When is Enough Enough? With Dr. David E Clarke | Ep. 513
Awesome Marriage Podcast
Dr. Kim Kimberling
4.9 • 813 Ratings
🗓️ 10 May 2022
⏱️ 36 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Is it abuse or is it bad behavior? Today Dr. David E Clarke joins Dr. Kim to tackle this tough topic with tough love. Dr. David E. Clarke is a Christian psychologist, speaker, and author who guides people toward healthy lives, marriages, and families through his Bible-based teaching and therapy. In today's episode he explains the difference between abuse and bad behavior, touches on narcissism and gaslighting, and shares an effective, biblical approach for any spouse who is dealing with this situation.
We pray this episode is helpful to you and your marriage.
Subscribe to Podcast Email to make sure you never miss an episode and get noteworthy quotes, resources, and more delivered straight to your inbox!
*Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here!
RESOURCES
- Abusive behavior is never ok. If you're being abused, please get out and get help. If you suspect any emotional or physical abuse is going on in your marriage, contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at https://www.thehotline.org or 1-800-799-SAFE (1-800-799-7233)
- Dr. Clarke's Book, Enough is Enough, gives more details on how to make the plan work.
- More info and resources are available on Dr. Clarke's Website
- If your marriage is safe, but is really struggling right now, our Marriage 911 Course was made for couples just like you
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the awesome marriage podcast, a place for honest conversations and practical advice on how to build an awesome marriage. |
| 0:09.9 | I am your podcast producer and co-host, Lindsay Few. |
| 0:13.4 | On the show will be our host, Dr. Kim Kimberly. |
| 0:17.0 | Dr. Kim is a marriage counselor and has been married for over 50 years. |
| 0:21.6 | His passion is to help you strengthen your most intimate relationship. |
| 0:26.6 | You know, one of the things I love about awesome marriage in our podcast is each month I get to interview a new person. |
| 0:35.6 | And over the years, this is connected with so many |
| 0:38.1 | people that love helping people with marriage and helping people have better lives. And today, |
| 0:43.8 | Dr. David Clark joins me, and he is just one of those people. He's a practicing psychologist. |
| 0:48.4 | He's been doing that for 30 years. He has a PhD in clinical psychology, and he's got a master's in |
| 0:53.4 | biblical studies. |
| 0:54.8 | Dr. Clark's new book, Enough is Enough, gives us a step-by-step plan for leaving an abusive |
| 0:59.6 | marriage with God's help. |
| 1:01.7 | He's seen hundreds of men and women use this process effectively. |
| 1:05.5 | Join me in the studio as we welcome Dr. David Clark. |
| 1:14.8 | Well, David's so good to welcome you the Awesome Marriage Podcast. Thank you for taking time. I know your schedule's very, very busy, and it's such an honor |
| 1:19.3 | to spend time with you today and share on a topic that I think we both feel is very significant, |
| 1:25.1 | very important. Well, thanks for having me, Kim. Appreciate it. And I love |
| 1:28.4 | what you do. Thank you so much. Well, how does the spouse know if it's abuse or it's bad behavior? |
| 1:35.3 | Now, there's a world of a difference. I may take a, I train therapists to know the difference, |
| 1:40.0 | but bad behavior. These are occasional lapses. I made a mistake from a decent, loving, you know, |
| 1:45.9 | husband who's going to, or wife, who's going to make the changes. Abuse, different story. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dr. Kim Kimberling, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Dr. Kim Kimberling and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.