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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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Friday Dec 26, 2025
Abusive Relationship: Is Power Over You an Illusion?
Friday Dec 26, 2025
Friday Dec 26, 2025
In your abusive relationships, is power over you an illusion? I know it doesn't seem like it is. The abuser exerts control, and it feels impossible to challenge it. You feel stuck, victimized, confused, and powerless. It takes a lot of work to be able to stand up against verbal abuse, emotional abuse, physical abuse, and any other abuse controllers use. One of those things you can begin to do to feel more empowered is to question the abuser's tactics. It helps to consider the basis of the abuser's power and control. If it is only perceived power, you have choices about what to do and how to respond that you didn't know you had. Watch this video to navigate your abusive relationships and find out the answer to this question: Is power over you an illusion? Abuse survivors know the answer, and you need to know it too. #abusiverelationships #power #emotionalabuse #abusesurvivors #controller
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Monday Dec 22, 2025
Holiday Triggers
Monday Dec 22, 2025
Monday Dec 22, 2025
Holidays are painful for people who are going through grief, loss, dysfunctional relationships, and painful memories among many other things. Listen to this video to get ideas on how to deal with holiday triggers.
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Watch this video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wJ3tpxGNe8k

Thursday Dec 18, 2025
Self Care for the Holidays
Thursday Dec 18, 2025
Thursday Dec 18, 2025
Self care for the holidays is essential for everyone but critical for anyone dealing with dysfunctional family dynamics. Watch this video for some practical ideas.
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Watch this video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/2fHR1tqiteE

Monday Dec 15, 2025
Healing from Sexual Betrayal: Navigating the Six Stages of Grief
Monday Dec 15, 2025
Monday Dec 15, 2025
Healing from sexual betrayal is a complex process that involves navigating the six stages of grief. Betrayal trauma recovery is necessary when trust has been violated by someone who should have been faithful and trustworthy. It is necessary to heal from all types of infidelity: emotional and sexual affairs, sexual addiction, prostitution, and any other sexual acting out. The betrayal involves many losses, which must be grieved to heal. Understanding the process helps make sense of this deeply painful and devastating experience. Knowing there is healing at the end gives hope when otherwise it would seem hopeless. Healing from sexual betrayal involves navigating the six stages of the grief journey. Watch this video to learn what each stage involves so you have an idea of what you need to go through. #betrayaltraumarecovery #healingfrominfidelity #griefjourney
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Watch this video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pXaEXO1l0nk

Thursday Dec 11, 2025
Toxic Relationships: Let Go or Be Dragged
Thursday Dec 11, 2025
Thursday Dec 11, 2025
Toxic relationships are full of complex dynamics, unresolved problems, and painful feelings. We react to all those things by trying to fix, control, and change people. Even when it doesn't make sense to hang on, we do. We don't realize that the only choice we have is to let go or be dragged.
Whether it is love, guilt, trauma bonding, codependency, or fear, we keep trying to make things right even when it hurts us. We need reminders, assurance and a guide in toxic relationships to make a decision on whether to let go or be dragged. #toxicrelationships #letgo
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Watch this video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/bE0sA9rzvsA

Monday Dec 08, 2025
Interview: The Girl Who Believed Abuse Was Normal Until It Wasn't
Monday Dec 08, 2025
Monday Dec 08, 2025
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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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Watch this video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/on69zPoFt-Y

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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