Thanks to Paula Rinehart's book, Strong Women Soft Hearts, I learned what forgiveness was and what it wasn't.
Lynn is the author of Keep Walking, 40 Days to Hope and Freedom after Betrayal, a devotional for women dealing with the trauma and heartache of betrayal.
Samuel wraps up this series by discussing more barriers that couples face after the discovery of infidelity and how to overcome those barriers and choose to get healthy.
Samuel continues this series sharing more barriers that keep couples from committing to get healthy after discovery infidelity.
Committing to get healthy doesn't mean committing to save the marriage. Today Samuel begins a short series on reasons why couples typically won't commit to getting healthy.
How I discovered my own vulnerability along with some of the most important advice I can offer to betrayed spouses.
When Godly People do Ungodly Things: Arming Yourself in the Age of Seduction by Beth Moore
Samuel discusses the mind of the unfaithful and how justification has to play a part in understanding why spouses cheat.
During recovery, you just don't feel ok sometimes, let's discuss this fact and how to cope with the uncertainty of infidelity.
Samuel discusses one of the most difficult aspects of the unfaithful's recovery: underlying resentment.
Samuel discusses how a couple moves forward understanding their own vulnerabilities in recovery.
Samuel discusses the many facets of recovery that both the unfaithful and betrayed just don't know or realize early on in recovery.
Joining a small group meant letting people in on our secret and allowing them to see our mess, but the benefits far outweigh the risks.
Today Samuel discusses the seemingly never ending challenges to recovery for both spouses.
Today Samuel discusses how the betrayed spouse may not be reacting, but they are always processing the actions of the unfaithful spouse.
Today I want to talk about establishing countermeasures which will prevent each spouse from doing any more harm to one another.
Today we complete the discussion on trust with 2 final principles of recovery for restoring trust over time after betrayal.
Samuel discusses why you don't need trust to move forward in recovery.
Today I share both my healthy and unhealthy reasons for staying and how they saw me through to the other side.
Samuel continues the discussion on safety and how to cultivate a safe atmosphere for you and your spouse's potential recovery.
Today we start a new series on how to trust your mate and know if your mate is trustworthy after an affair.
Samuel discusses the drive home before disclosure, deciding whether or not to tell Samantha about his affair.
Often times spouses want to make a decision about their crisis right this moment. However, when dealing with infidelity that approach usually backfires.
Today let's discuss the concept of denying your reality in recovery and how dangerous this denial can be.
Today I share my top three biggest struggles early on in recovery.
One of the lies the betrayed spouse believes is that they will always feel the way they do at discovery. Today, I share the story of two trips and how feelings can change.
Often times in recovery, betrayed spouses are frustrated as their unfaithful spouse won't take action. Today, I offer ways to deal with this refusal to get help.
In recovery after an affair, we all hear voices. If you're just listening to your own voice, it may be continuing to blind you.
Leading up to an affair and in recovery afterwards, there is much self deception that takes place. It's the toughest of deceptions and can't be battled alone. Today I look at how to combat self deception and allow yourself to see the truth you didn't allow before.
It's a destructive pattern for either spouse to say how they would describe themselves if they were on the other side of the affair.... Today we'll talk about why.
Have you ever said to yourself, "I thought my marriage was fine....I thought we were doing great."? Infidelity has a way of uprooting our entire life's momentum and today I discuss how to move forward practically.
After discovering my husband's infidelity, sadness and loneliness were safe emotions, but they morphed into something entirely different under the weight of denial.
