Marleta Black

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SAY…Something!

Marleta Black is a psychologist, writer, leader, thinker, musician, and an original introverted misfit (in no particular order of importance). Marleta uses her life-long passion for learning, lessons from overcoming her own communication challenges and her unique way of synthesizing and distilling thoughts to provide crystallized moments of clarity for those she leads, coaches and counsels.

Marleta is a communication and conflict resolution coach for businesses, their teams, and extended families in Clearwater, Florida. She also works with couples in relationship counseling and with individuals experiencing life transitions and setting BIG goals for living their best life.

Prior to residing in Clearwater, she lived in Australia for 30 years, becoming a dual citizen and raising a family of three thriving children with her husband Phil, conquering cultural differences and forging a fruitful career in Information Technology and Human Services.

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The Adventure of Finding the Right Words to Express Your Desires, Reduce Drama, and Create Connection

With insight and her unmistakable practicality, Marleta provides insights and practical ways of demystifying the most challenging communication scenarios, seeking to give you a voice while you help others find theirs in the process.

Whether you’re in the middle of a communication war or just seeking to obtain a new level of understanding of where you are in your growth, SAY… Something will prompt your thinking and encourage you to keep striving to grow in your communication skills. The alternative is to stay still, not improve, and continue the same unhelpful patterns that are the cause of your communication issues.

You’re capable of much more.

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With insight and her unmistakable practicality, Marleta provides insights and practical ways of demystifying the most challenging communication scenarios, seeking to give you a voice while you help others find theirs in the process. Whether you’re in the middle of a communication war or just seeking to obtain a new level of understanding of where you are in your growth, SAY… Something will prompt your thinking and encourage you to keep striving to grow in your communication skill. The alternative is to stay still, not improve, and continue the same unhelpful patterns that are the cause of your communication issues. You’re capable of much more.

See all formats and editions

With insight and her unmistakable practicality, Marleta provides insights and practical ways of demystifying the most challenging communication scenarios, seeking to give you a voice while you help others find theirs in the process. Whether you’re in the middle of a communication war or just seeking to obtain a new level of understanding of where you are in your growth, SAY… Something will prompt your thinking and encourage you to keep striving to grow in your communication skill. The alternative is to stay still, not improve, and continue the same unhelpful patterns that are the cause of your communication issues. You’re capable of much more.

More and more, we are hearing of pastors whose marriages are crumbling under the weight of deception stemming from betrayal and secrets kept. Once secrets are exposed, we begin to question what we believed about the pastor, the marriage, about God, and the people who surrounded us. We even question our own intuition as our heart shatters. It is a season when there are more questions than answers.

This is a pastor’s wife’s candid journey through the recovery of a marriage and a ministry broken by secrets, betrayal, and pornography. You are not alone. Statistics say over 21 million women suffer from betrayal trauma linked to infidelity. An estimated 40 million Americans regularly visit internet pornography sites on a regular basis. Pastors and their wives are not immune to this forceful lure.

But hope is available. Recovery is possible. Gwen invites you into her journey of faith, personal experience, and vulnerability, in hopes of encouraging others to know that God is still good. He is in your pain. And He still has a plan. The Beautiful Ugly Truth was written for pastors and their families. It was written for couples who serve in ministry and for any marriage in need of hope after betrayal.