169 | But He Was Really My Friend: The Grief You Don’t Feel You’re Allowed to Have

Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery · Nov 3, 2026 · 16m

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"But he really was my friend...Sorry, I know I shouldn't say that."

I hear that confession constantly. The sentence, and then the woman immediately taking it back. Today I want to talk about what you actually lost, and why honesty has to come before anything else.

We cover:

The coach who told me my love was a counterfeit

When he wasn't a stranger- the old boyfriend, the coworker, the neighbor

Why you're grieving two losses at once

Disenfranchised grief (listen back to Episode 131)

Why saying the honest thing has…