by Sharon Pope | Last updated: Mar 20, 2023 | Moving On From My Marriage
“I will not stay, not ever again – in a room or conversation or relationship or institution that requires me to abandon myself.” Glennon Doyle ***You know how some videos come with a warning about graphic and triggering content…? I feel like this post...
by Sharon Pope | Last updated: Oct 13, 2022 | How to Fix My Marriage
“Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you – gently, with love, and hand your life back to you.” Tennessee Williams There was a time when I was in my first marriage when I gave up on something...
by Sharon Pope | Last updated: Jun 29, 2020 | Truth
“If you cannot live without your marriage, you cannot navigate within it.” Harriet Lerner, PhD My client is a full-time nurse and her husband is an executive who is both over-working and over-drinking. She suspects it’s his way of avoiding the difficulties inside the...
by Sharon Pope | Last updated: Jun 23, 2020 | Stuck in Indecision: Stay or Go?
“The vow, ‘till death do us part, is killing our marriages.” Sharon Pope I know…I know….it’s blasphemy. Divorce talk from a relationship coach? (Insert gasp here…) But wait, there’s more blasphemy: I believe the vow ‘till death do us part’ is actually killing...
by Sharon Pope | Last updated: Oct 13, 2022 | How to Fix My Marriage
“In relationships between dominant and subordinate groups, the subordinate group members always possess a far greater understanding of dominant group members and their culture than vice versa.” –Harriet Lerner, PhD, The Dance of Intimacy I received an email that...
