3 Signs Your Relationship
Is Stagnant or Worse
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Mary Whitman-Ortiz, MA, CLC is a Dating & Relationship Coach helping women
joyfully navigate the intricacies of being known and loved, so they can create
soul-satisfying relationships. She partners with women around the world to see
themselves as their heavenly Father does, with eyes of love. Her transformative
coaching, interactive conference presentations, and life-application articles
communicate reflection, truth, and divine acceptance. Divorced after a 26-year
marriage and propelled to re-establish her entire identity, she is now happily
remarried in a godly, passionate, and fun relationship. She uses her painful past
to encourage others towards God’s abundant promises. She can show you how
to successfully create, sustain, and grow your relationships because she’s done it
herself.
We were created for RELATIONSHIP. It’s in our
DNA to be known and loved, by God’s design for
us.
Relationship affects EVERY area of your life, from
a casual EXCHANGE at the grocery check-out, to
important CONVERSATIONS with your children’s
teachers, and ultimately, with intimate
CONNECTIONS that are based on vulnerability
and trust.
Sometimes relationships feel like something is
just ‘off’ or there is a missing piece. Other times
there is deep and almost debilitating HURT. The
wounds are so powerful they shut you down and
CHANGE the course of your life…forever.
Do you want to get it together before a potential
PROBLEM begins or increases?
What areas of pain are in your life right now?
Emotional DISTANCE, lack of connection,
or awkward and uncomfortable settings
where you don’t click, and may even be
prompted to pull away.
Unpleasant COMMUNICATION filled with
surface or social talk (only), negative words
and belittling tones, or a downward spiral
of accusations and intentionally harmful
arguments.
Substitutes for relational INTERACTION
from ‘good busyness’, to choosing
distractions because you’re in denial, or
finally succumbing to addictive behaviors
that attempt to fill a void.
These scenarios can play out in a million ways,
but what’s at the core? How to SOLVE THE
PROBLEM?
Let’s start where we have the most power. Who
are YOU?
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