Many betrayed partners find themselves stuck at different points in the healing journey. Usually, these stuck points are the result of fear that is ... Read More »
Circuit Overload: The Early Symptoms of Betrayal Trauma
According to a study of partners of sex addicts conducted by Barbara Steffens in 2006, 71% of partners demonstrate a severe level of functional ... Read More »
When Crisis and Chaos Become Normal in a Relationship After Betrayal
Discovering betrayal in your relationship plunges you into unprecedented stress and distress. For most betrayed partners, this high level of stress ... Read More »
Moving Away From Objectification
In my previous post, we discussed the fact that as women we sexually objectify ourselves and other women just as much as men do. We live in a highly ... Read More »
Objectification: Not Just For Men
Merriam-Webster defines objectification as “to treat as an object.” Vocabulary.com says that objectification is “when a person is treated as a thing.” ... Read More »
Why We Sherlock, Part 3
In Part 1 of this series on Sherlocking, we discussed the fact that early in the healing process betrayed partners tend to spy, snoop, and sleuth to ... Read More »
Why We Sherlock, Part 2
You know that you sleuth, spy, and snoop to find out the truth about the betrayal in your relationship, to validate that what you have been told about ... Read More »
Why We Sherlock, Part 1
Yes, I did. I just turned Sherlock into a verb. Someone slap a trademark on that for me, please. As you’ve probably already guessed, what I want to ... Read More »
Is There a Short-Cut to Heal from Betrayal Trauma?
One of the biggest things to expect as you begin to recover from betrayal trauma is that your healing will happen as a process. By definition, ... Read More »
