How Emotional Abuse is Physical Abuse

How Emotional Abuse is Physical Abuse

Sheila here! October is Domestic Abuse Awareness Month, and last week I saw an amazing post by Emily at Thriving Forward, who was a guest on the Bare Marriage podcast a while ago talking about growing up under Gothard, and being part of the lawsuit against him.  One...
Is Purity Culture Trauma?

Is Purity Culture Trauma?

Welcome to a new season on the Bare Marriage blog! We’re about to begin a new series, starting tomorrow, on obligation sex–how to understand it and get over it. But before we do that, I received this great article by Dr. Camden Morgante (known as Dr....
PODCAST: Trauma, EMDR, and “Himpathy”

PODCAST: Trauma, EMDR, and “Himpathy”

We talk so much about trauma–but what it is? How can we address it?  And what makes some people more likely to sympathize with the perpetrators of abuse rather than the traumatized victims? One of the big things we’re realizing in our launch group for our...