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coachinghope4u
Mar 11, 20224 min read
The Truth Series: Her Eyes
The facts have been slightly changed to protect Carrie. But the bottom line is the same. Meet Carrie. (Trigger warning: masturbation...
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coachinghope4u
Feb 18, 20223 min read
The Truth Series: Her Face
When I initially wrote this, Lauren requested to use another name. She has now chosen to use her real name. *Trigger warning: rape and...
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coachinghope4u
Jan 7, 20222 min read
Not a Casserole Widow™: Fear of Success
She said these words: “I’m not afraid of failure. I’m afraid of success.” My mind went in to overload. It was so simply profound, I...
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coachinghope4u
Dec 19, 20212 min read
Not a Casserole Widow™: 3 Things You Wish People Knew
"You are 'Not a Casserole Widow'. What do you want people to know? What do you wish you could tell them?" 1. "Stop telling me to...
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coachinghope4u
Dec 5, 20211 min read
Not a Casserole Widow™: Healing with Fire
Free me. Free me from the horror. Freedom. Is freedom possible? Blackness determines your future, Twisting through your heart, lungs, and...
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coachinghope4u
Nov 21, 20217 min read
Gibberish Tip #3: Communicating with the Uncommunicative
Between a rock and a hard place. ARGH! There are times when you simply have no good choices. How can you survive an impossible situation?...
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coachinghope4u
Nov 7, 20212 min read
Not a Casserole Widow™: Seeking Sleep
Elusive sleep. 3am. That desolate hour when nothing should be awake. But I am. I look at my clock and think, “If I go back to sleep now,...
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coachinghope4u
Oct 10, 20214 min read
Not a Casserole Widow™: Chucking Church
This is what she told me today: I didn’t always hate church but one day, one experience, and one moment changed the way I saw the church....
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coachinghope4u
Sep 26, 20212 min read
Not a Casserole Widow™: I'm Drowning.
Her hands are above her head. Reaching from the water, searching for air so her mouth can inhale a much needed breath. Her eyes are open...
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coachinghope4u
Sep 12, 20215 min read
Gibberish Tip #2: Communicating with the Uncommunicative
How do you respond to gibberish? Here are tools you can use today taken from real experiences. Have you ever been told, “You are so hard...
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coachinghope4u
Aug 29, 20214 min read
Our Soldiers, my story.
My heart is absolutely broken for our soldiers. I have a deep, dark cavern around my heart, an ache for their families, and I am...
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coachinghope4u
Aug 14, 20215 min read
Not a Casserole Widow™: Her Snollygoster
She called me early in the morning. Her words were fast and frantic. Filled with anguish. “I don’t know how I am going to do this. I...
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coachinghope4u
Aug 3, 20216 min read
Not a Casserole Widow™: Meet Debbie-
I've been on vacation this week. Thus the delayed blog. Before I introduce Debbie, here is a wee bit I learned about me in the past few...
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coachinghope4u
Jul 19, 20215 min read
Gibberish Tip #1: Communicating with the Uncommunicative
Sometimes, women show up at our sessions flabbergasted as they struggle to communicate with their x partners. Trying to respond...
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coachinghope4u
Jul 4, 20214 min read
Not a Casserole Widow™: Ezer Kenegdo
"Submissive." That word haunts me. I was reading a journal I wrote years ago and came across a line that made me shiver. “I know I just...
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coachinghope4u
Jun 20, 20213 min read
Not a Casserole Widow™: The Letter
She sent me the letter she wanted to send him. As if asking for permission. “Dear Tom, You texted me yesterday stating, ‘I know this year...
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coachinghope4u
Jun 5, 20216 min read
Not a Casserole Widow™: The Beating.
“I hit myself. I was so distraught and confused that I slammed my fist into my own thigh. The first punch didn’t stop the pain in my...
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coachinghope4u
May 23, 20214 min read
Not a Casserole Widow™: Court. A Call to Action.
COURT. That word causes me to respond with a visceral wretch. In fact, writing about it triggers me to visualize words like pain,...
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coachinghope4u
May 9, 20213 min read
Not a Casserole Widow™: The Betrayed Partner’s Joy
I woke today thinking about you. The mom living a nightmare she never wanted. So, why joy? I'd like to give you 1 tool today to help you...
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coachinghope4u
May 1, 20214 min read
Not a Casserole Widow™: The Betrayed Partner’s Trust
“I dragged our mattress out to the front yard, poured gas on it and proceeded to set it on fire. That was the day my life, as I knew it,...
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