Below are excerpts from The Miserable Marriage Handbook.
"You are not alone. The appalling way that millions of people are treated in the privacy of their home, by their parent(s), spouse or partner is the biggest secret in our culture."
""But if we could be better, life would be happy. That's what we've been told, and we believe it until we hit the bottom of our endurance."
"We participate in the disguise that hides from the outside world the truth that our 'really great guy' isn't so great. He (or she) is a cold, indifferent, cunning, often calculating master of disguise who destroys the spirits of his/her family."
"You're not crazy, not even a little bit crazy. You are being used, although you can't really see it or recognize it for what it is. You deserve respect, kindness and caring because you are a human being."
"The 8 Survive and Grow Steps in this book are the steps I took to change my life while trapped with a man consumed by anger, who constantly criticized me, attempted to control every aspect of my life, worked me nearly to death, derided me with sarcasm and hatefulness, threatened to kill me and vowed to take my child away from me if I defied him. These Steps rescued me from that torturous marriage and transformed my life."
Facing and Accepting Reality
Climbing Back Inside Your Body - Not Attached to Him
Learning Who You Are Now
Choosing Who You Will Be
Seeing Your World Clearly
Managing Every Decision
Learning to Be Wise
Living with Strength and Grace
Each Survive and Grow Step is accompanied by a Transformation Action Plan you can follow as you walk the journey to a new way of coping and living while you rebuild your life.
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