Dr. Daniel and Bethany Meola

Dr. Daniel and Bethany Meola are the founders and directors of Life-Giving Wounds, a Catholic apostolate serving adult children of divorce or separation. They met at the John Paul II Institute in Washington, D.C., and now live with their two young daughters and a cat in Bowie, Maryland.

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How the 4 Temperaments Can Help You Understand Others

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Find out what habits you can have as a newlywed for a successful marriage.

5 Habits for Newlyweds to Build a Strong Marriage

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Learn how to forgive your parents with these 5 ways.

Forgiving Your Parents for Past (or Present) Hurts

Learn how to build a strong marriage as a child of divorce with these suggestions.

Building a Strong Marriage as a Child of Divorce

Think a gray divorce can't hurt adult children? Well, it does. Here's why it hurts them and how they can cope with it.

How to Cope When Your Parents Divorce Later in Life

Healing as adult children of divorce can take time, which is why these authors created a peer-based outreach to find what habits of healings ACOD use.

If You Grew Up with Divorce, You May Still Need Healing

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