What happens when you're the only one trying in your marriage? When your partner seems indifferent, and you're the one praying, planning, reading, learning, bending, sacrificing only to be met with silence or worse, resistance?
In this episode, Natalie peels back the layers of emotional and spiritual exhaustion that come from being the only emotionally invested person in a relationship. With grace, clarity, and a no-nonsense look at reality, she answers a powerful listener question: “If I’m the only one caring, what’s the point of staying?”
🔑 Key Takeaways:
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Episode quotes:
“If you’re the only one working on the relationship, you’re not in a relationship. You’re in a slow death sentence, and it’s okay to want to live.”
“Control isn’t always loud. Sometimes it’s a stone wall you beat your heart against, hoping it’ll soften.”
“You don’t need your partner to validate your pain for it to be real. It already is.”
“God doesn’t ask you to sacrifice your soul to prove your commitment.”