Formal Disclosure

By Hope After BetrayalEncouragement, Relationships, Uncategorized

By Heather Davis The process of a formal therapeutic disclosure consists of the betrayer sharing the full reality of their acting out, guided and supported by their therapist, with the one who has been betrayed, who also is being supported and guided by a therapist. It is an essential step in recovery and healing from the effects of sexual addiction …

Healing All Your Parts Webinar, by Restoring Hearts

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HEALING ALL YOUR PARTS, WITH JENNA RIEMERSMA Join Karen with her guest, Jenna Riemersma, author of Altogether You. We will discuss Internal Family Systems and how to heal our broken parts. About Jenna Riemersma Jenna Riemersma is the Clinical Director of The Atlanta Center for Relational Healing. She is a teaching faculty member for the International Institute of Trauma and Addiction Professionals (IITAP). …

2021 Sexual Integrity Leadership Summit

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Sexual Integrity Leadership Summit ​2021 The Sexual Integrity Leadership Summit creates a space where we can come together as leaders and create strategies to help churches more effectively speak into sexual brokenness our culture is experiencing today. The 2021 summit will provide training and support, but also space to collaborate with other like-minded change agents in the church. April 29-April …

The 2020 Choose Connection Summit

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The Choose Connection Summit’s mission is simple…. …we will provide education, inspiration, and hope to individuals and couples seeking freedom from addiction and trauma into flourishing relationships of connection, healing, and love. Join Live Online | October 15–18, 2020 An amazing 3 days 4 DAYS of inspiration and practical advice from experts in the fields of recovery, trauma, and relationships.   Get you FREE …

FREE Webinar – Helping People Heal

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Topic: Helping People Heal Description: Words like porn, sex, and addiction are the kind of words we struggle to bring up in church. Whether we are in a small group or speaking from the pulpit, the shame that accompanies this taboo topic is overwhelming. But the longer we wait to start talking about it, the worse the problems are going …

Pure Desire Virtual Summit

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Join us for the Pure Desire Virtual Summit 2020! The Pure Desire Summit 2020 is a virtual conference for men, women, and students. Whether you are new to Pure Desire or have been connected with the ministry for many years, this is the event you want to be at! Originally, this event was to be in-person with virtual access available. But, …

Guest Blog: Rescued from the Cave of Betrayal

Annie DemaraGrief, Relationships, Uncategorized

Cave of Betrayal “Lord, may my husband be quick to agree with You in his sin.” The words were not my own, but those of a “pray for your husband guide” that I had been following. The timing of this prayer was not a coincidence. Just a couple of hours after that sentence left my lips, I found myself fully …

Guest Blogger Becky: Quarantine and Betrayal

Annie Demaracurrent year, Encouragement, Grief

“My world has been turned upside down.  Nothing is what it was a few days ago. The future is unknown and the uncertainties seem to multiply by the day.  While some things of life must go on, preparing meals, work, and exercise, there are moments of pause within the day.  Those moments when it will suddenly hit me…what just happened?  …

The Darkness Before the Dawn

Annie DemaraEncouragement

In The Midst of the Pandemic… As news outlets inundate us with Coronavirus information and infection updates, it is hard to escape the reality of our world’s current situation.   As a result, it is easy to experience fear and wonder about the uncertainty of our own personal situation.   Will there be sufficient income to sustain me and my family?  How …

Toxic Secrets

Meg WilsonArchive, Spiritual Life

Secrets can be a fun way to surprise someone we love. They can be appropriate between close friends or married couples when they build intimacy and deepen the relationship. Like that secret pet name than only two lovebirds share. But then there are secrets intended to hide a shameful act or crime. They are often demanded or coerced because someone …

Unclean

Meg WilsonArchive, Spiritual Life

I recently went to a Christian conference and everywhere I went people asked what my ministry was. Over and over people would get uncomfortable when I mentioned my book, “Hope After Betrayal” and the ministry I am starting. Little by little, bits of their shame splashed on me and began to feel heavy. After two days, I went into my …