Safety in Recovery
The hallmark of any healthy recovery is safety. Both spouses have to feel safe in order to rebuild a strong, new marriage from the ashes of the old one. Learn how to make your mate feel safe and why it is so important that you do.
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1057 Resources
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Video Q&A How Can I Remain Supportive and Loving While Also Protecting Myself? 1/28/2021
Video Q&A Am I Wrong for Wanting to Know My Husband's Yellow-Light Behaviors? 1/25/2021
Video Q&A How Can I Get My Husband to Understand the Importance of Boundaries? 1/20/2021
Video Q&A Is It Appropriate to Abstain from Sex until Safety and Emotional Intimacy Have Been Established? 1/20/2021
Video Q&A How Can I Get My Wife to Stop Seeing Her Affair Partner? 1/14/2021
Video Q&A How Can I Help My Wife Feel Safe Again? 1/14/2021
Video Q&A How Do I Deal with Constant Relapse? 1/14/2021
Video Q&A Should I Even Consider Staying or Working on the Marriage? 1/07/2021
Video Q&A Should He Leave His Job? 11/18/2020
Video Q&A How Do I Discern If or When It's Safe to Trust Him Again? 11/12/2020
Video Q&A What Should I Do as the Wayward Spouse When My Spouse Has a Breakdown? 11/12/2020
Video Q&A How Do We Safely Co-Parent with the Affair Partner When a Child Is Born as a Result of the Affair? 11/12/2020
Video Q&A How Does One Determine What Not to Share with Their Spouse While Remaining Open and Honest? 10/22/2020
Video Q&A Am I Wrong to Ask Her to Stop Social Media Use? 10/22/2020
Video Q&A What Does Moving Forward a Year Later Look Like? 10/22/2020
Video Q&A Should My Husband Find Another Job to Protect Himself from Relapse? 9/24/2020
Video Q&A What Factors Are Important When Deciding If the Wayward Spouse Needs to Leave a Job to Distance from the Affair Partner? 9/03/2020
Video Q&A My Wife Is Considering a Revenge Affair. What Should I Do? 9/03/2020
Video Q&A When Is It Appropriate to Communicate to My Spouse That Their Behavior Is Not Acceptable? 9/02/2020
Video Q&A Am I Overreacting or Is My Husband Not Taking Responsibility? 8/27/2020
Video Q&A My Husband Became a Bitter Person, What Should I Do? 8/27/2020
Video Q&A Is My Husband's Behavior Abusive? 8/18/2020
Video Q&A How Am I Supposed to Address This Barrier More Than I Already Have? 8/18/2020
Video Q&A How Do I Handle My Wayward Wife's Friendships? 8/13/2020
Video Q&A What Would You Advise Regarding My Living Situation? 8/13/2020
Video Q&A How Should We React to Insensitivity? 8/06/2020
Video Q&A How Can I Feel Safe Again? 7/30/2020
Video Q&A How Do I Create Safety for Myself When My Vulnerability Was Abused? 7/28/2020
Video Q&A How Do I Help My Betrayed Spouse Get past the Anger? 7/28/2020
Video Q&A How Can I Feel Safe When There Is No Empathy? 7/16/2020
Video Q&A Should We Separate If My Mate Is Still Unsafe? 7/16/2020
Video Q&A How Can I Rebuild Trust with Someone Who Is Constantly Keeping Secrets and Lying? 7/09/2020
Video Q&A How Can I Rebuild Trust with Someone Who Is Constantly Keeping Secrets and Lying? 7/09/2020
Video Q&A Am I Letting Myself Be Abused Again? 7/09/2020
Video Q&A Is it Safe to Stay? 7/09/2020
Video Q&A What Can I Tell Him to Do for Me If I Can’t Trust Anything He Says or Does? 7/09/2020
Video Q&A At What Point Does a Serious Case of Narcissism in the Unfaithful Need to Be Considered Unsafe for the Betrayed Spouse to Even Consider Reconciliation? 7/09/2020
Video Q&A Am I Being Unreasonable in My Demand? 7/09/2020
Video Q&A What Are You Thoughts on Entering Into a Contract on a New Home Early in Recovery? 7/02/2020
Video Q&A What Happens If a Husband and Wife Differ on What Constitutes Out of Line Behavior? 7/02/2020
Video Q&A What Do I Do When My Husband Won't Stick to the Agreement? 6/25/2020
Video Q&A How Do I Move Forward with This Feeling That I'm Not Safe? 6/10/2020
Video Q&A How Do We Build Trust When I Don't Quite Feel Safe Yet? 6/03/2020
Video Q&A Can You Help Me Understand My Ex-husband's Motive? 6/03/2020
Video Q&A How Can I Trust My Husband in the Future If Only He and I Know? 6/03/2020
Video Q&A How Can I Heal When He Still Has to Have Contact with Her Because of Her Job? 6/03/2020
Video Q&A What Are Your Thoughts on Splitting the Household While Attempting Recovery? 6/03/2020
Video Q&A How Do I Now Distinguish between Truth and Deception? 6/03/2020
Video Q&A Do I Stop Encouraging My Mate to Participate in Hope for Healing and Quit Communicating with Him? 6/03/2020
Video Q&A What Can I Do about My Husband Becoming Extremely Controlling? 5/28/2020

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