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- Should You Try to Salvage The Marriage After an Affair? - by Submitted on Apr 19, 2018 from C Mellie Smith“Fix it, fix it. Fix it” These were Patricia’s words to her friends after Gavin’s death when they could not come to a truce in their marriage in the movie “Why did I get married too?” So you have finally said the “I dos.” It was a beautiful ceremony, and you both are all smiles. I married ...
Views: 67 - Looking Inwards To Save your Marriage - by Submitted on Apr 18, 2018 from C Mellie SmithWhen you wanted to get married, many people probably took it upon themselves to tell you how hard and tough marriage can get, but you thought to yourself that yours would be the different one. It can’t and won’t be that tough (after all the both of you have dated for a long time), what would ...
Views: 67 - Will a Vacation With a Cheating Spouse Help Repair My Marriage? - by Submitted on Mar 27, 2018 from C Mellie SmithGoing through a cheating phase is always a trying and traumatic time in any relationship, most especially in a marriage because the options aren't that simple anymore; there might be long-term investments made together, a baby, families intertwined and so on. Which means for married couples, ...
Views: 127 - Is Staying With a Cheating Partner a Sign of Low Self-Esteem - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2018 from C Mellie SmithWhen you are in a relationship one of the worse crimes your Partner can commit is to cheat on you, it is quite heartbreaking no matter the reason. Before you experience it firsthand your go-to reaction would probably be to deal with said partner and give them the boot. All this probably ...
Views: 391 - Will Hiring a Life Coach Help You Heal From Your Partner’s Betrayal? - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2018 from C Mellie SmithWhen you are in a loving relationship, you trust your partner and all is right with the world until you they betray you. The thing about betrayal is that you never see it coming most times which is why it is a betrayal; else it is just a person’s behavior. When you hear about it or were ...
Views: 176 - 8 Great Ways to Pick Yourself Up After Infidelity Has Rocked Your World - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2017 from C Mellie SmithBeing cheated on is one of the most damaging things a person can ever experience. It can feel like an all-out attack on your softest, most vulnerable spots. There’s really no gentle way to put it – infidelity is the most intimate betrayal imaginable. The upshot is that the experience of ...
Views: 1099 - 4 Tips For Triumphing Over The Emotional Chaos of Infidelity - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2017 from C Mellie SmithFinding Your Way in the Darkness of Infidelity The emotional devastation that comes from infidelity is like no other pain in the world. Ask anyone who’s ever been cheated on by their spouse or partner. They’ll describe the chaotic roller coaster of anger, sadness, and confusion that they ...
Views: 652 - Life After an Affair: Searching Within For The Strength to Move On - by Submitted on May 22, 2016 from C Mellie SmithThe truth is, overcoming infidelity isn’t really something that is going to happen overnight, but it can happen and has less to do with the affair than it has to do with you. You and your spouse need to each work on these things within yourselves before you can truly move on and create a ...
Views: 914 - How to Strengthen the Emotional Bond in Your Relationship After Infidelity - by Submitted on May 10, 2016 from C Mellie SmithIn many ways, the time in your relationship after infidelity is completely new. But, in others, it’s not. It’s a strange feeling because while so much has remained the same, something really big has changed. It can take a lot of time and effort to strengthen the emotional bond in your ...
Views: 850 - How to Find The Road to Forgiving Your Unfaithful Spouse - by Submitted on Apr 28, 2016 from C Mellie SmithWhen you first find out about your spouse’s infidelity you may feel as if there is no way to ever truly forgive them. You may feel as if the trust is broken beyond repair. But, the truth is, many people have overcome infidelity and gone on to have an even better, closer, more long lasting, happy ...
Views: 682 - Beating the Odds: How to Survive Infidelity and Have a Happy, Healthy Marriage - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2016 from C Mellie SmithIt may seem impossible when you first find out that your spouse is cheating, or realize you’ve cheated and potentially destroyed your marriage, to realize that you can come out of infidelity with a happier and healthier marriage. It really doesn’t mean the end if you are both committed. Here are ...
