095: How to Get Past Cheating

An affair is a betrayal that hurts like crazy and seems impossible to recover from, both personally and as a couple. It’s human to want to make him hurt too, to yell and throw things. As you desperately seek relief from the sharp ache, the doorway marked “End this relationship!” will look like the fastest way to stop the hurt. Unfortunately, the hurt won’t die with the end of the relationship. Fortunately, you can absolutely end your suffering and save your marriage. On today’s episode of The Empowered Wife Podcast, we’re talking about how to get past cheating. I’m going to share 3 specific ways you can recover and make your relationship better than ever.

My guest Marybeth had been happy in her marriage for years and never dreamed anything would go wrong. But after a serious car accident and a death in the family, things started to fall apart. Her husband was so angry and detached that she didn’t see how her marriage would ever get better. She was terrified. But she decided to do things she had never done before to have the relationship she’d never had before. Today her marriage is full of laughter and love, and she says it’s a source of strength and confidence that she has turned it all around. She’s going to tell us exactly how she did it so you can do it too.

The Worst Relationship Advice of the Week is from a well-known magazine’s advice columnist who advises her dear reader what to do about her husband not helping when she asks.