Partners
There is a monster being entertained in our homes! Would you guess that it is pornography? Are you one of those people who think that porn is no big deal? Have you bought into the mindset that “everyone does it” and there isn’t any harm that comes from it? Did […]
The Cost of Entertaining Pornography!
Why does my husband/partner seem so checked out all the time? Why can’t I get my husband/partner to have sex with me? Why do I feel like I am not enough for my husband/partner? How do I know if my husband/partner has a sexual addiction? So many women have questions […]
Questions Partner’s of Sex Addicts Ask
Are you burned out on life? If you are the partner of a sex addict–chances are good that you are. Have you been taking care of everything, trying to keep it all together? Are you ready to throw in the towel, and give up? Are you frustrated that nothing ever […]
Partner Recovery and Codependency
Strategies for Healing Hearts is a nonprofit ministry that seeks to restore families that are wounded by addiction and abuse. We do address the addict’s needs and have coaching that will facilitate change. Families affected by addiction live in the shadow of the ‘elephant in the living room’ scenario, where […]
Strategies for Healing Hearts
How do you deal with feeling overwhelmed in your life? Do you go into control mode and make sure everything is managed, or do you fall apart and let everything go until the chaos becomes so bad that you break under the pressure? It is certainly true that the world […]
How do You Deal with Feeling Overwhelmed?
If you have been codependent all of your life, can you ever really get over it? Can you get over the drive to fix or rescue the addict in your life? I believe that you can, but it is going to take some work on your part. First of all […]
Once Codependent–Always Codependent?
Do you know what conflict management is? It is when you are the one who is trying to keep everyone around you happy. You make it your responsibility to keep everyone happy at the expense of your own feelings, your own needs, your own desires. When you manage the conflict […]
Conflict Management and Codependency
Are you burned out on life? If you are the partner of a sex addict–chances are good that you are. Have you been taking care of everything, trying to keep it all together? Are you ready to throw in the towel, and give up? Are you frustrated that nothing ever […]
How Has Codependency Ruined Your Life?
Partners of sex addicts are continually needing to evaluate the status of their relationship, and their reasons for staying. That is why it is important to get counseling help to address the codependency side of addiction. Do you know the difference between ‘care-taking’ and ‘care-giving’? They are two very different […]