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Change My Relationship offers practical solutions based on biblical truths for all difficult relationships from Karla Downing, Marriage & Family Therapist.
Change My Relationship offers practical solutions based on biblical truths for all difficult relationships from Karla Downing, Marriage & Family Therapist.
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Thursday Dec 04, 2025
Shame-Based People
Thursday Dec 04, 2025
Thursday Dec 04, 2025
Shame-based people react to anything you say that criticizes them or threatens to expose their weaknesses. They also do other dysfunctional things that range anywhere from codependency to addiction to abuse and more. Watch this video to get more understanding about why shame-based people do what they do and also learn how to respond to them.
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Monday Dec 01, 2025
Monday Dec 01, 2025
Christian codependency can affect whether you are a healthy or a codependent caregiver. When you need to care for someone in your life, it is never easy. Whether it is caring for an elder parent, a mentally ill or disabled child, or a chronically sick spouse, you will need to be intentional about the boundaries you set. It is hard to figure out how to take care of yourself when the demands are overwhelming. Watch this video for caregiver support in finding out how you can be a healthy, instead of a codependent caregiver. It will change your life. #codependent #christiancodependency #settingboundaries #caregiversupport
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Watch this video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/y-xAtNkZYVw

Friday Nov 28, 2025
Holiday Expectations
Friday Nov 28, 2025
Friday Nov 28, 2025
Holidays are difficult for people who have dysfunctional families. They are also painful for people with loss and bad memories. While you cannot change the circumstances, one of the things you can do is to change your expectations. Watch this video to see how this simple change can make a big difference. #changeexpectations #holidayemotions #dysfunctionalfamilies
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Watch this video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ZDxMivGYs8M

Monday Nov 24, 2025
Sex in Your Dysfunctional, Painful, Toxic Marriage
Monday Nov 24, 2025
Monday Nov 24, 2025
Sex in your dysfunctional, painful, toxic marriage is impacted by the problems. Sexual dissatisfaction is high when you have anger, hurt, and rejection and many unresolved problems. You don't feel like being intimate with a person who causes you pain and doesn't care. Christian marriage advice often tells you to have more sex because your body belongs to your husband. Yet, doing that only makes you feel worse. Setting boundaries with sex is discouraged, but you need to know the scriptural truth about what you can do to deal with sex in your dysfunctional, painful, toxic marriage. Watch this video to find out. #toxicmarriage #dysfunctionalrelationship #sexualdissatisfaction #christianmarriageadvice #scripturaltruth #settingboundaries
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Watch this video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/2sCucHoCrOw

Thursday Nov 20, 2025
Christian Codependency: Are You Enmeshed?
Thursday Nov 20, 2025
Thursday Nov 20, 2025
In Christian codependency, we believe we are doing the right thing to stay in toxic relationships, whether with our spouse, partner, friend, or family. We believe we are supposed to sacrifice, give, tolerate, overlook, and forgive. Two become one in marriage. The church is our family. We honor our parents. We respect our elders. These along with the dynamics in toxic relationships, often result in us losing ourselves. If you have trouble setting boundaries and separating yourself from toxic people, it may be because you are enmeshed. Watch this video to find out if you are enmeshed. The answer is important.
Watch this video to find out. #christiancodependency #enmeshment #toxicrelationships
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Monday Nov 17, 2025
Trying to Convince People of Your Truth
Monday Nov 17, 2025
Monday Nov 17, 2025
Trying to convince people of your truth can lead you to talk too much, push too hard, over-react, and waste your time and energy. You might be surprised to know that it isn't your job to convince them.
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Thursday Nov 13, 2025
The Last Straw in the Relationship
Thursday Nov 13, 2025
Thursday Nov 13, 2025
The last straw in the relationship is the thing that appears to cause it to end. It leaves people questioning themselves and rehearsing things over and over to figure out how it could have gone differently. The truth is that it isn't really the cause. It is usually something else. Find out what it is. #finalstraw #dysfunctionalrelationship
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Watch this video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ziuObkOuAJs

Monday Nov 10, 2025
Should You Tell Your Church Relationship Problems?
Monday Nov 10, 2025
Monday Nov 10, 2025
Should you tell your church about your relationship problems? This is an important decision because many church pastors, elders, leaders, and members don't understand toxic relationships, complicated, dysfunctional relationship problems, and emotional abuse.
They may not believe that Christians should have boundaries, and you may end up suffering double abuse, where you are discounted and invalidated by them. Even biblical counseling sometimes offers bad advice because the counselors may not have the proper training to recognize what you are dealing with and have limited therapeutic interventions.
Watch this video to find out what you need to know when deciding to tell your church about your relationship problems. #christianboundaries #relationshipproblems #emotionalabuse #doubleabuse #toxicrelationships #biblicalcounseling
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Thursday Nov 06, 2025
Manipulation by Creating Fear
Thursday Nov 06, 2025
Thursday Nov 06, 2025
People manipulate you by creating fear in you. Knowing what you are afraid of shows them ways to get you to do what they want. Watch this video to learn how you can refuse to be manipulated by fear.
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Monday Nov 03, 2025
Dysfunctional Families: Teach Your Children to Detach
Monday Nov 03, 2025
Monday Nov 03, 2025
Raising children in dysfunctional families is difficult because you know they are being impacted by the chaos. You can't make everything okay for them, but you can help them. One of the things you can do is to teach your children to detach from the dysfunction. Detaching with love is a coping skill to help them avoid taking things personally. If you use it, you know how powerful it is. Watch this video to learn how to teach your children to detach in dysfunctional families. #detachwithlove #dysfunctionalfamilies #parentingadvice
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