Archive for the ‘Fidelity’ Category
Meeting Needs
Fidelity Learn how fidelity problems start and how you can prevent them. By listening to Beth in this video, you will get some simple yet important insights into what you can do to help your spouse. more
Reaching Forgiveness
Fidelity “How can I forgive my parents when they were so abusive to me when I was growing up?” “How can I forgive my spouse for cheating on me?” “How can I forgive my best friend for abandoning me?” “How can I face and forgive unforgiving abusers and manipulators?” “How... more
Commitment: What Are We Committing and To Whom?
Fidelity By Dr. Jackie Black, Relationship Coach Do you make commitments? If so, to whom do you make commitments? What do you make commitments about? What does making a commitment mean to you? Do you honor the commitments you make? Do you expect others to honor their commitments? Absolutely? Mostly?... more
How to Forgive Another for Past Hurts
Fidelity By Garrett Coan, MSW, LCSW No one gets through life without being hurt by another person. We all have experienced the pain of a thoughtless remark, gossip, or lie. If you have experienced an unhappy marriage, the devastation of infidelity, or suffered physical or emotional abuse, you know what... more
What Everyone Needs to Know About Extramarital Affairs
Fidelity By Dr. Robert Huizenga Recent statistics suggest that 40% of women (and that number is increasing) and 60% of men at one point indulge in extramarital affairs. Put those numbers together and it is estimated that 80% of the marriages will have one spouse at one point or another... more
Why So Much Infidelity?
Fidelity Megan contacted me for counseling because she had just found out that her husband, Jim, was having an affair. Although she was feeling hurt and angry, she didn’t feel justified in getting too hurt and angry because she had also been having an affair. Megan told me that she... more
Emotional Infidelity: A KEY Tactic to Save the Marriage
Fidelity By Dr. Robert Huizenga Hearing that your cheating spouse is “in love” with someone else is devastating. I hear often, “I can handle her having sex with someone else. I think I can live with that. But, for her to give herself emotionally and “love” someone else…man, that is... more
Infidelity: How “My Marriage Made Me Do It” is a Cop-out
Fidelity By Dr. Robert Huizenga Ask someone why they had, or are having an affair and you may hear something like this: I have a lousy marriage. My marriage is dead. There is no intimacy, no sex, and no excitement. The love is gone. We’ve grown apart. I can’t stand... more
Twelve Steps to Creating an Affair-Proof Marriage
Fidelity There’s no way to absolutely guarantee that your marriage won’t be blindsided by an affair on your part or your spouse’s, but there are definite steps you can take to greatly reduce the probability of that happening. It’s important to know what you can do to strengthen your marital... more
3 Little Mistakes That Could Cost Your Your Marriage
Fidelity Just because you and your spouse pledged to love and nurture each other through all your days, doesn’t guarantee that your marriage will remain vital and strong. Here are 3 little mistakes, that left unchecked, could cost you your marriage. Little Mistake #1 – Not Hearing Your Spouses Plea... more









