How to Talk to Children About Divorce or Separation
Guidelines for parents who need to talk to children about divorce or separation.
7 Predictors of Successful Affair Recovery for Couples
A consideration of the positive indicators that tend to show up in couples who stay together and thrive after an affair.
Reclaiming Intimacy After Infidelity
Rediscovering emotional and physical connection in a relationship following a partner's affair.
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
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.
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.
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?
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.
Completed Forgiveness
A consideration of completed forgiveness that includes both cognitive and emotional resolutions.
Decisional Forgiveness
Can we choose to forgive even if the offender hasn’t taken responsibility or asked for forgiveness?
Bartered Forgiveness
Forgiveness offered with conditions isn’t effective because it isn’t real forgiveness.
Fake Forgiveness
An explanation of fake forgiveness: what it is and why it hinders relationship healing.