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Jackie Robinson

3.08.2010

Rebuilding broken trust in a marriage

Families.com offers advice on rebuilding broken trust in a marriage.  Below are just a few of the tips they offer:
  • Let go of the past. When you obsess over each insult, each act, each thing done wrong - you are not giving yourself time to heal from it. You need to heal in order to begin to trust again.
  • The injured spouse must be allowed to share their pain. Their spouse must acknowledge that they caused the hurt 
  • Take responsibility for your own actions; when we're hurt we want to lash out - acknowledge that and pull back - when you say something that hurts your spouse - even in reaction, you can apologize for. 
When trust is broken, it can be restored, but it will take work and courage.

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