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10 Holiday Self-Care Tips for Partners

December 23, 2016

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Even in the best of times, holidays can be challenging. Family dynamics, pressure to conform to cultural, religious, or family norms, and the holiday culture of excess can leave you feeling anxious and stressed. And for betrayed partners, there are other challenges — often hidden — that make the holidays even more challenging, and painful…. Continue Reading…

How Long Should it Take to Prepare a Disclosure?

October 3, 2016

Last week, one of the members of my Survive & Thrive Membership Community for betrayed partners asked this question: How long should it take for a sex addict to prepare a disclosure to present to his partner? If you’re not familiar with the disclosure process, you can read my article about formal therapeutic disclosure (FTD) here. Briefly,… Continue Reading…

Understanding Sobriety (and Couples Check-Ins) in “S” Recovery

August 24, 2016

sex addiction sobriety

One of the members of my Partner’s Healing & Empowerment Online Community recently asked a great question that I think many partners would like to know the answer to, so I decided to answer—and expand on the topic—here on the blog. The essence of the question was: When doing a weekly couples recovery check-in, what sobriety date… Continue Reading…

An Invitation From Grace

June 18, 2016

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On this eve of Father’s Day 2016, I want to deliver an invitation from grace. Merriam-Webster defines grace as: unmerited divine assistance given humans for their regeneration or sanctification Have you ever been the recipient of grace? Have you received blessings, advantage, or favor even when you didn’t “deserve” it? You can probably guess where I’m headed…. Continue Reading…

Are You Sabotaging the Addict’s Recovery?

August 9, 2015

partner of sex addict sabotage recovery

If you’re like most partners, you want the addict in your life to get sober and embrace recovery. The thought of jeopardizing or sabotaging the addict’s recovery may seem unthinkable to you. Unfortunately, many partners do sabotage the addict’s recovery — usually without realizing it. To be clear, you are not responsible for the addict’s recovery. He (or… Continue Reading…

Formal Therapeutic Disclosure

May 24, 2015

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(The information contained in this post is for informational purposes only. Because of the serious nature of the disclosure process and the significant potential for harm due to improper use, this information should be used only in the context of a therapeutic process facilitated by a mental health professional trained in the use of formal therapeutic… Continue Reading…

Basics of First-Year Sex Addiction Recovery

April 10, 2014

basics first year recovery sex addiction

It’s important for partners to have a basic understanding of the recovery process. I sometimes find that without this information partners tend to expect or ask either too little or too much from the sex addict. As I discussed in my post what sets sex addiction apart, sex addiction recovery is different than most other addictions where abstaining from… Continue Reading…

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Vicki is the best-selling author of Moving Beyond Betrayal, host of the Beyond Bitchy Podcast: Mastering the Art of Boundaries, and blogger for Thriving After Betrayal blog, ranked one of the Top 15 Infidelity Blogs and Websites to Follow in 2019. Her latest project, unveiled on International Women’s Day 2020, is The Radiant Threefold Path | Return+Reclaim+Receive.  read more…

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