This week we continued discussing the Rupture and Repair Cycle with a focus on marriage.  As you listen to this episode, keep in mind the diagram and the weekly check-in questions you can find here - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e2MSeQU6dxnchMF-K9YaHMCd-m5KXwaIQOJYSu-wNRQ/edit?usp=sharing

Throughout the episode, Andie shares how a deep understanding of the Rupture and Repair Cycle can be a great help to improving healthy communication in your marriage and gaining a non-anxious presence in your home.  However, there are times when a marriage is so broken and sin has become so normalized that a couple needs third-party help.  Toward the end of the episode, Andie shares some resources that may be helpful in determining the difference between a disappointing marriage and a truly destructive marriage.  The books she recommends are:

• Is it Abuse?  A Biblical Guide for Identifying Domestic Abuse and Helping Victims by Darby Strictland
• A Biblical Counselor's Approach to Marital Abuse: Roadmap to Reunification by Julie Ganschow & Bill Schlacks
• The Emotionally Destructive Marriage by Leslie Vernic