Working Together to Rebuild Your Marriage After an Affair
The cooperative effort required by both partners to rebuild a relationship after infidelity.
Understanding an Affair - What Happened? Why Did It Happen? What’s Next?
After an affair, the importance of gaining clarity regarding what happened, why it happened, and what choices you will make next.
Affair Reaction: Agony, Chaos, and Confusion
What to expect and how to manage affair reaction and chaos that follows the exposure of infidelity.
The Pain of Exposing an Affair
How affairs are exposed and how it affects recovery for couples who choose to heal their relationship
Obsessive Focus After Betrayal: Breaking Free from Intrusive Thoughts
Eight strategies to help win the battle over intrusive thoughts about an affair.
14 Steps of Affair Recovery for the Unfaithful Partner
14 steps of affair recovery for the unfaithful spouse following their infidelity, offering practical help for individual and marital healing.
5 Stages of Affair Recovery and Relationship Renewal for Couples
Couples who choose to work toward healing and renewal following an affair can expect to move through these stages of affair recovery.
Emotional Cheating - But Nothing Physical Happened!
Understanding emotional cheating and the devastation it causes, even though there’s no sex involved.
14 Steps of Affair Recovery for the Betrayed Partner
14 steps of affair recovery for the betrayed spouse following a partner's infidelity, providing practical help for healing after betrayal.
When Is It Time to Stop Talking About the Affair?
Is there a time to stop talking about the affair? Consider ways to reduce conversations about a partner’s affair.
I Feel Like I’m Married to a Single Man
A woman struggles with her husband’s apparent disconnetion in their marriage after his affair.
Is It Affair Fog or Real Love?
Article & Song: Is it affair fog or real love? Can you effectively argue that point with someone who’s caught up in the feelings of limerence?
The Cost to Repair a Marriage After an Affair
Repairing your marriage after your affair may be the hardest thing you’ll ever do, but the payoff is worth it.
Signs of a Real Affair Confession
How can you tell if a an affair confessio is real? How can you believe someone who has betrayed you and lied to you?
Making Change That Lasts
When lasting change feels impossible, your deepest motivation holds the key.
The Word After “Sorry” Makes or Breaks Your Apology
Saying “I’m sorry” can be one of the most vulnerable, courageous things you do in a relationship. Too many apologies fall flat because of the word that came next.
Truth In Pieces Feels Like a Lie
Trickle truth happens when the full truth isn’t told upfront. Instead, it leaks out slowly over time. This article considers why it happens, and how it hinders affair recovery.
Penitence Without Pardon
The healing work of forgiveness is blocked when the injured partner refuses to let the offender off the hook.
Selfish Apologies
Forgiveness is hindered when an apology is offered to provide relief for the offender rather than the one who was hurt.