It’s very difficult for someone to be betrayed by another person they’ve trusted the most. The easiest thing to do is to break down and cry when your spouse finds love somewhere else. However, it is always up to you how you’ll handle yourself in this difficult situation. You can choose to file a divorce […]
How to begin the re-connection process after an affair
When you have just found out your spouse has had an affair, it will feel like the bottom is dropping out of your world….. You can’t sleep… you feel sick… and you want to get your old life back. Everything is overwhelming and you have no idea how you’re supposed to react. But you need […]
Although there are six components to a good apology, two are most effective. Can you guess which two? These are: Expression of regret Explanation of what went wrong Acknowledgment of responsibility Declaration of repentance Offer of repair Request for forgiveness Top of the list is acknowledging responsibility, explained Professor Roy Lewicki, the study’s first author: “Our […]
Hilary Clinton talks about Affair Recovery
The Emotional Affair As we previously discussed, emotional affairs are real – and they hurt just as much as physical affairs. Your partner does not need to be physically intimate with someone to be cheating on you, and they do not need to engage in physical contact to be intimate with someone else. In order […]
Tip #1 for emotionally surviving the holidays: examine yourself Affair recovery is tough already. And then come the holidays. In Australia, it’s summer time, with hot weather, beach, family BBQs and outdoor fun in the sun. Everyone seams to be in a good mood – but you just can’t get festive. In the USA, there […]
Making Sense of Infidelity …how understanding it all helps you Whether you are staying or leaving, there is value in understanding what the infidelity in your relationship meant, and where it came from. We cannot fully heal and let go, until certain processes are completed. When the storm settles down, as you move through the […]
When a couple begins their affair recovery journey with me, and I tell them that one of the keys to forgiveness is the development of empathy – I get some really strange looks. Some people will share with me that they have no intention of keeping their marriage – “….so why bother developing empathy for […]
