Repairing a Marriage: A Journey From Contempt to Forgiveness

In a good marriage, people change for the better—but very often, growth is preceded by hardship and mistakes.

Setting out to repair a marriage may mean listening more deeply to your partner and understanding their fears, needs, hopes, and priorities. Joanna Nix-Walkup/Unsplash

The person you marry is not, strictly speaking, the person you will spend your life with. This is because people grow and change.

In a good marriage, people change for the better—but very often, growth is preceded by hardship and mistakes.