Fighting For Your Marriage While Separated

Unraveling Hope: Navigating the Wilderness of Marital Separation

In the complex terrain of broken marriages, Linda Rooks emerges as a beacon of hope, challenging the conventional narrative of relational despair. Her journey from a three-year marital separation to a thriving 40-year marriage reveals a profound truth: reconciliation is possible when faith becomes the compass and patience the vehicle of transformation. Through her raw, vulnerable storytelling, Rooks dismantles the hopelessness that often surrounds separation, offering a roadmap for couples trapped in the seemingly insurmountable landscape of marital conflict. Her message transcends mere survival, illuminating a path of supernatural restoration where God's redemptive power can rebuild what appears irreparably broken.

Fighting For Your Marriage While Separated (EP. 953)

Three Key Highlights:

1. Supernatural Reconciliation Strategy - Linda demonstrated that marriage restoration is possible even when only one spouse is committed to healing. Through her personal journey of a three-year separation, she proved that focusing on personal growth, surrendering to God, and giving space can lead to remarkable marital reconciliation, challenging the conventional statistical odds of divorce. Degrees of

2. Assertiveness Dynamics - Linda revealed the critical relationship pattern of assertiveness and passivity, explaining how unbalanced communication can lead to separation. She highlighted that passive individuals often feel voiceless, while overly assertive partners can inadvertently push their spouse away by constantly pressing their perspective, creating a toxic relational cycle.

3. Holistic Healing Through Faith - Linda emphasized that separation can be a transformative opportunity for spiritual and personal growth. By redirecting focus from the marriage conflict to individual relationship with God, couples can experience profound personal changes. Her approach stressed patience, prayer, and allowing God time to work, rather than forcing immediate resolution through human efforts.

Linda Rooks is the author of Broken Heart on Hold: Surviving Separation, and Fighting for Your Marriage While Separated: A Practical Guide for the Brokenhearted, knows what it’s like to fight for your marriage.

After being married for more than 20 years, she and her husband, Marv, were separated for three years before reuniting.  They now have been married for over 40 years.  Today, not only is their marriage thriving, but together they lead a crisis marriage class in Central Florida.

As a freelance writer, Linda’s writings have appeared in many national publications, including editions of Chicken Soup for the Soul, Focus on the Family, Homelife, and Today’s Christian Woman.  And she has appeared on TV and radio across North America. 

She and Marv have two married daughters and five grandchildren.

To contact Linda or to get copy of her book, please visit http://www.LindaRooks.com or http://www.BrokenHeartOnHold.com

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