Trusting the Process, Part 4
Rising Phoenix finishes her story with a 4-part look at her healing process. Here’s part 4, her final post: Hope, Forgiveness, and Choosing the Future Without Fear.
Is an Affair the Worst Thing that Could Happen to a Marriage?
Consider this response to the statement, “I no longer believe an affair is the worst thing that can happen to a marriage.”
Trusting the Process, Part 3
Rising Phoenix finishes her story with a 4-part look at her healing process. Here’s part 3: The Last Three Years and the Marriage We Built.
Exercise: Your Life the Movie
An exercise for individuals: review and edit your life story.
Lessons from Jay Kelly
What we can learn from the Netflix movie, Jay Kelly, starring George Clooney.
Trusting the Process, Part 2
Rising Phoenix finishes her story with a 4-part look at her healing process. Here’s part 2: When the Trusting Process Becomes Real.
You Can’t Choose Your Emotions
Dr. John Gottman explains the science behind emotions and the American bias about them.
When the Affair Stopped Being the Headline
A couple realizes healing has taken hold when the affair no longer dominates every conversation.
Trusting the Process, Part 1
Rising Phoenix finishes her story with a 4-part look at her healing process. Here’s part 1: The First Year—Survival, Not Healing.
Talking with Linda MacDonald about Betrayal and Abandonment
Some thoughts about my interview with Linda MacDonald, author of Redeeming the Post-Affair Divorce.
Moving Beyond the WHY of His Affair
One man’s realization that the insights to his affair can become a crutch if they don’t result in change.
Seeing the Other Person for What She Was
Rising Phoenix traces the slow, embodied shift from seeing “the other person” as a rival to recognizing she was never the true threat—the unhealed wounds within the marriage were. It’s about reclaiming self-worth, letting comparison fall away, and coming home to oneself.