#DMTBarberShop Source: aliceabc0/pixabay Mary had been married for twenty-seven years when she was diagnosed at age fifty-two with breast cancer. Virtually overnight, their marriage that had been characterized by a high degree of trust, respect and intimacy, became a battleground in which Doug was the enemy who was the object of all of Mary’s fear, pain and rage. “It was like getting hit by a truck”, said Doug. “It just...

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#DMTBarberShop Source: macadam13/pixabay Linda: By virtue of being close to each other, we will surely bang into each other’s sore spots. The sore spots are the leftover wounds from childhood and sometimes wounds from previous adult relationships. Somewhere in our history there are people who let us down, lied, betrayed, exploited, took advantage, ignored, judged, criticized or in some way did not meet our needs. Some of us have...

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#DMTBarberShop Source: StockSnap/Pixabay Sore spots. We all have them. Those places where we get easily triggered, quickly defensive and irrationally reactive. It’s the emotional equivalent of being poked in a fresh wound. Those unhealed places in us that haven’t yet received sufficient care, remind us that they need more loving attention and perhaps forgiveness, or maybe just time. Some of us may be fortunate enough to have just...

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