Views: 740 - 5 Tips to Overcome The Emotional Devastation of Infidelity - by Submitted on Apr 16, 2016 from C Mellie SmithNo matter whom committed infidelity, once it’s out in the open it is devastating to everyone. It is hard on both parties the perpetrator and the victim. This is most especially true when there is still a lot of love in the relationship. Some things that can help you overcome the emotional ...
Views: 804 - How to Win Back Your Husband After You Cheated on Him - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2016 from C Mellie SmithMarriage is never easy. No one agrees to a lifetime of partnership expecting constant marital bliss without compromise. When you took your wedding vows and became a wife, you promised loyalty and faithfulness to your husband, for better or for worse. And yet, though you have originally ...
Views: 594 - How to Rekindle a Marriage After an Emotional Affair - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2016 from C Mellie SmithYou turned your back on the truth and chose denial when you started to notice the little things - the coldness, the redirected warmth, the quick temper where it used to be so chill. You thought that your spouse just needed a little bit of time off, so you gave it, and then you found them out. ...
Views: 702 - How the Stages of Grief Apply to Infidelity - by Submitted on May 17, 2015 from C Mellie SmithAlmost everyone has heard of the five stages of grief. These are the usual steps in the scattered time line of true grief. The five stages do not always occur in the same order, and sometimes the different stages are revisited throughout the grieving process. They exist because, as ...
Views: 2222 - 4 Common Consequences in Marriage After Infidelity - by Submitted on Apr 07, 2015 from C Mellie SmithInfidelity is one of the top causes of marital discord, and is one of the primarily reasons for the high divorce rate in this country. Infidelity has the potential to rip apart a seemingly perfect relationship, whether it was a prolonged affair or a onetime mistake. Spouses on both sides of an ...
Views: 1970 - How to Save Your Marriage after Infidelity - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2015 from C Mellie SmithInfidelity, when you’re in the midst of it, can feel like the end of the world. It definitely feels like the end of your marriage. But, if you really want your marriage to survive you’re going to have to find the emotional fortitude to forgive, let go, and move on. Believe it or not, many ...
Views: 668 - It's Not Over 'til It's Over: How to Save a Failing Marriage - by Submitted on Jan 17, 2015 from C Mellie SmithIf your marriage is failing and either one or both of you have mentioned the “D” word, you might want to take time to step back and do something to fix the marriage. After all, you both made a promise to your family, friends, each other and maybe even God to love one another and stay together ...
Views: 1622(1 vote) - Is Your Marriage Worth Saving? - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2015 from C Mellie SmithSometimes a marriage comes to the point where you are truly considering whether or not it’s worth it to stay in the marriage. But, it’s important that you don’t act too quickly. Marriage is more than just two people in love; it’s also a legal contract that should sometimes be held up just ...
Views: 1654 - These 5 Hacks Will Make You Catch a Cheating Partner like A Pro - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2014 from C Mellie SmithIf you think that your spouse may be cheating on you then you are living in a constant feeling of being off balance. You can neither move forward in your life, nor even change direction because you haven’t determined an ending to what is happening right now. You can’t get counseling, or work on ...
Views: 1266 - What Can You do to Increase Your Chances of Surviving an Affair? - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2014 from C Mellie SmithIt might be shocking to find out that you and your spouse have now become part of the infidelity statistics. With almost half of all marriages experiencing infidelity it shouldn’t be such a surprise. However, it’s hard to reconcile what has now happened with the head-over-heals love affair that ...
Views: 609 - How Can You Ignite The Spark And Rebuild Your Relationship After Cheating? - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2014 from C Mellie SmithWhen infidelity happens, it can literally feel like the earth has swallowed you up along with the carpet that has been ripped violently out from under you. Your world has changed. Everything you believed to be true is suddenly challenged in a way that you never thought possible when you married ...
Views: 1442 - How to Deal with Infidelity Resulting in a Child - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2014 from C Mellie SmithIt’s bad enough to find out your spouse has had an affair, but to add to it the daily reminder that a child resulted from the union can be very difficult to deal with. On one hand the child is completely innocent, but unfortunately due to your spouse’s choices the child is a reminder of ...
