#109: We Both Have A History Of Betrayal. Where Do We Begin?

Amanda's Question: "I am a betrayed wife by a porn addict who crossed over into child porn about three or four years ago. He shared with me many years that he had an addiction problem as a teen but never let on and I never noticed anything questionable until the FBI raided our home and thru an interview told me what was going on. My husband is currently showing me adequate effort in therapy and group therapy that I am giving him a second chance even though it will greatly impact the lives of both me and my children. Especially when he ends up serving his jail time which could be 5 or 10 or even 20 years in prison. About three years ago our marriage was practically done with, and I let myself cross too many lines and into a full-blown online fling with a guy I grew up with. At that time I still had no idea about the porn issue. After waking up from the “wrongfulness” of my online affair, I did tell my husband and eventually confessed to my bishop. How do we start to reconcile both issues fairly?" Tyler Patrick, "The Wandering Therapist", is co-founder of Love Strong (lovestrong.com), a Christian-based Recovery + WHOLEHEARTED living therapy practice. If you'd like to work with Love Strong via telehealth or in-person, reach out to us at [email protected] or go to our website: https://lovestrong.com. We have a great online Foundations Of Recovery Class starting soon. This class is for sex addiction recovery and healing from betrayal trauma. Go to https://lovestrong.com/services/foundations-group/ to learn more and sign up. Brannon Patrick, "The Expert", is co-founder of Therapy Utah (therapyutah.org). You can follow Brannon on Instagram @brannon_patrick. He has some really great online courses available at brannonpatrick.com like his Boundary Bootcamp course. Brannon has a program called L.I.F.T. for betrayal trauma and addiction recovery available online starting soon. Go to https://www.liftforrecovery.com/ for more info! Join us for one of our "Life-Changing" retreats. therapybros.com/events Radiant Dawn Women's Conference: https://radiantdawnconference.com Rising Son Men's Conference: https://risingsonconference.com Couple's Conference TBA We would love to have you as a guest on the podcast. Go to realtalkrecovery.com to submit your question and schedule your call!