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The Loving Truth
by Sharon Pope
As a Relationship Expert & Certified Master Life Coach, Sharon Pope has helped thousands of women gain the confidence and clarity they need to either fix their struggling marriages or move forward without regret. On The Loving Truth Podcast, she shares advice on how to navigate deep marriage hardships, challenging common beliefs about what love and relationships “should be” and providing realistic steps towards peace and happiness. If you can’t decide whether to stay or go in your marriage… you’re facing infidelity… you’re terrified of hurting your kids… you can’t bring yourself to leave your marriage, even though you want to… or you’re wondering whether it’s possible to respark the desire between you… tune in to the weekly episodes.
Episodes
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Episode 223: They Gave Their Marriage One Last Chance…
After more than 30 years of marriage, Chuck and Cindy decided to give their relationship one last chance. They had been through addiction, separation, and years of feeling disconnected from one another. But they weren't ready to give up. They invested in a private couples weekend intensive, had...
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Episode 222: You Waited Until the Kids Were Grown. Now What?
You've been telling yourself you'll deal with your marriage later. After the kids graduate. After they turn 18. After they're grown and out of the house. Because surely, if you can just hold on until then, divorce will be easier on them. But is that really true? In this episode of The Loving…
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Episode 221: Three Ways to Fail at Healing Your Marriage. And What to Do Instead.
You’ve been trying so hard. Reading the books. Listening to the podcasts. Thinking about what needs to change. But somehow, nothing is actually changing. You tell yourself you’re doing everything you can to fix your marriage. But are you? Because there’s a big difference between thinking about...
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Episode 220: Knowing When To Quit
There’s a time to keep fighting for something. And there’s a time to let it go. The hard part is knowing which is which. We’ve been taught that winners never quit. That giving up means we failed. That if we just try harder, hang in there longer or find one more thing to try, eventually things…
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Episode 219: Have You Heard of Quiet Quitting?
You’ve heard the term quiet quitting when it comes to work. But what happens when you quietly quit your marriage? You stop trying to fix what isn’t working. You stop asking for what you need. You stop expecting anything to change. You’re still married. You’re still living under the same roof....
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Episode 218: Your Marriage Is Telling You What Kind of Leader You Are
You show up at work. You communicate clearly. You follow through. You have the difficult conversations. You understand that trust matters. But then you come home... And somehow, the person who matters most gets whatever is left. We avoid the conversation. We stop being curious. We make…
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Episode 17: Rebuilding Trust…with Yourself
You’ve been watching his behavior. Waiting for proof that this time really is different. Waiting until you feel safe enough to let your guard down and trust him again. But what if trusting him isn’t actually the only issue? What if part of the reason you still can’t trust him is because you don’t...
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Episode 216: Stories of Divorce
Divorce can feel impossible. Until the day staying feels worse. If you’re struggling in your marriage to the point where you’re considering divorce, sometimes what you need isn’t more advice. You need to hear from women who are actually doing it. Not perfectly. Not without fear. But courageously....
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Episode 215: Every Betrayal Begins Long Before the Affair
Most people think cheating is black and white. You either cheated or you didn’t. But an affair rarely begins with the affair. It begins with the text you wouldn’t want your spouse to see. The flirtation you didn’t shut down. The connection you’re keeping secret. The attention you’re seeking…
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Episode 214: When Your Faith and Your Marriage Pull You in Opposite Directions
Your faith tells you marriage is forever. But your marriage is hurting you. So…now what? In this episode of The Loving Truth Podcast, we’re stepping into some tricky territory: faith, marriage, abuse and divorce. One of my members recently told her husband that she intends to separate and move...
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Episode 213: Why More People are Staying in Unhappy Marriages
The world feels uncertain right now. And when the world feels uncertain, we tend to hold tighter to what feels familiar. Even when what’s familiar doesn’t feel particularly good. Sharon is seeing more women choosing to stay in unhappy, disconnected marriages right now. Not because their marriages...
