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  • If You’re Thinking of Leaving Your Spouse, Read This ….
    By Doctor Becky • July 11, 2023
    Becky Whetstone, Ph.D. You’ve been unhappy in your relationship for a long time. You can taste the idea of freedom, focusing on…
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  • Your Spouse May Be Planning to Divorce You — And You Don’t Know It
    By Doctor Becky • July 3, 2026
    Right now, your spouse could be sitting next to you on the couch, planning to divorce you. She may be planning to do it in
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  • The Most Toxic Marriage Advice Ever Given: Ridiculously Misguided Relationship Phrases We Need to Stop Saying
    By Doctor Becky • May 27, 2026
    My blood pressure rises whenever I hear this one, and yet it is one of the most common pieces of marriage and relationship advice out
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    Managed Separation: Why Most Trial Separations End in Divorce.
    By Doctor Becky • May 23, 2026
    conditioned them to. It’s just what you do. Well, not anymore. Today I am crying, screaming, and yelling from the rooftops – tell yourself and
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  • The 8 Stages of Marriage.
    By Doctor Becky • March 25, 2026
    Long-term marriages are not sustained by luck or compatibility alone. They are sustained by the ability to: • adapt to change • tolerate differences •
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  • 5 Invisible Signs a Marriage Is Dying (Most Couples Miss Them).
    By Doctor Becky • March 15, 2026
    Most marriages don’t collapse overnight. Marriage therapist and crisis specialist Becky Whetstone explains the subtle signs a marriage is dying long before divorce is ever
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  • Adult Bullying Is Abuse: Why Bullies Do What They Do — and How to Stop Them.
    By Doctor Becky • March 10, 2026
    Enforce Consequences — Every Time This is the step people avoid — and the one bullies understand. Consequences may include disengagement, documentation, formal complaints, legal
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  • Donald Trump, King of the Dry Drunks.
    By Doctor Becky • December 27, 2025
    And it Ain’t about the alcohol or lack thereof. by Becky Whetstone, Ph.D. LMFT, LPC In a world hungry for inside information…
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  • How to Complain to Your Partner Without Damaging Your Relationship.
    By Doctor Becky • December 6, 2025
    People love to bitch, gripe, and complain, and most never learn how to do it in a way that can actually be heard. When I say heard, I mean
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  • Is the Landmark Forum a Cult or one of the Greatest Personal Growth Seminars on the Planet?
    By Doctor Becky • November 30, 2025
    It is with some trepidation that I reveal the third most significant influence in helping me grow and evolve: The Landmark Forum, a three-day intensive seminar dedicated
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  • If You’re Afraid of Marriage Therapy, Read This First.
    By Doctor Becky • November 30, 2025
    We Work For Your Marriage, Not Against Individuals. Some people refuse to go to marriage therapy, and they have their reasons, most…
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  • The Two Kinds of Change: One is Temporary, the Other Permanent.
    By Doctor Becky • November 14, 2025
    Why Some Transformations Last — and Others Don’t Can people really change? That is the question so many of my clients have…
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  • It’s Time to Put Family Lawyers Out of Business.
    By Doctor Becky • November 10, 2025
    You Don’t Need Them to Get a Divorce; There are Other Ways. For decades, I’ve watched family lawyers do the opposite of…
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