The Loving Truth

Real questions, real coaching, and real breakthroughs. 

In this episode of Ask Sharon, I invite you inside my membership program for a deep-dive into transformational relationship coaching that happened on a previously recorded live coaching call.

In this episode, one of my members details all the fear that’s coming up as she prepares to tell her husband that she’s ready for divorce. I walk her through her next move one step at a time, and we begin to list some positive intentions for the outcome of this hard conversation… and beyond. 

*Audio shared with permission.

Struggling to decide whether to stay or go in your marriage and you’re serious about finding that answer?

Book a Truth & Clarity Session with a member of my team. We’ll discuss where you are in your marriage and explore if there’s a fit for you and I to work together so you can make - and execute - the RIGHT decision for YOU and your marriage.

“My spouse is not going to allow for a peaceful divorce—no matter how much I want that.”

Karen McMahon joins me for this special episode of the podcast to answer an important question: “How do I navigate divorce with a high-conflict partner?” 

Karen is the Founder of Journey Beyond Divorce and the Host of The Journey Beyond Divorce Podcast. She has 14+ years of coaching experience guiding 650+ clients through the legal and emotional battles of high-conflict divorce. 

In this episode, Karen shares her personal story of high-conflict marriage, divorce, and co-parenting through it all to help you navigate your own struggle. 

Listen in to our conversation about how to prepare for an UNpeaceful divorce (even if you’re trying for peace). We also talk about how even one peaceful person can break generational dysfunction and the oft-overlooked impact of divorce on our adult children (and our relationships with them).a

Struggling to decide whether to stay or go in your marriage and you’re serious about finding that answer?

Book a Truth & Clarity Session with a member of my team. We’ll discuss where you are in your marriage and explore if there’s a fit for you and I to work together so you can make - and execute - the RIGHT decision for YOU and your marriage.

“How do I know if I’m staying for the wrong reasons?” 

This episode gives you an exclusive peek inside my membership program and a real-life coaching session with a client who says, “I love him, and we’re incredible roomates… but how can we possibly reconnect with all this resentment between us? How do I know if I’m staying for the wrong reasons?”

The thing about resentments is: We carry them with us (whether we decide to stay or leave). 

So we’ll start by dissecting the very significant resentments this client shares, and then we’ll move into questioning whether her marriage is ‘worth’ fighting for… or not.

I’ll also explain - 

• How to reconnect as partners (not parents) 
• How to ensure one or both of you tends to the marriage regularly
• How to move past resentment… whether it’s for the ‘wrong’ reasons or not

*Audio shared with permission.

Struggling to decide whether to stay or go in your marriage and you’re serious about finding that answer?

Book a Truth & Clarity Session with a member of my team. We’ll discuss where you are in your marriage and explore if there’s a fit for you and I to work together so you can make - and execute - the RIGHT decision for YOU and your marriage.

When it’s time to have a difficult conversation with your partner (or frankly, with anyone you love) you can’t just ‘wing’ it. There must be conscious intentionality behind your words and your actions. 

In this episode, I’ll give you 4 important reasons why you might need to have a difficult conversation, plus the most common reasons these conversations fail and what’s required for them to succeed. 

I’ll also share an example of a difficult conversation I had with my family—because it’s simpler than you might think.

Struggling to decide whether to stay or go in your marriage and you’re serious about finding that answer?

Book a Truth & Clarity Session with a member of my team. We’ll discuss where you are in your marriage and explore if there’s a fit for you and I to work together so you can make - and execute - the RIGHT decision for YOU and your marriage.

“I don’t want to let go of something that’s so important to me. But it’s not working anymore.”

This is an emotional episode (because this is an emotional topic). Welcome to a recorded coaching session* with one of the members inside The Decision.

This client has been married to her partner for more than a decade. They have two children together. Right now, they’re struggling with a circular argument that envelops deep criticism and hurt feelings.

In this coaching session, we explore some very important questions as she grapples with her decision to stay or leave: 

• What if we’re too different? How to work with your partner who has a completely different perspective from you
• Have we tried enough? How to create a practice to identify your intuition and inner wisdom
• Have you shown him your fear? How to soften into vulnerability when you’re hurting

Listen in for an emotional conversation with a client who’s ready to make a change.

*Shared with permission.

Struggling to decide whether to stay or go in your marriage and you’re serious about finding that answer?

Book a Truth & Clarity Session with a member of my team. We’ll discuss where you are in your marriage and explore if there’s a fit for you and I to work together so you can make - and execute - the RIGHT decision for YOU and your marriage.

