A Sneak Peek at My New Book As a special thank you to all of you for following along and supporting my journey through the Authentic Hope Blog, I wanted to share an excerpt of the first chapter of my new book with you. I hope it leaves you wanting more! Discovering a partner’s sexual […] [Read More...]

It’s Thanksgiving this week and as a result you may be seeing things show up in your inbox reminding you to be grateful.  If you are a betrayed partner dealing with the cascading shitstorm that betrayal can bring, you may be rolling your eyes and saying, “Grateful schmateful, I just want to survive.” The holidays […] [Read More...]

We haven’t had some book love for a while here on the blog so I thought I would share two great new resources available from friends and colleagues of mine. The Cuckoo Syndrome: The Secret to Breaking Free from Unhealthy Relationships, Toxic Thinking, and Self-Sabotaging Behavior by Andrea Anderson Polk Andrea is a good friend […] [Read More...]

We have made it to the final post in the series on anger! We began by looking at the positive functions anger plays in our lives: both as a messenger and a catalyst for change. We then explored the ways that anger can hijack our nervous systems and be expressed in unhelpful and sometimes harmful […] [Read More...]

We have been exploring the emotion of anger in this series of blog posts. Over the past few weeks, we have looked at anger as a messenger, presenting us with vital wisdom and information, and as a catalyst, prompting us to create change when needed. Last week we looked at the unhelpful defensive strategies that […] [Read More...]