabbed hold of the lifeline of grace and truth God offers you.
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Last words
[Introduction] He gives you a lifeline. Grab hold of it and live.
Something Has to Change You can't put it into words, but something is happening to you. Your stomach churns, your heart aches, and the tension in your marriage is making you feel weary and a little crazy. The constant criticism, disrespect, cruelty, deceit, and gross indifference are eroding your confidence and breaking your spirit. For any woman caught in an emotionally destructive marriage, Leslie Vernick offers a personalized path forward. Based on decades of counseling experience, her intensely practical, biblical advice will show you how to establish boundaries and break free from emotional abuse. Learn to identify damaging behaviors, gain the skills to respond wisely, promote healthy change, stay safe, understand when, why, and even how to leave, and recognize that God sees and hates what is happening to you. Trying harder to be a perfect fantasy wife won't help fix what's wrong your marriage. Discover instead how you can initiate effective changes to stop the cycle of destruction and restore hope for the future. ?Women in an emotionally abusive marriage do not need another book on how to have a good marriage; those books rub salt in raw wounds. No, they desperately need this book so that they can diagnose just how bad their marriage is and then, with Leslie's clear expertise, develop a plan that will either begin to turn their marriage around...or give them a wise route of escape.