Daring Ventures: Boundaries Revisited Webinar

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Boundaries are an essential component for any healthy relationship, not merely those seeking to rebuild a foundation of trust after the discovery of betrayal. Yet the subject of boundaries is often confusing, with misconceptions about what boundaries really are and how they can be leveraged for relational health. Tuesday, July 13, 2021    7:00 PM Central US Time In this …

Healing Expression’s Therapeutic Collage Workshop

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For Locals in the Vancouver, WA area: Therapeutic Arts Facilitator, Lani Kent, offers this unique opportunity to reengage with and care for your heart after this long and challenging year. For those needing a time of self care, exploring their own heart stories, helping professionals who journey with those processing their life experiences or anyone needing a time to slow …

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 …

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, …

FREE Webinar – Parenting in a Digital World

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Covenant Eyes is hosting a Webinar about Parenting in a Digital World. The messages of pop culture conflict with biblical teaching, and major gateways for these conflicting messages comes through smartphones, computers, and other technology. This session is about using technology for good, setting reasonable boundaries, and nurturing the hearts of our children. Topic: Tech from Toddlers to Teens – …

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 …

Celebrating Independence Day

Meg WilsonArchive, Encouragement, General

When it comes to Independence Day, most people think of celebrating with picnics and fireworks. Whereas I grew up in a military family, and this day has a deeper meaning for me. When I was young, my father was away for almost a year serving in Vietnam as an Air Force Navigator. My grandfather earned a purple heart during WWII …