In this conversation, I talk about navigating the emotional turmoil of financial betrayal in a marriage and how to maintain your integrity while making tough decisions. It’s important to choose how you feel in any situation , especially when faced with emotions like grief, anger, and betrayal. Setting boundaries, standing up for yourself, and letting go of the “shoulds” that don’t serve you are key to healing. I also highlight the power of compassion—not only for yourself but eventually for the ...
Jul 14, 2025•21 min•Ep. 151
Your husband isn’t like you. I’m sharing insights on how differences in a marriage can actually enhance the relationship, rather than cause friction. I dive into the dynamics of one partner always reaching for more while the other stays steady and how these contrasting approaches can balance each other. We also explore how understanding and appreciating these differences can lead to greater connection and intimacy. In this episode, I use real examples from my own marriage to show how embracing t...
Jul 09, 2025•19 min•Ep. 150
I want to share with you what I’ve learned about the emotional ups and downs of navigating divorce. It’s normal to think that once you’ve made the decision to leave, the journey will feel easier. In reality, it’s often filled with doubt, fear, and uncertainty. The journey can often mirror the stages of grief and you might bounce between these stages, even within the same day. As you process these emotions, you’ll need the right support to help guide you through the tough times and to move toward...
Jul 07, 2025•27 min•Ep. 149
In this episode I break down the three essential phases of healing after an affair: Stop the Bleeding, Rehabilitation, and Healing . These stages are crucial for rebuilding trust and healing the pain of betrayal. The first phase is about managing the initial shock and emotional impact. In phase two, you’ll do the deeper work of understanding what led to the affair and healing both individually and together. Phase three is where you begin to envision and create a new future, even if it looks diff...
Jul 02, 2025•22 min•Ep. 148
"The person who most needs to hear your words is you." Have you ever wished you could just see your situation clearly and finally hear exactly what you most need to know? I’m sharing one of my favorite self-coaching exercises, inspired by Martha Beck, to help you do just that. We begin by exploring someone else’s stuck patterns and hidden courage — because sometimes it feels safer to look outward first. Then, step by step, I guide you to turn those insights inward, revealing the truths and guida...
Jun 30, 2025•16 min•Ep. 147
What do you do when you and your partner feel like you’ve run out of things to say? You’ll hear the story of my client Patty, who sat through an awkward, silent dinner with her husband and went home feeling deeply alone. If you relate, know this: you haven’t lost your connection… you’ve just forgotten how to talk to each other. I walk you through practical, open-ended questions you can use to spark deeper, more meaningful conversations. Questions like “What are you working toward right now?” or ...
Jun 25, 2025•15 min•Ep. 146
You can have a hard no and a beautiful yes, and when you know the difference, you’ll stop abandoning yourself just to keep the peace. One of the things I teach women inside my membership is how to hold healthy, loving boundaries, especially when emotions are running high. We talk through six types of boundaries (physical, emotional, sexual, intellectual, time, and material) and how to honor them without guilt or resentment. You’ll also hear some powerful boundary-setting phrases you can borrow a...
Jun 23, 2025•18 min•Ep. 145
Whatever you're looking for, you're going to find. So the real question is: what are you choosing to look for? So many of the women I work with can rattle off what’s not working in their marriage. But when I ask what is working, they have to pause. Not because there’s nothing good, but because they haven’t been focused on it. In this episode, I explore the quiet but powerful truth that whatever you’re looking for, you will find. And whatever you focus on becomes bigger in your experience. If you...
Jun 18, 2025•16 min•Ep. 144
I’ve had so many women come to me feeling powerless in their lives, like everything is happening to them, and they’re stuck just reacting. But what if there’s another way to see it? In this episode, I unpack what it really means to believe that life is happening through you, not to you. We’ll explore the difference between victim mindset and empowered thinking , how your perspective shapes your experience, and why reclaiming your role in how life unfolds is the key to freedom. This isn’t about b...
Jun 16, 2025•15 min•Ep. 143
When you discover that your partner has had an affair, it’s common to be overwhelmed by a rush of emotions… fear, anger, confusion, and shame. The questions you ask in the heat of the moment, like " Did you love her ?" or " Did you have sex with him ?" reflect deep pain, but some questions can only make things worse by creating images that are impossible to unsee. Healing after an affair requires more than just support from friends and family. You need a structured approach with someone who can ...
