Healing From Divorce: Part 3 of 3

By Hope After BetrayalDivorce, Uncategorized

Divorce Part 3

The Calm After the Storm The way God has continued to craft my life after my separation and divorce still blows my mind. As I shared in previous posts, He has brought me a new job, a whole new group of friends, and so much more. I am reminded over and over that God causes everything to work together for …

Healing From Divorce: Part 2 of 3

By Hope After BetrayalDivorce, Uncategorized

Leaving The day we decided my husband would move out was January 25th—the day after my son’s birthday. As I sat there with my three-month-old baby, he seemed so eager to pack his things and leave. At that point, I felt as though I was only floating through the day. I was not sure if it was just my lack …

Healing From Divorce: Part 1 of 3

By Hope After BetrayalDivorce, Relationships, Uncategorized

THE SHOCKWAVE “I had an affair.” That statement literally felt like the equivalent of falling off of a 10-story building. It did not help that while I was being told this, I was driving on HWY 14 with my 5-month-old son in the backseat. The world seemed to stand still. I felt like I was having an out of body …

An Exercise In Aligning Perspectives

By Hope After Betrayalcurrent year, Relationships, Uncategorized

“I sat there stunned, scrolling through his browsing history as image after image showed a slew of underdressed athletes in suggestive poses for the camera. The familiar feelings of betrayal struck a chord in my heart as it seemed yet again, he was choosing to look for self-gratification in places other than his wife. The troubling fact was, he had …

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, …

Season of New!

Meg WilsonArchive, Encouragement

Have you ever been thrown into a new job or situation knowing little of what was ahead? It happened last year for me with Hope After Betrayal Ministries. Every day was like turning a new page. This kind of unknown territory can bring a great deal of fear if I focus on the “what if” instead of the One who …

Picking Up Grain

Meg WilsonArchive, Spiritual Life

If you are familiar with the story of Ruth, you will recall that Boaz offers help by allowing her to follow behind during harvest and pick up any dropped wheat. She doesn’t have to pick it, just follow the other workers in faith. This is how I have been feeling over the last few months. God has been dropping grain …