Understanding how cognitive dissonance affects you will empower you to make decisions that honor who you are. This is especially important in dysfunctional relationships where you are pressured to give up so much of who you are to stay in the relationship and pacify people who ask you to violate your own standards.

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Try grey rocking when you don't want to engage with narcissists, manipulators, and other dysfunctional people. It is an effective way to keep you from getting drawn into the drama by attempting to explain or defend your truth. Watch this video to find out what grey rocking is and how to use it.

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Does "Love Covers a Multitude of Sins" equal tolerance? Does it mean you close your eyes and ignore the harmful things people do to you? Do you have to continue to forgive and move on? Or does it mean something else entirely? You need to know the answers to these questions if that Bible verse directs any of your responses to unhealthy people. Watch this video to find out what it really means.

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Forgiveness is a topic that gets brought up over and over again in the space of healing from betrayal.

Jonathan Daugherty of Be Broken Ministries interviews Karla Downing on Pure Sex Radio to discuss the 8 Steps of Forgiveness. In the episode, Karla gives a robust definition of forgiveness and then walks us through eight practical steps that are essential to the process of forgiveness.

More Resources:

• The 8-Step Forgiveness Process (PDF)

Related Podcasts:

• Betrayal Healing Phases

Should you have blind trust in your relationships? Dysfunctional people including people who have lied to you, betrayed you, and manipulated you often demand it without proving to you that they are trustworthy. Do you know how to respond to them without doubting yourself? And is there a process of rebuilding trust that you can expect before offering it again? Blind trust isn't wise or healthy. Christians can have boundaries around trust.

#blindtrust #christianboundaries #betrayal #rebuildingtrust 

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If you have been in dysfunctional relationships, you may have trouble recognizing when a relationship is unhealthy. It is important to know how to recognize dysfunction and unhealthy characteristics but it is also important to know what to look for in a healthy relationship because if those things are not there, then you know it isn't good and you can let it go even if you are confused about the bad.

Worksheet: https://www.changemyrelationship.com/christian-relationship-devotional-green-flags/

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Do you know how to recognize stinking thinking in a moody person or yourself? There are distinct signs that a person is slipping into a dark mood where things like resentment and self-pity are present. There is even a prediction of an addict's relapse. 

#stinkingthinking #relapse 

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How do you recognize and deal with toxic friendships? Is there a way to analyze your friendship and know that it isn't good for you? And if you recognize it isn't healthy, can you end it? And if you want to end it, how do you do it? Are there any biblical considerations? This video will answer all these questions.

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Do you find yourself or someone close to you taking offense easily to where it is a problem in the relationship? When someone is offended, is the person responsible for their own offense, or is the offender responsible? The question is important because offenses not dealt with appropriately can harm the relationship.

#offenses 

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Practicing radical acceptance is a way of detaching and letting go of what you don't like all at once. It doesn't come naturally to most of us. What does come naturally is to get worked up and control what we don't like. Instead, radical acceptance has you do the opposite. Find out how to put it into practice.

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