Ignoring negative feelings and hints of resentment only helps them fester and grow. Being in a committed relationship often involves wading through difficult emotions like jealousy, grief and fear.

Resentment doesn’t just show up overnight—it builds over time, layer by layer, until suddenly, you realize you’re carrying a weight that’s pulling your marriage apart. Maybe it started with small, ...

Note: Various colleagues are filling in while First Things First President and CEO Lauren Hall is on maternity leave. The following was written by Mitchell Qualls and published at firstthings.org in ...

It can be extremely difficult to overcome the hurtful things that people say and do. In many cases people hurt us by accident. The infraction is unintentional. They simply do it by mistake. But at ...

There are moments in which life seems to ask too much from us. We can barely carry on with what we are doing; we look around, and we start nourishing angry feelings toward those who are making our ...

Infidelity is one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. It not only shatters trust in your partner but also hits your personal sense of worth, beauty, and self-love. Amidst the pain ...

Since Jan. 1, 2023, more than 5,000 people have visited the First Things First website in search of help against "resentment in marriage." Terms such as "how to overcome resentment," "moving past ...

Even if raw resentment has been overcome, it might be judicious to withhold forgiveness as a kind of moral protest, or for prudential reasons. This suggests that there is more to forgiveness than the ...

I’m a 52-year-old mother and grandmother. My daughter and granddaughter live with me due to some bad life choices my daughter has made. It’s very clear to me that being a mother is not high on her ...