23 | Toxic Relationship or Just a Rough Patch? How to Know the Difference

Episode 23: Toxic Relationship or Just a Rough Patch? How to Know the Difference You've been through the fire of divorce. You're trying to rebuild your life, maybe even open your heart again. And now there's this relationship — a friendship, a new person you're dating, a family member — and something just feels… off. But you can't tell if you're finally seeing clearly or if you're just broken and scared. In this episode, I'm talking about how to know the difference between a toxic relationship and a rough patch — and girl, this one is for you if you've ever caught yourself saying "maybe I'm just being too sensitive" when your gut was screaming something completely different. In This Episode, You'll Learn: Why divorce breaks your "normal meter" — and how to start trusting your instincts again The 3 key questions to ask yourself about any relationship after divorce How to tell the difference between a rough patch (temporary and survivable) and toxicity (a pattern that erodes who you are) Why 1 Corinthians 13 gets misused to guilt women into tolerating things that are genuinely not okay How God's promise of wisdom in James applies directly to your relational discernment right now Here's what I want you to hear: after everything you've walked through in your marriage, your instincts didn't disappear. You just stopped trusting them. And Proverbs 4:23 says to guard your heart above everything — which I now believe means paying close enough attention to actually know what your heart is telling you. Because God didn't give you a weak, unreliable heart after your divorce. He gave you a more informed one. Resources & Links Mentioned: 🙌 Join The Midlife Comeback Club — my annual group coaching mentorship for midlife divorced Christian women: 👉 https://loriannfeeley.com/the-midlife-comeback-club 💕 Take my FREE Divorce Recovery Quiz — find out exactly where you are in your healing journey: 👉 https://loriannfeeley.com/divorce-recovery-quiz 🎉 Join our FREE Facebook Community — Healing After Divorce for Midlife Christian Women: 👉 bit.ly/healingaftermidlifedivorce Connect With Me: Website: https://www.loriannfeeley.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/loriannfeeley Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553120634513