Archive - Create Soul Space: Domestic Abuse Support and Healing

Hidden Infidelity: Sexual Coercion in Marriages

Before you begin this article, I want to give you a potential trigger warning.

Oct 3 •

September 2024

Understanding the Wounds of Intimate Partner Betrayal

Sexual betrayal is common in abusive relationships.

Sep 26 •

An Abusive Marriage is a Lonely Marriage

An excerpt from my book, Don't Plant Your Seeds Among Thorns: A Catholic's Guide to Recognizing and Healing from Domestic Abuse

Sep 16 •

Rosary Campaign for Peaceful Homes

Will you join us in praying a daily Rosary during the month of October for healing of marriages, hearts and families?

Sep 11 •

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Relational Blindness and the Quest to Understand Enemy Mode

It’s important to keep in mind that domestic abuse isn’t an isolated or rare incident of over-the-top marital discord.

Sep 7 •

How Healthy Relationships Can Help You Discern If You’re in an Abusive Situation

We come to know what something is by studying its opposite: we understand light only because we’ve become familiar with dark, just as we understand what…

Sep 3 •

August 2024

Using vs. Loving: What it Takes to Truly Love Another

And what to do if you can't find authentic love in your relationship

Aug 23 •

Spiritual Protection Against the Evil of Abuse

The Necessity of Deliverance Prayers

Aug 14 •

Anxiety as Anger

Be Angry and Do Not Sin

Aug 7 •

July 2024

Talking with Missio Dei About Healing from Domestic Abuse

In this second interview with Missio Dei, Jonathon Fessenden asked me about Catholic annulments, what it takes for someone who has been abusive to…

Jul 23 •

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Jonathon Fessenden

37:59

Missio Dei Talks About Domestic Abuse: Part 1

Recently I sat down with Jonathon Fessenden of Missio Dei to talk about domestic abuse from a Catholic perspective. Faith-filled discussions about this…

Jul 16 •

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Jonathon T. Fessenden

41:14

God Has Designed Us For Healing: The Gift of Neuroplasticity

“Will I always feel this way?”

Jul 11 •

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