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Before You Split: Find What You Really Want for the Future of Your Marriage

by Toni Nieuwhof

A practical pause before deciding what comes next in a marriage

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A practical pause before deciding what comes next in a marriage

Drawing on the perspective of a former divorce attorney, Toni Nieuwhof frames marital crisis as a point for clearer reflection rather than an automatic endpoint. The book examines disconnection, frustration, and concern about the effects of conflict on children while concentrating on the choices partners can make before separating. Its guidance centers on recognizing personal and mutual patterns, reassessing expectations, responding constructively to difficult emotions, practicing forgiveness, building peacemaking skills, and pursuing individual growth. The emphasis is on taking one step at a time and approaching decisions about the relationship with greater clarity about what each person wants for its future.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Adults weighing whether to remain in or leave a troubled marriage
  • Couples seeking tools for conflict, expectations, and emotional responses
  • Readers interested in forgiveness, peacemaking, and personal growth within marriage

Themes

Marriage under strainRelationship decision-makingForgivenessConflict resolutionPersonal growth

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Book overview

A former divorce attorney lays out the hidden benefits of staying together, whether you're frustrated with your marriage, on the brink of giving up completely, or simply want to strengthen your relationship to withstand the inevitable hard times.

"Toni Nieuwhof is the guide you've been waiting for. Deeply wise, genuinely empathetic, and uncommonly insightful, Toni is a fresh voice with tried and true experience that offers a proven roadmap."--Ann Voskamp, New York Times bestselling author of The Broken Way and One Thousand Gifts

If you've ever wanted to say, "I can't do this anymore!" out of frustration with your marriage, you're definitely not alone.

In this practical and insightful guide, former divorce attorney Toni Nieuwhof shows that even if you feel disconnected or stuck in your troubled marriage--and worry about its impact on your kids--there is a way forward.

Before You Split helps you find what you really want from your marriage and how to move forward to a better future by:
- seeing yourself and your spouse more clearly
- dealing with unrealistic expectations
- empowering you with constructive ways to respond to difficult emotions
- engaging the power of forgiveness
- increasing your peacemaking skills
- advancing your journey of personal growth

Even if it feels like it's over, it's not too late. Change takes place one step at a time. Before You Split will help you make choices with your eyes wide open.
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