We'll Help You Survive and Thrive After Infidelity
Take the first step of your journey and discover "The 10 Most Important Lessons about Surviving Infidelity."
"Linda and Doug.....You have hands down the best website I’ve seen for affair issues. I have found you often at those times when I needed to read something for comfort and insight."
Sue
"You are both amazing. I’m thankful every day I found your website. Thank you from the depths of my broken heart. Your emails and website continue to give me strength and courage in my situation."
Michelle
So What Do You Do - and Where Do You Turn - After an Affair?
Hi, we’re Linda and Doug.
We’re not therapists. We’re not authors of some polished relationship manual. We’re a real couple who’ve lived through the devastation of infidelity—and came out the other side with a deeper, more connected marriage than we ever thought possible.
When infidelity hits, it’s like an emotional bomb goes off. Whether you’re the one who was betrayed or the one who had the affair, the pain, confusion, and chaos that follows can leave you paralyzed.
We get it—because we’ve been there too.
We Created This Site For People Just Like You
Back in 2009, we started Emotional Affair Journey because we couldn’t find the kind of real, honest, experience-based help we needed. So we started sharing our story—and suddenly, people from all over the world started sharing theirs too.
Since then, we’ve connected with thousands of people struggling with the aftermath of emotional and physical affairs. People who feel lost, angry, ashamed, and completely unsure of how to move forward. People who want to heal but don’t know where to start.
If that’s you, take a deep breath—you’re not alone.
And no, it’s not too late.
Yes, It’s Hard. But Yes, It’s Possible.
Surviving infidelity isn’t just about saving the marriage—it’s about rebuilding trust, understanding what went wrong, and creating something new from the ashes of what broke.
We won’t sugarcoat it: this is hard work. But with the right tools, the right mindset, and the right support, your relationship can not only recover—it can thrive.
That’s what happened for us. Not because we were perfect, but because we were willing to do the work. And we’ve spent the last decade helping others do the same—through our blog, mentoring, and programs built from lived experience and hard-earned insight.
We’re Here to Help You Find Your Way Forward
If you’re ready to take the first step, we’d love to share one of our most powerful tools: “The 10 Most Important Lessons About Surviving Infidelity”
These are some of the exact lessons we wish we had when we were in the thick of it.
Click here or the button below to get your free copy and start receiving our best insights by email.
Thanks for being here. You’re not broken. You’re not alone. And there is a way through this.
– Linda & Doug
What Others Have to Say...
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As many people have felt after initial discovery of infidelity, I felt alone, lost, inadequate, and frustrated. I had no one to turn to because no one knew what to say – until I found Emotional Affair Journey and most importantly, Linda and Doug. Linda and Doug provide their readers a look into their experiences- the good and the bad, the devastating and rewarding - and show people that they are truly NOT alone. It takes two very strong and loving people to share their story with complete strangers, and through their help, patience, and guidance, they have helped me regain control of my life...
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I am very thankful for this website. It has helped me understand myself, my fears and my tears. I am especially thankful for Doug’s view and for Linda’s sharing. I don’t believe I would have made it as far as I am without them! I truly believe that this site has helped me save my marriage!
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Your website and information that you both share is powerful and spot on. Thank you for your work and help. Sometimes over this past year your website was the only thing that held me together and got me through the next moment. Please don’t stop what you are doing. It’s amazing work and you are both great insightful writers. My husband and I continue to heal and I am an avid reader. Thank you both for your sharing and grace. It’s so very helpful. You have no idea.
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I am so thankful to have stumbled on your website and so glad that I subscribed to your newsletter. Thank you so much for writing your story and providing a safe space, support, encouragement, fairness to all parties, a sense of "you're absolutely not alone and your feelings are valid," and help moving forward.
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I don't know what it was about reading the articles you have written, but the way things were explained and written just brought a calmness over me. For the first time in almost a year-and-a-half, I felt better. Not perfect by any means but I just felt better. It was another night where I was up all night reading as usual, looking for answers I guess. But once i read your articles, its really hard to explain, it's like a peace came over me and for the first time since I found out I knew deep inside that I was going to be OK.
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I just want to say thank you for sharing your experience with us. I know how hard it must have been to share both your experiences. You both are a beacon of light. I prayed to God to help me because I was at the end of my rope and he somehow lead me to both of you. Bless you both for the work you both continue to do. You give hope to those that are in darkness.
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I just wanted to email my thanks to you both for your amazing insight, support and advice. When I stumbled across your site, I was in the depths of despair. My husband was in the middle of a thick affair fog, and had been for sometime. At that particular moment we were due to try and celebrate a family Christmas and your advice on how to get through it was absolutely spot on. I looked forward to receiving your daily emails and looking through all your articles. I can honestly say literally everything you have written has become my truth. At times I thought it couldn’t possibly be but now realize with the benefit of hindsight, it is. I now look at the whole affair process with very different eyes and would like to think I have grown as a person because of my experience. Today I almost skimmed past your email, and it struck me how far I have come and I wanted to reach out to say thank you, a thousand times, for what you do. At two years since the affair stopped, for good, after gaslighting and fence sitting by my husband for over a year previous to this, I know for sure, we are recovering well. I completely trust myself in this knowledge and instinctively know we are going to be alright. You saved me, when I couldn’t find the courage or strength to save myself. You taught me things and showed patience and understanding. I will be eternally grateful!
How Can We Support You Today?
Emotional Affair Journey is here to support your recovery and healing after an affair with real-life practical advice, the sharing of personal experiences and a supportive community.
Betrayed Partners
Content, resources, support for those injured by their partner's infidelity
Unfaithful Partners
Direction, advice, content for those who are the unfaithful
Marriage Building
Rebuilding a devastated marriage is tough. Help is here.
Self-Help
Surviving infidelity typically requires personal growth and change.
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Our Programs
We focus on providing actionable, real-life, experienced-based programs and support for struggling individuals and couples.
Whether it was a physical or emotional affair...or you’re the betrayed or the unfaithful - or a couple - we have a program for you.
Click the button to check out our full program page, or browse a few of our feature resources below.
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More Testimonials...
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I wish I had discovered this site 5 months ago. I think it would have reduced my pain by understanding the process earlier. Learning on my own, thinking. trying is just not very effective. Learning other’s experiences and mistakes help me and I will do the same for others.
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Doug and Linda I can’t thank you enough and to let you know how much you have help me and all the wonderful people on here. To be honest with out this blog I don’t think I would have gotten as far as I have. Bless you from my heart!
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Doug and Linda…they are my heroes in putting their life out on the web for our benefit. It couldn’t have been easy for either of them, and I see so many moments of THAT’S ME in their posts. I consider them my friends more so than some of the friends I have, as they don’t pass judgement, they listen…and the words they post are valuable.
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I’m a little over one and a half years into recovery and you’ve both made a tremendous difference in my life. Thank you, Linda and Doug, I am very grateful for all you do for people going through this difficult process.