I have oft written about men and their emotions. My general bent is that men have emotions, and we generally do a pretty lousy job experiencing and expressing those. Today, I’m going to shift just a bit and encourage women to express their emotions. To be more...
The final step of relationship repair when healing from an affair isn’t so much a step, but a life long pursuit. Restoration and redemption occurs as individuals and couples apply what they learned in the first two stages to the rest of life. The process of...
As we continue with our series on healing from an affair, I must give a note of caution. Today’s subject is relationship repair. A temptation, especially for the offending partner, is to jump straight to this step in the healing process. Do not do it. Much work,...
We are in week three of a series on recovering from an affair. Today we examine one of the most important skills to dealing with the affair: feeling. The temptation is to put the past behind and move on. This is not effective or realistic. The pain is there and must...
We are in the second week of a five week series on Healing After Betrayal. This series is written to bring understanding and hope in one of the most heart wrenching experiences possible. As a couples counselor who specializes in sexual integrity issues, I help...
Affairs are devastating. They disrupt the very core of the relationship, leaving both partners questioning who they are and the strength of their relationship. Over the next five weeks, we will examine some key aspects of healing from the betrayal of an affair. Affair...