Views: 6419 - Help Dealing With Infidelity: Where do You begin? - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2014 from C Mellie SmithFinding out your spouse is cheating can send your life and emotions into a downward spiral so strong that you feel like you cannot ever overcome or get out of. Getting help dealing with infidelity is a necessity if you want to find a way to swim out of the downward spiral. It all starts with the ...
Views: 639 - How to Deal With Sadness After an Affair - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2014 from C Mellie SmithSadness and depression are normal emotions to feel after you discover that your husband has betrayed you. Knowing its normal though, isn’t enough to see you through this time of grief. You are heartbroken about what you thought was true about your life, and even though you are trying to make ...
Views: 2119 - Help Dealing with Infidelity: What to do When the Thoughts Still Haunt You - by Submitted on Oct 28, 2014 from C Mellie SmithYou wake up in a sweat after watching the scene in your dreams of him with her. Him kissing her, him running his hands through her hair like he does you, him whispering sweet nothings in her ear – the visions never stop. That’s what you imagine about the cheating. It’s the same for men and ...
Views: 855 - Wife Cheated on You? How to Avoid the Biggest Mistakes Betrayed Husbands Make - by Submitted on Aug 15, 2014 from C Mellie SmithWhen your wife cheats it's difficult to keep your head on straight and think clearly about the choices you are going to make right now that can affect the rest of your life. If you've found yourself in this situation you should consider the biggest mistakes that betrayed husbands often make when ...
Views: 3890(1 vote) - Dealing with Infidelity: The 8 Mistakes You're Making and Don't Even Know It - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2014 from C Mellie SmithWhether you are the one who committed adultery or your spouse is the one who cheated it's likely that you're trying to overcome it and survive the affair. Whether that means going through with a divorce or trying to save your marriage, some people deal with infidelity with erroneous ...
Views: 969 - 9 Proven Ways to Overcome The Anger And Depression After She Cheated on You - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2014 from C Mellie SmithOvercoming anger and depression after your wife cheats on you can be very difficult, but it's something you have to do for yourself if you want to either move on in your life to a different more healthy relationship with your wife or even someone else entirely. One thing most people don't ...
Views: 6867 - The True Cost of Cheating in a Relationship - by Submitted on Jul 25, 2014 from C Mellie SmithOne of the biggest costs of cheating in a relationship isn't the devastation it causes to the relationship; sometimes it's the loss of trust in you as a good person that is the biggest cost of all. The truth is, the closest relationship you'll ever have, is the relationship you have with ...
Views: 1680 - Confused About How to Save Your Marriage After Infidelity? Here's What You Need to Know - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2014 from C Mellie SmithInfidelity knocks you on your rear-end, and changes your world like almost nothing else can. Even if you are the one who cheated, the trust you and your spouse had for each other is now gone. Not only is the trust gone for the spouse, it's gone for yourself and even the entirety of ...
Views: 1217 - Successfully Saving Your Marriage After Infidelity: Is it Even Possible? - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2014 from C Mellie SmithYou've gone through something horrible, a total breakdown of the trust in your marriage. You may wonder how anyone can ever overcome such a devastating blow, and also wonder if there is even a possibility that your marriage can be saved. The one differentiator to determining overcoming ...
Views: 700 - Do You Recognize These Mental Blocks to Affair Recovery? - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2014 from C Mellie SmithIf your husband cheated on you, you may be in despair. After all, this form of betrayal cuts so deep. By discovering the best ways to overcome mental blocks which are related to affair recovery, you'll make it easier to move forward to a brighter future. Whether you decide to stick it ...
Views: 997 - When Does the Extreme Emotional Pain and Grief of Your Husband's Infidelity go Away? - by Submitted on Apr 04, 2014 from C Mellie SmithAfter being crushed by the discovery of your husband's infidelity, it's normal to feel a range of emotions like extreme emotional pain and grief. Understandably you want to make the hurt go away so that you can live again. But the question you should really be asking is not when the pain will ...
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