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Self-Care Gone Wrong

When Your Self-Care Turns Your Mouth Inside Out

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Jo Crosby
Jan 10, 2026
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Sour Milk. Sour Grapes. Sour Dough Bread. Sour Attitude. Sour Patch Kids. We all know the taste of sour. It is rank, bitter, and tart.

In Great Marriage, self-care is foundational and hopefully healthy. However, it can also go wrong becoming a sour source of relational contention. Rank. Bitter. Tart. Here are the top reasons self-care goes bad:

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