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 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.
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.
Triggered by Venmo
A glowing phone nearly reopens old wounds, revealing how easily trust can be shaken, and how attention matters as much as honesty in healing after betrayal.
What the Past Can Teach Us
Rising Phoenix explores reclaiming the truth of a shared past after betrayal, refusing to let infidelity erase or rewrite decades of real love, struggle, and life built together.
Steps To Authenticity
How rebuilding after infidelity wasn’t just about salvaging a relationship, but about learning to trust the body, understand triggers, and show up differently for yourself. Rising Phoenix tells how healing became a slow return to self rather than a rush to restore what was lost.
My Favorite Season
Christmas seasons after betrayal became quiet markers of grief, survival, and slow rebuilding, shifting the holiday from something lost to something redefined. Love and joy now come from presence, honesty, and a steadiness earned through pain.
The Apology Casserole
Attempts to help, to heal, to apologize… they don’t need to be perfect. They just need to be sincere.
Healing My Nervous System
Rising Phoenix’s body began healing only after she named her Complex PTSD, reclaimed her boundaries, and stopped abandoning herself to feel safe in relationships. The real recovery turned survival into stability, and self-protection into self-trust.
The Anniversary that Wasn’t
After his affair, he forgot their anniversary. On purpose.