Jun 11, 2025•22 min•Ep. 142
Many of us wrestle with that uneasy feeling in a “ good enough ” marriage, stable and secure but missing real connection and wonder if the problem lies within ourselves or the relationship. The truth is, it takes two people growing and learning together to make love work , and often we simply haven’t been equipped with the right tools. At the same time, it’s common to struggle with people-pleasing and chronic worry that drain our energy and joy. Healing means recognizing these patterns, setting ...
Jun 10, 2025•28 min•Ep. 141
If you’ve lost the energy and enthusiasm to keep investing in your marriage, I want you to know you’re not alone… and there’s nothing wrong with you. We all start relationships with a full tank, but when things get hard (and they do), that tank can run dry. In this episode, I’m sharing how the “hard” in marriage is often misunderstood, why the fantasy of ease with someone new won’t save you, and how to create a spark again! Not by forcing something fake, but by reconnecting to your own growth, i...
Jun 04, 2025•20 min•Ep. 140
When trust breaks down in a relationship - whether through gaslighting or financial secrecy - it leaves us feeling unsteady, unheard, and stuck. I’m coaching through two painful but common dynamics: what to do when your partner denies your reality, and how to move forward when you're being kept in the dark about finances that impact you both. I walk through what it looks like to reclaim your power: setting real boundaries, challenging the belief that we have to suffer to justify leaving, and cho...
Jun 02, 2025•15 min•Ep. 139
If you’ve been feeling disconnected from your partner, you’re not alone—and it didn’t happen overnight. In this episode, I’m walking you through the subtle ways closeness fades over time and how to get it back. I’m sharing 15 specific, actionable ideas that will help you and your partner feel more emotionally connected again. Whether you pick one or try several, this is about creating moments of real intimacy, not just physical proximity. You don’t have to overhaul everything, just begin. Becaus...
May 28, 2025•26 min•Ep. 138
Does it feel like you’re doing it all - managing the home, the kids, the emotional labor - and your partner is just along for the ride? I'm sharing real coaching from inside my membership where one woman asks whether she can ever regain respect for her husband after years of doing everything herself. We talk about what happens when we over-function in our marriages, how that invites our partners to under-function, and why judging them never gets us the connection we truly want. You can’t judge s...
May 26, 2025•19 min•Ep. 137
One of the most common frustrations I hear from women: “Why do I have to lead this?” If your marriage is struggling and you’re the one noticing the disconnect, it can feel unfair to also be the one doing the emotional heavy lifting. But someone has to take the lead—and that someone might need to be you. "If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem." I’m sharing five clear reasons why leadership in your relationship is an act of self-respect, not self-sacrifice. Whether your pa...
May 21, 2025•20 min•Ep. 136
Have you ever wondered why the spark seems to fade over time? Desire doesn’t disappear because something’s wrong. It fades because everything is the same. I explain the science behind why familiarity suppresses desire and how we mistakenly attribute pleasure to the person (like a number three) rather than the physiological reaction in our own body. I also share what we can do to bring desire back in a long-term relationship… without waiting on our partner to figure it out. Desire isn’t magic. Bu...
May 19, 2025•14 min•Ep. 135
“It’s not always about what’s missing in the marriage—it’s sometimes about what’s missing in the person.” In this deeply insightful episode of The Loving Truth , a listener asks why her husband betrayed her despite what seemed like a happy marriage. I explore why infidelity happens even in relationships that appear strong on the outside, uncover the emotional complexities, subconscious fears, and unspoken desires that often go unnoticed. I’ll help you begin to understand what happened—and more i...
May 14, 2025•36 min•Ep. 134
In this episode of Ask Sharon, I’m sharing real questions from women inside my membership program and the unfiltered coaching that followed. We talk candidly about the overuse of labels like "narcissist," what it's really like to be married to someone on the spectrum, and how to communicate with partners who default to defensiveness. Whether you're feeling stuck in diagnosis-mode, trying to be understood, or wrestling with someone who simply refuses to change, this conversation is about breaking...
May 12, 2025•19 min•Ep. 133
What does it mean to ‘quietly quit’ your marriage? What are the implications of grieving a relationship without having the hard conversation(s) first? And why do we do it? In this episode, I’ll explain ‘The Quiet Quit’ as it pertains to long-term relationships. I’ll define the hard conversation(s) necessary for a marriage on the rocks—and the reasons we avoid them I’ll explain ‘The Quiet Quit’ and why we do it I’ll detail the reasons we need to address this problem a.s.a.p. (before it gets harde...
