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When you said, “I do”, you entered marriage with high hopes, dreaming it would be supremely happy. You never intended for it to be miserable. Millions of couples are struggling in desperate marriages. But the story doesn’t have to end there. Dr. Gary Chapman writes, “I believe that in every troubled marriage, one or both partners can take positive steps that have the potential for changing the emotional climate in their marriage.”

One out of three married women sitting in an average conservative Christian church is in a confusing and painful marriage relationship. These women believe they are alone. I want them to know they aren't. They believe they can't find peace. I want them to know they can. They believe they don't have choices. I want them to know they do.

Nach 20 Jahren in einer Ehe, in der sie vor allem "funktionierte", verliebt sich Sonja R. Hals über Kopf. Emotional ausgehungert wie sie ist, gibt Frank ihr alles, was sie jahrelang vermisst hat. Doch Sonja ist an einen Narzissten geraten, der sie ganz für sich vereinnahmen will und ihr Selbstwertgefühl systematisch zerstört. Sieben Jahre dauert diese narzisstische Beziehung, von der sie hier ungeschönt erzählt, dann schafft Sonja R. nach vielen Versuchen den Absprung.

On May 23, 2009, Amanda Stott-Smith drove to the middle of the Sellwood Bridge in Portland, Oregon, and dropped her two children into the Willamette River. Forty minutes later, rescuers found the body of four-year-old Eldon. Miraculously, his seven-year-old sister, Trinity, was saved. As the public cried out for blood, Amanda was arrested, convicted, and sentenced to thirty-five years in prison.