First comes discovery of sexual betrayal. Then comes anger. Anger does not arrive gently or slowly. It roars in like a flash flood, sweeping ... Read More »
The Cheating Partner’s Moment of Truth
Two things motivate change in human beings: fear and desire. After the crisis of betrayal, fear is what initially motivates and drives the process of ... Read More »
Understanding Boundaries
Most people know about boundaries and instinctively understand they are important. Betrayed partners are no exception. Often, they feel a keen need to ... Read More »
Reclaiming Your Dignity After Betrayal: How You Lost It and How to Get It Back
Being cheated on can make you lose your self-control completely and utterly. In the aftermath of discovering both sexual betrayal and the enormous ... Read More »
Mister Rogers and Sex Addiction
We are eight weeks into the Braving Hope program and everyone is in the thick of growing, overcoming fear, getting clarity and moving forward out of ... Read More »
Setting Realistic Expectations After Betrayal
In the aftermath of betrayal, your body and mind are struggling with an ongoing trauma response. As we have discussed elsewhere, betrayal is something ... Read More »
Validating Your Feelings
We are not quite done with the topic of feelings. There is one more big kindness that you can show yourself around your feelings, and when you do it, ... Read More »
Creating Space For Your Feelings
We live in a culture that does not approve of big feelings. We don’t approve of little feelings very much either. All the feelings that we have are ... Read More »
The Secret to Recovery: Slow Down to Go Faster
Last year, a group of my friends and I decided to work through a book by Tara Mohr called Playing Big. This book is for women who want to play bigger ... Read More »
