Category: Should I Stay Or Leave?

Doubt in a relationship can be emotionally exhausting and disorienting.  Here, you’ll find expert guidance, compassionate insights, and practical tools. They will help you navigate the question: “Is it time to end my marriage?” You can move through the stay-or-leave crossroads with clarity and confidence.

Start here with these posts to help you navigate the uncertainty in your relationship and begin finding clarity:

Should I Stay Or Should I Leave My Marriage: How To Make One of Life’s Hardest Decisions

Should I Stay Or Should I Leave? 7 Questions to Help You Decide

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Divorce Ambivalence: What If You’re Not Sure About Divorce?

We can often assume that once someone files for divorce, the decision is already made. Read more

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Who Should You Talk to When Your Marriage Feels Uncertain?

When your husband or wife says they are thinking about divorce, it can feel as though the rug has been pulled from under your feet. Read more

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Marital Doubt: When You’re No Longer Sure About Your Marriage

Most marriages go through difficult times. Love is, after all, a complex human emotion. Cultivating an emotionally mature relationship will inevitably therefore involve navigating this complexity.  Read more

Couple standing apart looking out to sea, one partner wants to stay while the other feels unsure about the relationship

When You Want to Stay: Guidance for the Leaning-In Partner

When one partner wants to stay, and the other feels unsure, both partners often find themselves in very different emotional landscapes. Read more

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Relationship Journal Prompts for Clarity at a Crossroads and Why They Help

Hitting a turning point in your relationship can feel complicated, upsetting, and unsettling.

When you are thinking about whether to stay, whether to consider divorce, or whether to set new boundaries or recommit, your thoughts and feelings don’t always align. Read more

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Beginning the Year at a Relationship Crossroads

The New Year often inspires hope for change, but for those in challenging relationships, it can intensify questions about whether to stay or leave.

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Uncertainty in Relationships: What Advent Tells Us About Waiting

Advent is a season of anticipation, preparation and waiting.

I can remember as a child, looking forward to receiving an Advent calendar filled with those delicious hidden pieces of chocolate. Read more

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Unsure Whether to Stay or Leave? How Counselling Helps Couples Find Clarity

When you find yourself ambivalent and unsure about staying in your marriage, the experience is often a private one and internal. Few people know how you feel; it may not be something you have put into words. Yet it shapes how you move through your daily life with your partner. Read more

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We Have Different Values: Should I Stay Or Go?

Our values play a key role in relationships, especially in marriage, and become obvious when they feel out of sync. Differing values can cause confusion and emotional distance, leaving you unsure about whether to stay, leave, or continue. Gaining clarity is essential. Read more

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How to Be Your Authentic Self in a Relationship That Feels Like It’s Fading

‘I just don’t feel like my authentic self in this relationship.’

When a long-term relationship feels like it is on the brink of ending, many women often express that they no longer recognise themselves.

If I were to ask you who your true self is, could you answer? Read more