Healing Marriage

The phrase "broken heart" belies the real trauma behind the all-too-common occurrence of infidelity. Psychologist Dennis Ortman likens the psychological aftermath of sexual betrayal to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in its origin and symptoms, including anxiety, irritability, rage, emotional numbing, and flashbacks.

If you have an anxious attachment style, you may struggle to believe you will ever be worthy enough for potential partners, and you may doubt that relationships will ever work out. While it takes hard work to change an insecure attachment style, research shows that people can create secure attachment by doing work on themselves and facilitating better communication with partners. All you need is to learn the tools that this book provides and begin to apply them to your life.

Many times infidelity is the death of a relationship - but an affair doesn't have to mean the end. Realistic ways of coping with pain, restoring self-esteem, and rebuilding trust and intimacy are available for the first time on audio in this guide by Dr. Janis Abrahms Spring. Dr. Spring is one of the few clinical psychologists in the US who specializes in infidelity. She offers original and proven strategies to those seeking guidance, sympathy, and solutions, laying to rest blame and recrimination and focusing instead on recovery.

This is the audiobook to help you overcome this unwanted emotion. You will embark on a journey to discover the many types of jealousy. You can use this audiobook as a manual to overcome emotional insecurity issues and to give you a clearer perspective on the emotion of jealousy. By engaging with the exercises with this audiobook, you'll be able to see yourself as you really are, and further exercises will assist you in eliminating your jealous thoughts and behavior.

It may feel like your world is falling apart, and your relationship with it, but this doesn't have to be the end. Healing from Infidelity is a thoughtful, practical guide to help you rebuild trust and repair your relationship. Alice Gardner, a psychologist with over 20 years of experience in couples counseling, provides compassionate insights to help you heal and move forward. This book offers an in-depth look at the psychology behind cheating, the motivations for infidelity, and how to cope with the aftermath.

Dealing with marital infidelity can shake your sense of identity and your trust in people. When planning a future together and vowing to be faithful, no one thinks they’ll ever go through these hard moments. Yet some of us do and it can be a tough and shameful struggle. But the good news is - even if you might not be inclined to believe this now - you can find emotional healing and closure.

Two years ago, Billie Tarrow's husband left her for another woman. Shamed and divorced, Billie retreated to her family home in Port Townsend, far from her old life in New York. After a near-death encounter, Billie decides to return to the city that took everything from her. But sometimes in the midst of heartache, hope suffocates the pain. Satcher Gable has carried a torch for Billie for 10 years. When she suddenly returns to New York a single woman, he can't believe his good fortune. But convincing Billie to walk away from her heartache is proving more difficult than he anticipated.

Discover how to move your marriage from just surviving to actually thriving. The world has changed, and it's going to keep changing. That's no big revelation, but we cling to the fleeting hope that we can return to the gentler, more stable days gone by . . . especially where our marriages are...

What if God has purposed your marriage for something so much more than "happily ever after?" Since the very beginning, God's design for marriage has been for husbands and wives to be ambassadors of holy love to a hurting world. Still, too many couples stop short at happy and wonder why they...

In The Emotionally Abused Woman, therapist Beverly Engel introduced the concept of emotional abuse, one of the most subtle yet devastating forms of abuse within a relationship. Now Engel exposes the most destructive technique the abuser uses to break our spirit and gain control - and guides listeners on how to free themselves from the shame that can keep them from the life (and the love) they deserve.

Being a football player and legal guardian to his four younger sisters means his playbook is full. However, one of them just landed in the hospital, which gives his brother the shot he needs to challenge Logan for custody. Legal counsel says there's only one thing Logan can do - find himself a wife.

Once an affair comes to light, many unfaithful persons "wake up" and want to save their marriages. Yet they usually make terrible mistakes in their bungled attempts to win back their partners' trust. Linda J. MacDonald, an infidelity specialist for 23 years, has identified behaviors and attitudes that determine unfaithful persons' success or failure to mend their marriages after the wrecking ball of an affair. How to Help Your Spouse Heal from Your Affair offers practical advice for those who've strayed and want a second chance.

Sometimes love sends you back to the drawing board. After a traumatic accident threatens the foundations of their happy marriage, a couple tries to rebuild and find their way back to each other—and themselves—in this tender, slow-burn romance by the bestselling author of Ready or Not and...

My first book, What They Broke, I Fixed, was about survival. About rising from the wreckage, others left behind and reclaiming the pieces of myself they tried to destroy. It was about finding my strength, my voice, and my worth. But this book? This is about what came after. This is not the story of someone who had it all figured out. This is the story of someone who almost lost everything—even after surviving the worst of it. This is about what happened when I finally stopped running, turned inward, and started facing what I had buried for so long. This is where the real work began.

When your husband's addiction to pornography leaves you shattered, betrayed, and alone, where do you turn? Who do you turn to? Vicki Tiede, writing from personal experience, gently guides women toward God and away from despair. Through daily readings and questions on six important topics: hope, surrender, trust, identity, brokenness, and forgiveness, you will grow in healing and hope. Allowing God to meet your greatest needs is a long and learned process, but he promises to help you every step of the way.

Mark DeJesus found himself deep within the clutches of ROCD, but did not know it for a long time. Drowning in constant anxiousness, doubts, and confusion, he spent a lot of time spinning in rumination, confusion and compulsive behavior. But over time, he began to learn what ROCD was and found a way to get to the heart of the battle, while finding very practical ways to walk through the distortions that get in the way of how one relates to love, commitment, and marriage.

Have you ever wondered why your marriage seems to be floundering? The problems may be evident to you, but are they really what you think they are? This book has been written to help you open your eyes to the potential on how to fix a relationship that is on the rocks. There are ways to steer around the rocks and come out as a stronger couple at the end of it. As you listen through this book, you will discover the options available to you.

Whether you are in a dating relationship, friendship, or marriage, many people ask themselves how things got so off-track and why they can't communicate with each other anymore. They wonder what they're doing wrong and why they keep making bad choices and ignoring red flags. Trying to fix these problems using outdated communication tools rarely works, so many give up, feeling lost, defeated and resentful. This audiobook helps you see how your unresolved inner child wounding keeps showing up, attracting, and meshing with another’s codependent parts in a wounded dance.

A husband-wife team offers practical advice for married couples to end the cycle of reactionary arguments by examining the most common issues that trigger disagreements and applying God’s Word to radically transform relationships. Many couples know their marriage has room for improvement, but it is hard to pinpoint exactly why a relationship is suffering. Often times everyday triggers are the culprit. If you are wondering how to break out of the cycle of reactionary outbursts, cold shoulders, resentment, and pain that harms your relationship, you are not alone.

With the help of Dr. Kevin Skinner’s insight and real-life stories, you will learn how to address the past, communicate honestly and effectively, and create an environment for healing and recovery. Whether you are just beginning the healing process or are well on your way, Rebuild Your Relationship After Sexual Betrayal is a powerful resource that will help you work through the pain, reclaim your true selves, and create a lasting, loving partnership.