For The Hurt Spouse There are many aspects in the recovery of the betrayed spouse that will look very different from the unfaithful spouse. These articles are written specifically for healing and to provide hope and encouragement for the hurt spouse. Must Reads more less Untransformed Pain will be Transmitted Surviving Infidelity Part 1: What Do You Need to Know? Ending an Affair - Step One: Make the Decision Why Couples Fail After an Affair | Part 1 - Not Knowing What Happened Dealing with Infidelity: How to Get You Mate to Cooperate (Without Being Controlling) Coping with Infidelity: The 2 Stages of Pain Healing After an Affair: How do I Address Unmanageability? The Seven Mistakes Churches Make When Dealing With Infidelity Surviving Infidelity: What Do We Tell the Kids? Social Shame: Understanding the Paralysis of it Discovery: Part 1 - How to Handle Discovery Bedside Forgiveness: When Death Coincides With Infidelity Infidelity Counseling: How Effective Is It? Ending an Affair: Lock the Door Part 1 How Could You? Part I: Why We Commit Betrayal With Infidelity Pimping Tenderness & Grooming Behaviors 20 Most Common Mistakes of the Hurt Spouse Rebuilding Trust After An Affair Why Did My Spouse Cheat? A Crucial Question In Healing After An Affair The Power of Small Groups The Problem with Forgiveness 31 Reasons to Stop an Affair: Part 1 How Long Does It Take to Recover From An Affair? Why People Cheat: The Fog of Self-Deception (Part 1) Affair Recovery Timeline for Healing After Betrayal How Could You? Part IV - Doublespeak and Distorted Comparisons Surviving Infidelity: The #1 Challenge to Recovery How to Survive Infidelity 20 Most Common Mistakes of the Unfaithful Spouse Does Time Heal All Wounds? Healing After An Affair 1262 Resources Type Title Posted Wanting to Be Wanted 3/05/2025 Am I Who They Want? 2/25/2025 Q&A Why Can’t My Husband See the Affair Partner Through a Negative Lens? 2/25/2025 Q&A Does It Matter Who Ended the Affair? 2/25/2025 Why Did They Choose the Affair Partner? 2/19/2025 Q&A Can the Wayward Spouse Really Have No Triggers? 2/18/2025 Q&A Please Help Me Understand What My Reality Is as We Try to Recover from This. 2/11/2025 Q&A How Do I Tell the Wayward Spouse I Need More Discussion to Heal and Process? 2/11/2025 Q&A Why Has My Spouse Refused to Cut Ties with His High School Sweetheart? 2/04/2025 Q&A Is It Unrealistic to Expect Raw Emotion from My Unfaithful Wife? 2/04/2025 Is My Mate Truly Committed to Recovery? 1/22/2025 Q&A How Do I Find Closure When the Affair Partner Is a Close Family Friend? 1/14/2025 Q&A What Do You Do If the Wayward Spouse Shows No Remorse, Empathy, or Compassion? 1/14/2025 Q&A How Important Is Attunement When Recovering from an Affair? 1/08/2025 Parenting Through Infidelity: A Father/Daughter Perspective 12/26/2024 Tips for Surviving the Holidays 12/18/2024 Q&A How Can I Rebuild Trust When His Words Still Feel Scripted and Devoid of Genuine Empathy? 12/17/2024 Were They Thinking of Me? 12/04/2024 Q&A What If My Husband Doesn’t Want to Change? 12/03/2024 Q&A How Do I Feel Safe Knowing That the Worst Pain I Have Ever Felt Could Possibly Happen Again? 12/03/2024 The Fantasyland of an Affair 11/27/2024 Q&A Will She Ever Tell the Truth Without Being Backed Into a Corner? 11/26/2024 Mistakes Families Make After an Affair 11/13/2024 Q&A How Do I Respond If I Don’t Believe My Spouse? 11/12/2024 Q&A Could My Husband’s Actions Be Early Signs of Relapse? 10/30/2024 Q&A How Do I Support My Partner and Accept That I Can’t Control Their Recovery Journey? 10/30/2024 Q&A How Do I Help My Unfaithful Husband as He Seems to Be So Buried in Shame, Self-Loathing, and a Huge Sense of Worthlessness? 10/22/2024 Q&A How Do I Come to Terms With My New Reality as a Betrayed Spouse? 10/22/2024 Q&A Is It Normal for Family to Feel Disappointed at Us for Staying With the Wayward Spouse? 10/01/2024 Q&A Why Does My Husband (Wayward) Not Want to Reconnect With Me (Betrayed) Physically? 10/01/2024 Q&A Am I a Fool for Being Vulnerable With My Mate? 10/01/2024 How to Get Your Mate to Cooperate 9/25/2024 Q&A How Do I Get the Lying and the Porn Use by My Husband to Stop? 9/18/2024 Q&A How Do I Feel Special Again After I Have Lost So Much Including Places That Were Just Ours? 9/18/2024 Q&A How Do I Replace What I Feel With What I Know, if I Don’t Know What the Truth Is? 9/18/2024 Q&A How Do I Shut Down the Intrusive Thoughts of My Husband With the Affair Partners That Have Become Erotic to Me? 9/18/2024 Q&A How Can I Get These Images Out of My Mind and Get back to Just Being With My Husband? 9/18/2024 A Discussion on Anger, Boundaries and Regrets After Infidelity 9/18/2024 Reclaiming Dignity and Worth as a Woman with Laurie Bryson, M.A. & LPC 8/28/2024 How to Find Answers 8/21/2024 Q&A Are We at the End of the Road? 8/20/2024 Q&A How Do I Get Past or Heal From the Hurtful Things My Husband Said About Me to His Affair Partners? 8/20/2024 Q&A Would Viewing Surveillance Footage of My Husband’s Affair Be Helpful? 8/14/2024 Q&A How Do I Get over Feeling Disgust With My Partner Over Who He Chose to Have an Affair With? 8/06/2024 Q&A How Do I Truly Know if My Wayward Spouse Has Changed? 8/06/2024 Q&A What Do I Do When My Wayward Spouse Refuses to Meet My Emotional Needs? 8/06/2024 Q&A How Can I Better Understand the Behaviors of My Wayward Spouse? 7/31/2024 Q&A How Can I Help My Wayward Spouse Heal From Betrayal Trauma From a Prior Relationship? 7/31/2024 Q&A What Advice Do You Have for Polygraphs, Anxiety Induced False Positives, and Full Disclosure During Recovery? 7/26/2024 Q&A How Can I Believe My Mate When They Say the Affair Is Over? 7/26/2024 Pages123456789…next ›last »