“I thought if I could just fix myself… my marriage problems would resolve.” 
–Rachel Hollis

On the podcast this week, we have a very special guest… Welcome RACHEL HOLLIS to The Loving Truth podcast!

Rachel is a two-time #1 New York Times bestselling author whose work has impacted millions of people worldwide. You probably know her from her wildly popular books: Girl, Wash Your Face and Girl, Stop Apologizing.

In this episode of the podcast, Rachel and I have a conversation about intuition, fear, marriage, and divorce. 

Rachel explains how she’s slowly learned to listen to her gut instincts and how she digests her biggest fears through writing. She also tells the relatable story of her first panic attack and how she’s re-learning to communicate with her now-husband. 

It wouldn’t be a conversation with Rachel Hollis if she didn’t also drop some wisdom, so you’ll hear her advice on - 

• How to ask better questions to reconnect with your intuition
• The difference between what we ‘need’ and what we ‘want’
• And the powerful mindset shift to identify your real v. perceived fear

Rachel’s new book What If YOU Are The Answer? is filled with insightful questions to ask as you learn to trust yourself again… and she shares a few of those right here on The Loving Truth! 

“[My divorce] was so much worse than I could have imagined… and I would do it again.”
–Rachel Holis

Struggling to decide whether to stay or go in your marriage and you’re serious about finding that answer?

Book a Truth & Clarity Session with a member of my team. We’ll discuss where you are in your marriage and explore if there’s a fit for you and I to work together so you can make - and execute - the RIGHT decision for YOU and your marriage.

“Everything in life changes. Sometimes you grow together. Sometimes you grow apart. This is the nature of life.”  – Sharon Pope on The Loving Truth podcast

Take a sneak peek into what happens inside my membership program in this special episode of The Loving Truth podcast. 

You’ll hear a real-life coaching session with one of my clients who asks - 

• Will my kids think I’ve tried hard enough to save my marriage? 
• How long do I have to try before I can move on? 
• What happens if he makes the changes… and I still don’t want to stay?

Together we walk through some key answers to these questions (and more!) as she considers her decision to stay and fix her marriage… or leave without regret.

Struggling to decide whether to stay or go in your marriage and you’re serious about finding that answer?

Book a Truth & Clarity Session with a member of my team. We’ll discuss where you are in your marriage and explore if there’s a fit for you and I to work together so you can make - and execute - the RIGHT decision for YOU and your marriage.

Soooo many women ask me this question: Can I really be married… and free? 

By now you know what I think about this: Freedom is a requirement for a happy, healthy, loving marriage! But I know it’s not so simple when you feel trapped by your relationship and imprisoned by your commitment to another person. 

In this episode, I want to challenge what you believe about relationships—and the ways you develop trust, deepen love, and (re)commit to each other.

Struggling to decide whether to stay or go in your marriage and you’re serious about finding that answer?

Book a Truth & Clarity Session with a member of my team. We’ll discuss where you are in your marriage and explore if there’s a fit for you and I to work together so you can make - and execute - the RIGHT decision for YOU and your marriage.

They were living like roommates. Then she had an affair. Is this marriage salvageable? (Does she want it to be?)

In this episode of Ask Sharon, I’m taking you inside my membership program with a real-live conversation with my client, Elsa*.

We talk about - 

• How to ask the ‘right’ questions to make better decisions
• The difference between money problems… and drama
• What to do if you’re financially dependent on your marriage

You’ll also hear an embarrassing secret from me and the first lesson I learned from Martha Beck.

If you feel stuck trying to make the ‘impossible’ decision to leave your marriage or stay… this episode might illuminate the problem.

Struggling to decide whether to stay or go in your marriage and you’re serious about finding that answer?

Book a Truth & Clarity Session with a member of my team. We’ll discuss where you are in your marriage and explore if there’s a fit for you and I to work together so you can make - and execute - the RIGHT decision for YOU and your marriage.

They were living like roommates. Then she had an affair. Is this marriage salvageable? (Does she want it to be?)

In this episode of Ask Sharon, I’m taking you inside my membership program with a real-live conversation with my client, Elsa*.

We talk about - 

• How to ask the ‘right’ questions to make better decisions
• The difference between money problems… and drama
• What to do if you’re financially dependent on your marriage

You’ll also hear an embarrassing secret from me and the first lesson I learned from Martha Beck.

If you feel stuck trying to make the ‘impossible’ decision to leave your marriage or stay… this episode might illuminate the problem.

Struggling to decide whether to stay or go in your marriage and you’re serious about finding that answer?

Book a Truth & Clarity Session with a member of my team. We’ll discuss where you are in your marriage and explore if there’s a fit for you and I to work together so you can make - and execute - the RIGHT decision for YOU and your marriage.