In the last two posts we’ve been looking at the complex issues that partners face when deciding whether to stay or leave the relationship with the ... Read More »
3 Key Skills to Help You Stay or Leave from a Place of Emotional Health, Part 2
In last week’s post we looked at the emotionally charged issues around staying or leaving the relationship with the cheating partner. I am challenging ... Read More »
3 Key Skills to Help You Stay or Leave from a Place of Emotional Health, Part 1
If you have spent any time in online forums or groups for betrayed partners, you know that a big topic of discussion is whether to stay or leave your ... Read More »
Learning How to Deal with Attachment Loss After Betrayal, Part 2
The vast majority of the betrayed partners I have worked with over the years have an anxious attachment style, as discussed in my previous post. There ... Read More »
Learning How to Deal with Attachment Loss After Betrayal, Part 1
We are in the middle of a series where I am sharing with you the key lessons I learned as I earned my way out of my relationship with my sexually ... Read More »
To Stay or Leave After Cheating: Earning a New Relationship
Several months after divorcing my sexually addicted spouse, I was talking to the clinical supervisor overseeing my Residency to become a Licensed ... Read More »
Culture-Based Attachment Shaming
As a culture, how we live within our relationships and what we believe about our relationships is incongruent with how our bodily-based attachment ... Read More »
Factors Contributing to Attachment Shame, Part 2: Am I Staying or Am I Stuck?
In last week’s blog post we started to discuss the issues that frequently contribute to attachment shame for betrayed partners. The first issue we ... Read More »
Factors Contributing to Attachment Shame, Part 1
In the last several blog posts, we have looked at how betrayed partners experience attachment shame. This shame occurs when betrayed partners feel the ... Read More »