When Impotence Becomes a Marriage-Building Problem

This has been a profound year of self-discovery.

Human perception extends beyond conscious reasoning. Research in neuroscience, psychology, emotional intelligence (EI), and spiritual traditions converges on a shared conclusion: awareness is cultivated through regulation, reflection, and discernment. This article examines how discernment manifests as embodied awareness, how it differs from mental instability, and how science and spirituality explain intuition, consciousness, and perception—without conflating insight with pathology.

Getting married again didn’t just reshape my personal life — it fundamentally changed my relationship with organized religion. Not because I lost faith, but because I gained depth.

Some lessons don’t come wrapped in comfort—they come wrapped in clarity.

When I left Nashville in 2014, the city had a certain rhythm—certain neighborhoods had a “home” feeling. Coming back, I realized something: you don’t just return to a city… you return to an atmosphere.

Maturity takes on an entirely different meaning when discernment turns the lights on. It’s one thing to feel like something is right. It’s another thing to finally see—clearly—that there are compatibility issues, misalignment, or patterns that will never produce peace.

One thing I’ve learned—especially being married to a doctor—is this: the caliber of people you surround yourself with matters. When you’ve grown and matured, you can’t entertain just anyone the way you did in earlier seasons.

There’s something sacred that happens when you spend time alone with God. Not the kind of alone that feels like rejection—but the kind that feels like refinement. In the quiet, I’m beginning to see that God has been guiding me toward a deeper calling: pursuing an education in divinity. It doesn’t feel random. It feels like a lifetime journey coming into focus—one marked by profound understanding, spiritual maturity, and a growing awareness of who I am becoming.