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They Told Me My Body Had Failed

I was a brand-new mother when I was told my body couldn’t give my baby what he needed. I believed it. Years later, sitting in a circle of women, I began to understand how deeply those words had shaped me—and discovered the kind of healing that becomes possible when we stop trying to do it all alone.

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Marriage Counseling, Infidelity, communication Alicia Taverner Marriage Counseling, Infidelity, communication Alicia Taverner

Are you suffering in silence?

How long have you spent struggling in your relationship? How many nights have you spent crying alone in the dark, while your partner sleeps next to you, wondering when or how things will ever get better? How many times have you had the same argument and gotten the same results - retreating to your corner, alone, hurt, broken, and feeling helpless?

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Relationships Alicia Taverner Relationships Alicia Taverner

Why is it so hard to be Quarantined with my Partner?

For most of us, that separation is not just a luxury, but it was something that was necessary. The commute to work provided a time of separation from home to the staff meeting. Sending kids off to school provided time for many parents to work or get things done around the house, and who we are in our work environments offered separation from who we need to be at home.

Now the lines are blurred. Everything is happening at the kitchen table - the work, the schoolwork, the meetings, and the meals, and it can create a magnified effect for relationship issues.

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