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Episode 212: The Hard Truth About Why He Hasn’t Changed
You've been trying to get him to see it. To hear you. To understand you. To finally change. You've explained it. You've cried. You've been patient. You've gotten angry. And yet...here you are. Still waiting. Because somewhere inside, you're holding onto the belief that if you could just say it…
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Episode 211: Why You’re Doing Everything in Your Marriage (And Secretly Resenting It)
You’re exhausted. You carry the mental load. You solve the problems. You keep everything moving. And you're wondering why your partner doesn't seem to step up. But what if, without realizing it, you've helped create that dynamic? In this episode, Sharon explores one of the most common patterns…
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Episode 210: Menopause Isn’t Ruining Your Marriage. It’s Revealing It.
Menopause isn't ruining your marriage. It's revealing what stopped working a long time ago. If you've been blaming your hormones for the distance in your relationship, or your husband has been blaming your hormones for why things feel different, this episode will challenge that story. Because...
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Episode 209: The In-Between: Why So Many Women Feel Stuck in Their Marriage
The most dangerous place in a struggling marriage isn't constant conflict. It's the place where nothing changes. You stop arguing because you've stopped expecting anything different. You go through the motions. You raise the kids. You pay the bills. From the outside, everything looks fine. But...
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Episode 208: Avoidance is Killing More Marriages Than Conflict
Every time you try to have an honest conversation about your marriage, something happens. He gets defensive. He changes the subject. He tells you you're overreacting. He starts arguing about something else. Or he shuts down altogether. After a while, you stop bringing things up because it feels...
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Episode 207: When She Finally Left… Everything Fell Apart
Audrey was married for 23 years. For most of those years, there was always another woman. Sometimes it was someone from high school. Sometimes it was a coworker. Sometimes it was inappropriate messages, emotional affairs, or naked photos exchanged online. Every time Audrey discovered something…
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Episode 206: Desire is Built, Not Found
Most people believe desire is something you either have or you don't. You meet the right person and it's there. Or life gets busy, years pass, and it fades away. But what if that's not true? In this episode, Sharon covers one of the biggest myths about long-term relationships: desire doesn't...
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Episode 205: Why Desire Fades In A Long-Term Marriage (And What Most Couples Get Wrong)
In this episode, Sharon explores one of the most misunderstood aspects of a long-term relationship: desire. Most of us were never taught how desire actually works. We weren't taught where it comes from, what impacts it, or how to nurture it over the years. So when desire fades, we often assume...
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Episode 204: Men Are Struggling in Marriage (And Most People Aren’t Talking About It)
In today's episode, we're talking about something that doesn't get nearly enough attention: the growing number of men who feel blindsided when their marriages end. At a recent mastermind event, I heard story after story from successful husbands and fathers whose wives decided to leave, often…
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Episode 203: How AI Is Secretly Making Your Relationship Conflicts Worse (And What to Do Instead)
Is AI helping your marriage or making your conflicts worse? In this episode, we unpack the growing trend of using ChatGPT and AI tools for relationship advice and the hidden dangers that come with it. From emotional validation loops to confirmation bias and overanalyzing your partner, we explore...
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Episode 202: Why You Keep Trying to Change Him (Even Though It’s Hurting You)
In this episode, we explore this question: Why do so many people stay stuck in relationships that are clearly hurting them? In this deeply honest and emotionally charged episode, we unpack one of the most painful dynamics in marriage: the exhausting cycle of trying to change a partner who has no...
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Episode 201: Why Women Have Affairs (And What No One Wants to Admit About It)
In this episode, we explore the uncomfortable truth about why women have affairs — and why the answer is far more complicated than most people want to admit. Rather than reducing infidelity to selfishness or immorality, this conversation looks at the emotional disconnection, longing, desire, and...
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Episode 200: Do Your Thoughts Really Create Your Reality? What Most People Get Wrong
Do your thoughts really create your reality? Or is that idea oversimplified and sometimes even harmful? In this episode, we unpack one of the most debated teachings in the personal growth world: the idea that our thoughts shape the results we experience in life. From Tony Robbins to Dr. Joe...
