The Good, The Bad, and the Uninvited

Kristy RodriguezUncategorized

It’s the beginning of 2023. For many of us, the new year is a time that inspires hope and new beginnings. It’s a time for goal setting, vision casting, and celebrating possibilities. Throughout the month of January we turned to Scriptures such as Isaiah 43:18-19 to remind ourselves and affirm that “God is doing a new thing”. Some “new” things …

Anxiety, An Invitation to Heal: Part 2

By Hope After BetrayalAnxiety, Uncategorized

By Tori Henares, Personal Coach Creating Safety Anxiety might seem irrational when it shows up. Most of us have become accustomed to judging our emotions, especially the inconvenient ones. Anxiety shows up unannounced and pulls us in, it can rob us of the present moment and send us back into past pain. But anxiety makes sense when you’ve gone through …

God Is In the Darkness

Meg Wilsonbetrayal

I have noticed this tendency to believe God has abandoned me in the seasons of darkness. When I’m sad, depressed or angry, I think God must be absent, or worse He’s upset with me. It is easy to feel God is only present in the victorious times of joy and celebration. He is the author of victory and strength after …

Betrayal Trauma: The Struggle to Cope

By Hope After Betrayalbetrayal, Relationships, Uncategorized

You have been betrayed in your marriage. Whether from a hidden sex addiction, porn, or infidelity, you are feeling devastated from the pain. Do you now find yourself struggling to cope with the daily tasks that once felt easy? Or has your physical health has gone downhill? Is your spouse is still relapsing and acting out? Or not understanding the …

Broken During Christmas

By Hope After BetrayalGeneral, Grief, Uncategorized

Christmas Eve is only a few days away, and while many are filling themselves with holiday cheer, perhaps you are facing a broken heart and an overwhelming situation. If you are dealing with the trauma of betrayal, our staff and facilitators are here to walk with you through it. Below is a testimony from someone who has recently completed a …

Slow Cooker Faith

By Hope After BetrayalEncouragement, Relationships, Spiritual Life, Uncategorized

Written by Becky F. Recently, I found myself going through past photos for various reasons.  Often when I search for one particular photo, I get lost in the hundreds of photos taken over the years.  So many wonderful times with so many great people! Then it hit me. There used to be a time that looking at past photos was …

Oil That Breaks the Yoke of Pain

By Hope After BetrayalGrief, Uncategorized

Guest Blog written by Andrea Jones, of Abundant Wellness with Andrea LLC “I will take the crushing and turn it into oil that breaks the yoke.”    I’ve been sitting on this encounter for a while. I’m not sure there will ever be words to adequately describe it, but I felt a burning in my heart to share it today… …

Redeemed Hope Retreat 2022

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Redeemed Hope is an intensive weekend healing retreat that offers the dedicated space and intentional time to do a deeper work in our hearts.  (This includes lodging for 3 nights, 4 full days of retreat, 9 meals, retreat material, and a 6-week online follow-up support group. Space is limited to 14 participants.) Tickets Go On Sale August 9th, 2021 Click …

NEWLIFE RESTORE WORKSHOP: HEALING AFTER BETRAYAL

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ABOUT NEWLIFE’S WORKSHOP IN DALLAS, TX: Has the pain of someone’s sexual betrayal devastated your life? Sexual betrayal is traumatizing, whether it’s betrayal due to pornography, affairs, adultery, voyeurism, lusting, prostitutes, sexting, sexual fetishes or same sex attraction. The Restore Workshop helps women whose hearts have been shattered by sexual betrayal trauma find hope. Many women who come to the workshop feel …

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 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). …