Episode 110

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2nd Apr 2025

Resentment vs. Forgiveness: Which One Is Controlling Your Marriage?

Struggling with overwhelm, shutdown, or emotional reactivity in your relationship? Our new Window of Tolerance Worksheet helps you identify your triggers, recognize dysregulation, and develop strategies to regain balance so you can show up as your best self in your marriage.

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"Are we actually allowing the healing to happen?"

In this episode of Master Your Marriage, we discuss the complexities of rebuilding trust after betrayal and the significant impact of unforgiveness on relationships. What are the emotional costs of holding onto past hurts? Learn about the transformative power of forgiveness. This is a process that can lead to personal peace and healthier relationships.

Through personal anecdotes and powerful stories, we illustrate how forgiveness can free individuals from the burdens of resentment and anger, ultimately leading to a more fulfilling life.

Takeaways

  • Trust can be rebuilt through full disclosure and accountability.
  • The hurt partner must also work on their healing process.
  • Unforgiveness can distort our perception of our partner.
  • People are not entirely good or bad; they can make mistakes.
  • Forgiveness is essential for personal peace and emotional health.
  • Holding onto grudges can have serious health consequences.
  • Forgiveness does not mean letting someone off the hook.
  • We can choose to see others as human and fallible.
  • Forgiveness can lead to a lighter, more fulfilling life.
  • Creating a new reality requires letting go of past hurts.

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Master Your Marriage
Experiencing deeper love, passion and connection in your relationship
The average couple waits 6 years to get help in their marriage. That's 6 years of pain, hurt, frustration and lost opportunity.

This podcast is designed to help you NOT become a part of that statistic.

Hosted by Dr. Robert and Sharla Snow — themselves married for 31 years — The Master Your Marriage show is here with straight-talking guidance on how to fill your marriage with fun, friendship and love, without it ever feeling like "hard work."

No matter how long you've been struggling with your marriage, or how long it's been since you've felt that "spark," we promise you, there is hope!

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