"What happened?", they ask me. They tell me they knew things weren't great... but they had no idea that things were "this bad," to the point that a spouse is threatening separation or divorce.
Suddenly, a chronic marriage problem becomes a marriage crisis.
They can't believe "that one argument" led to the threats of divorce.
And they are exactly right. That was just a flashpoint.
At some point, most chronic issues have a tipping point, when they go from chronic to crisis. it happens with health issues. And it happens with relationship issues.
Nothing is great... but not horrible... until everything turns upside-down. The problem erupts into a crisis.
If that is what happened to you, you need to understand the dynamics behind this. I cover those dynamics in today's podcast. Listen below.
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