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Episode 199: Why More Relationship Advice Isn’t Helping Your Marriage (and What Actually Will)
If you’ve ever found yourself lying awake at 2 a.m. wondering, “Should I stay or should I go?”—this episode is for you. In today’s conversation, we unpack the quiet crisis happening in modern marriages, especially for women in midlife who feel stuck between staying and leaving. Despite endless...
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Episode 198: I Was the Villain: What Divorce Taught Me About Judgment and Self-Worth
What happens when your life choices make other people uncomfortable? In this episode of The Loving Truth Podcast with Sharon Pope, we explore the emotional weight of judgment, especially in the context of divorce and choosing a path that others don’t understand. When you step outside…
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Episode 197: The Founder Couple Crisis: Saving Your Marriage Without Losing Your Business
What happens when you and your partner are in business together and your relationship starts to break down? For founder couples, the stakes are far greater than most people realize. It’s not just about saving a marriage. It’s about protecting a business, a livelihood, a team, and the life you’ve...
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Episode 196: The 3 Biggest Threats to Modern Marriage (And What No One Is Talking About)
Modern marriage isn’t just struggling—it’s being reshaped in real time. In this episode of The Loving Truth Podcast with Sharon Pope, we unpack the “perfect storm” of three powerful cultural forces that are quietly redefining our most intimate relationships: The erosion of attention The rise of...
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Episode 195: Stay or Leave? The 2 Hidden Capacities That Make or Break Your Relationship
Are you doing all the right things in your relationship — but still nothing changes? In this episode of The Loving Truth Podcast with Sharon Pope, we explore two often-overlooked forces that determine whether a relationship grows or quietly falls apart: endurance and self-honesty. Building on the...
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Why Love Isn’t Enough — 3 Capacities That Make or Break a Relationship
Most couples blame relationship struggles on communication issues. But what if that’s not the real problem? In this episode of The Loving Truth Podcast with Sharon Pope, we’re unpacking a powerful (and often overlooked) truth: It’s not just about how you communicate. It’s about your capacity to...
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Two Daily Habits That Strengthen Your Marriage
When your relationship feels hard, staying grounded matters more than ever. We’re not entitled to a good relationship. If it’s good, it’s because we created it. In this episode, I share two simple habits that change how you show up. First: protect the first hour of your day. Start with yourself,...
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The Single Biggest Killer of Marriages
Wonder what really destroys marriages? It isn’t an affair or money… it’s disconnection. It builds slowly through a million little hurts, like laying bricks until there’s a wall we can’t see over. When things are good, you notice the rumble strip and course-correct with time together, honest talk,...
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When Work Stress Hurts Your Marriage
Stress doesn’t stay at work. It follows you home and seeps into your marriage. In this episode, I share a real example of a couple whose stressful roles were quietly creating impatience and distance between them. We explore a powerful exercise: identify the three things you truly need to feel...
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Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
"Our triggers are our responsibility." Sharon Pope In this episode, I talk about that feeling of taking two steps forward and one step back in your relationship. I explain why triggers are personal, often rooted in childhood, and why we have to own them. We can't control everyone around us, but…
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Why We Wait for the Crisis
Change is something we all resist. It's uncomfortable, unknown, and goes against our basic human nature. In this episode, I explore why we tend to wait until our relationships are in total crisis before we’re willing to do the hard work of being vulnerable. Drawing on back-of-the-mind wisdom from...
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The Two Relationship Tools You Need
I’m sharing the two best, and least used, relationship tools I know. We didn’t get a class on this, so most of us are winging it. And no, I’m not teaching voodoo Jedi mind tricks to change your partner. This is about making it easier to be in relationship with you. The first tool is validating…
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When Relationships End: Boundaries and Skills
I’m talking about when relationships end, not just marriages, but family ties and friendships. More people are going no contact as we learn what’s healthy and set boundaries, but I remind you that “health resides in the middle.” Sometimes we need distance. Sometimes our seasons of life just don’t...