May 07, 2025•18 min•Ep. 132
Real questions, real coaching, and real breakthroughs . In this episode of Ask Sharon, I invite you inside my membership program for a deep-dive into transformational relationship coaching that happened on a previously recorded live coaching call. In this episode, one of my members details all the fear that’s coming up as she prepares to tell her husband that she’s ready for divorce . I walk her through her next move one step at a time, and we begin to list some positive intentions for the outco...
May 05, 2025•21 min•Ep. 131
“My spouse is not going to allow for a peaceful divorce—no matter how much I want that.” Karen McMahon joins me for this special episode of the podcast to answer an important question: “ How do I navigate divorce with a high-conflict partner? ” Karen is the Founder of Journey Beyond Divorce and the Host of The Journey Beyond Divorce Podcast . She has 14+ years of coaching experience guiding 650+ clients through the legal and emotional battles of high-conflict divorce. In this episode, Karen shar...
May 01, 2025•41 min•Ep. 130
“How do I know if I’m staying for the wrong reasons?” This episode gives you an exclusive peek inside my membership program and a real-life coaching session with a client who says, “I love him, and we’re incredible roomates… but how can we possibly reconnect with all this resentment between us? How do I know if I’m staying for the wrong reasons? ” The thing about resentments is: We carry them with us (whether we decide to stay or leave). So we’ll start by dissecting the very significant resentme...
Apr 28, 2025•31 min•Ep. 129
When it’s time to have a difficult conversation with your partner (or frankly, with anyone you love) you can’t just ‘wing’ it. There must be conscious intentionality behind your words and your actions . In this episode, I’ll give you 4 important reasons why you might need to have a difficult conversation, plus the most common reasons these conversations fail and what’s required for them to succeed. I’ll also share an example of a difficult conversation I had with my family —because it’s simpler ...
Apr 23, 2025•19 min•Ep. 128
“I don’t want to let go of something that’s so important to me. But it’s not working anymore.” This is an emotional episode (because this is an emotional topic). Welcome to a recorded coaching session* with one of the members inside The Decision . This client has been married to her partner for more than a decade. They have two children together. Right now, they’re struggling with a circular argument that envelops deep criticism and hurt feelings . In this coaching session, we explore some very ...
Apr 21, 2025•28 min•Ep. 127
“I thought if I could just fix myself… my marriage problems would resolve.” –Rachel Hollis On the podcast this week, we have a very special guest… Welcome RACHEL HOLLIS to The Loving Truth podcast! Rachel is a two-time #1 New York Times bestselling author whose work has impacted millions of people worldwide. You probably know her from her wildly popular books: Girl, Wash Your Face and Girl, Stop Apologizing . In this episode of the podcast, Rachel and I have a conversation about intuition, fear,...
Apr 16, 2025•55 min•Ep. 126
“Everything in life changes. Sometimes you grow together. Sometimes you grow apart. This is the nature of life.” – Sharon Pope on The Loving Truth podcast Take a sneak peek into what happens inside my membership program in this special episode of The Loving Truth podcast. You’ll hear a real-life coaching session with one of my clients who asks - Will my kids think I’ve tried hard enough to save my marriage? How long do I have to try before I can move on? What happens if he makes the changes… and...
Apr 14, 2025•21 min•Ep. 125
Soooo many women ask me this question: Can I really be married… and free? By now you know what I think about this: Freedom is a requirement for a happy, healthy, loving marriage! But I know it’s not so simple when you feel trapped by your relationship and imprisoned by your commitment to another person. In this episode, I want to challenge what you believe about relationships—and the ways you develop trust, deepen love, and (re)commit to each other. Struggling to decide whether to stay or go in ...
Apr 09, 2025•13 min•Ep. 124
They were living like roommates. Then she had an affair . Is this marriage salvageable? (Does she want it to be?) In this episode of Ask Sharon, I’m taking you inside my membership program with a real-live conversation with my client, Elsa*. We talk about - How to ask the ‘right’ questions to make better decisions The difference between money problems… and drama What to do if you’re financially dependent on your marriage You’ll also hear an embarrassing secret from me and the first lesson I lear...
Apr 07, 2025•18 min•Ep. 123
This falls into the category of “Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me” (before I got married!) If you’ve reached midlife and you’re married or divorced: You probably didn’t think about any of this either. It’s easy to ‘lose’ yourself within your relationship—especially if you’re a woman. But it doesn’t have to be like this! (In fact, it shouldn’t be like this.) In this episode, I’ll give you the remedy to (re)balance ‘you time’ within your marriage—even if you have a busy family life. I’ll take-on ...
Apr 02, 2025•16 min•Ep. 122
