Infidelity causes intense emotional pain--anger, disbelief, fear, guilt and shame. But an affair doesn't have to mean the end of your marriage.
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If your spouse cheated on you, it’s a natural urge for most people to explode (usually verbally, but in many cases physically), especially in the very early stages immediately after you find out about the affair. This anger can be useful to the injured person, but there comes a time when expressing your angry feelings [...]
A lot of people refer to the day you discover your spouse’s affair. Sometimes it is referred to as D-Day or Armageddon or something such as that to describe how your world gets turned upside down, and it’s so alien from what it once was. During this time it is so common to feel completely [...]
I came across the following piece the other day quite by accident, but I thought that it was excellent, and wanted to share it with you all. It’s called “The Awakening” by Virginia Marie Swift.
Virginia is a writer who has had a lot of experience with being wounded. She was sexually abused by her step-father [...]
Some of you may have noticed that there were no posts or anything on the site today. Thanks to the wonders of technology, everything vanished for no reason! Also thanks to the wonders of technology, our wonderful host, Hostgator helped me to repair it. Thank you!
Today’s post is below.
My stroke is over now!
Doug
Our open discussion yesterday centered around the topic of self-esteem. There were some very heart-felt responses in the comment section from both the cheating spouse and the victim of marital affairs. We also received many emails along the same lines. It became very apparent that not only do the victims take a massive blow to [...]
Our webinar Tuesday with Houston area therapist Jeff Murrah went very well. Jeff presented some great information to help those who are surviving infidelity, and both Linda and I were able to take home some valuable ideas.
We found the theory that an affair partner is “selected” to be quite interesting. Now I really didn’t believe [...]
We received an email from one of our blog readers who asked us to share a letter that her daughter wrote to her husband. The letter shows the effects that an affair has on the children of those involved. Cheating spouses don’t always realize (or don’t care) what their actions do to the psyche of [...]
Join us for a FREE Webinar with Jeff Murrah, LPC author of
“How to Cope with a Cheating Spouse”
Tuesday August 17, 5:00 Eastern Time
To join in you need to go to our registration page to sign up.
Here’s what you’ll learn in 60-minutes with Jeff:
How to regain control after discovering your partner’s affair
The questions every victim [...]
For many people, the idea of going to counseling can be uncomfortable and even intimidating. For some of us, going to counseling, whether it’s a therapist, psychologist, doctor, or other skilled professional makes us feel like failures because we couldn’t even manage our own lives. For others letting some stranger in to our personal junk [...]
Good Wednesday to all!
Many people find that the path to acceptance of their spouse’s marital affair is easier to take than the path of forgiveness. After being hurt so badly by an affair, forgiveness for many is not a possibility now–or ever. We believe acceptance can be a very effective means to move on with [...]
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