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I Knew Divorce Would Be Hard
In this episode, I get honest about knowing divorce would be hard and then discovering what’s actually hard once you’re in it. I talk about co‑parenting as the biggest pain point. Why you can’t control an ex but you can influence, and how two different parenting styles can actually help your…
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Ask Yourself the Right Questions in Marriage
A morning meditation with Wayne Dyer stopped me in my tracks: "...Freedom does not come from avoiding the pain. It comes from walking through it with your heart wide open." In this episode, I share a simple three-part path for moving through marriage challenges with courage. First, I separate…
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Why We Monkey Bar Before Leaving
In this episode, I unpack “monkey barring,” which is reaching for the next relationship before you’ve let go of the last. It often looks like cheating, but it’s really about fear, codependency, and avoiding hard conversations. We use an affair like an emotional safety net because being alone…
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Warning Signs Your Marriage Is in Trouble
I’m breaking down how to know when your marriage is in real trouble, using a TV moment that felt all too real: a late‑night “We need to talk,” an “I’m not happy,” and a packed bag by the door. By the time someone says I’m not happy, things are already serious. That phrase is vague, blaming, and...
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Emotional Adulthood In Marriage
I’m unpacking emotional adulthood through a client’s story. I challenge the idea of “make it work.” We can aim higher than a marriage that doesn’t suck. I walk you through naming your unspoken rules, keeping only the few that matter, and actually saying them out loud. Your thoughts create your...
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A Different Kind of Love: Coaching
Your coach isn’t your bestie. And that’s a good thing. When you admit your marriage is in trouble, you need love that sees your blind spots, challenges your excuses, and won’t let you settle. I share a Q&A moment where a woman wanted a pep talk about reconciling while still in an affair. I paused...
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Doing What Works in Marriage
In this episode, I share a client story where her husband secretly put a tracker on her car, and how tempting it was to tell him off or file a restraining order. We walked through what those reactions would actually accomplish. Not much. They don’t change the past and they can harm co-parenting…
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Us, Unfiltered part 5: The Real Meaning of ‘Having It All’
In this final episode of the Us Unfiltered: Behind the Beautiful Life series, I explore what “having it all” really means — and why a beautiful life on the outside can still feel empty when your marriage isn’t getting the care it deserves. We talk about the difference between success, happiness,...
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Us, Unfiltered part 4: Desire in the Distance
In this episode, I talk about why desire fades — and why it’s not gone, just buried. Buried under busyness, emotional distance, resentment, and the weight of responsibilities. A lack of sex isn’t the problem; it’s the symptom. I break down what desire really needs (safety and aliveness), how...
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Us, Unfiltered part 3: Power Dynamics & Partnership
In part three of Us Unfiltered, I explore how power dynamics quietly shape a marriage: who leads, who decides, who sets the tone. These patterns usually come from what we saw growing up, and without realizing it, they create a one-up/one-down dynamic that erodes trust and connection. Too much...
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Us, Unfiltered part 2: The Cost of Avoidance
In part two of Us, Unfiltered, I talk about what silence really costs inside a marriage. Avoiding hard conversations feels easier in the moment, but over time it erodes your voice, your connection, and the safety between you. The space between you fills with assumptions, resentments, and quiet...
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Us, Unfiltered part 1: When Success Isn’t Enough
In this first episode of Us, Unfiltered: Behind the Beautiful Life, I speak to high-achieving couples who appear successful on the outside yet feel disconnected at home. Life is full, you’re doing everything “right,” but the closeness you want has faded behind the busyness. Achievement builds...
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Am I a Terrible Person?
I’m challenging the question, Am I a terrible person? I explain why that question keeps you stuck in shame and judgment. I offer better questions: How is this serving me, and how is it not? I walk through real examples, like not wanting to stop an affair and withholding love from a good man. We...
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As a Relationship Expert & Certified Master Life Coach, Sharon Pope has helped thousands of women gain the confidence and clarity they need to either fix their struggling marriages or move forward without regret. On The Loving Truth Podcast, she shares advice on how to navigate deep marriage hardships, challenging common beliefs about what love and relationships “should be” and providing realistic steps towards peace and happiness. If you can’t decide whether to stay or go in your marriage… you’re facing infidelity… you’re terrified of hurting your kids… you can’t bring yourself to leave your marriage, even though you want to… or you’re wondering whether it’s possible to respark the desire between you… tune in to the weekly episodes.
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