Episode 223: They Gave Their Marriage One Last Chance…

After more than 30 years of marriage, Chuck and Cindy decided to give their relationship one last chance.

They had been through addiction, separation, and years of feeling disconnected from one another.

But they weren't ready to give up.

They invested in a private couples weekend intensive, had some incredibly difficult conversations, and left that weekend communicating better than they had in more than a decade.

They were hopeful. Re-energized. Ready to create something different together.

But a breakthrough in the moment is not the same thing as sustained change.

And that's where things got complicated.

In this episode of The Loving Truth Podcast, I'm sharing what happened after Chuck and Cindy returned home, why their marriage eventually found its way back to some familiar patterns, and what Cindy is struggling with today.

Because here's the thing:

Your spouse gets to choose how they show up in the marriage. And you get to choose whether that's okay with you.

We spend so much time trying to get our partners to change that sometimes we overlook the one thing we actually have control over: ourselves.

And sometimes, remaining in an unhappy marriage is serving us in ways we don't even recognize.