E138: When Love Becomes Harm: Mercy Without Enabling

About this episode

In this episode, Jill M. Lillard talks with Julie Perkin Stout Davenport about navigating love and betrayal in relationships.

*Get your free guide, 3 Ways of Relating When Love Feels Uncertain at www.myhappyvault.com/uncertain This is part three of the series, Loving Without Losing Your Real Self. In today’s episode of The Happiest Lives Podcast, I’m talking with Julie Perkin Stout Davenport, author of Secrets in the Sanctuary. Julie was my pastor’s wife when I was in high school, and I watched her walk through betrayal in her marriage. In this conversation, Julie shares what was really happening behind the scenes, ...

People in this episode

Host: Jill M. Lillard

Guest: Julie Perkin Stout Davenport

Topics covered

• love
• betrayal
• relationships
• self-identity
• spirituality

Keywords

• love
• betrayal
• relationships
• self
• spirituality
• podcast
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Secrets in the Sanctuary

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