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Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
The go-to podcast for Christian women who are ready to heal their hearts, shed their shame, and come home to freedom in Christ.
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Do you ever wish someone would truly see you, not look past you or through you?
Are you lying awake at night wondering if your marriage can survive infidelity...or if it’s time to let go?
Are you exhausted from Googling answers, trying to fix things, and still feeling unheard, unseen, and stuck in shame
You’re not alone. And you’re in the right…
Episodes
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
168 | Surviving the Holidays After an Affair: Infidelity Runs On Its Own Calendar
🎄 Build the plan now while you still have margin: book a Breakthrough Call today. Why do the holidays hit so hard? Why am I still aching when I did the right…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
167 | Do I Have a Soul Tie With My Affair Partner? What the Bible Actually Says (and What It Doesn't)
🙏 These questions are better processed out loud than alone at midnight. Email me about Private Coaching, kristina@kristinajoycoaching.com Is a soul tie a real…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
166 | Why Did My Good Stretch of Healing Fall Apart? How to Stay in Self When Life Gets Loud (IFS Series, Part 3)
💛 Slipped, or scared you're about to? Book a Breakthrough Call. You are not alone. Why did my good stretch fall apart? Was I faking it the whole time? No…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
165 | Why Can't I Be Kind to Myself? How to Tell the Difference Between You and a Part of You (IFS Series Part 2)
💛 You can't see your own blending. That's what community is for! Email me about scheduling your private Breakthrough Call. Why can't I be kind to myself? Is…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
164 | Talk to the Part of You That Still Misses Him: 6 Steps That Help You Meet Her Instead of Fighting Her (IFS Series, Part 1)
💛 Parts work is hard to do alone the first few times. Book a Breakthrough Call to experience it in a guided, safe way. There's a part of me that still misses…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
163 | She Felt the Warning and Ignored It: GUEST Chel Cartmill on Silencing Your Instincts and Learning to Trust Yourself Again
💛 Need to talk this through with someone? Book a Breakthrough Call today. How do I trust myself again when I stopped believing my own judgment a long time ago?…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
162 | Will My Husband Ever Trust Me Again? How Do I Rebuild Trust When He Won’t Give It?
💙 Want a room full of women doing this same work? Email me about Rooted in Joy. I gave him my phone code. I share my location. I tell him where I'm going…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
161 | The Honest Affair Recovery Timeline: And Why Year 2 Is More Dangerous Than Year 1
💙 Need to talk through where you actually are? Book a Breakthrough Call! Ever thought, "How long is this supposed to take? Why am I still not okay? Is…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
160 | God Is Speaking to You, Are You Listening? What I Learned at the Encounter Retreat
🌱 A one-day gathering is coming this spring! Email me the word SPRING to join the waitlist. I'm home, and I promised I'd tell you what happened last weekend. A…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
159 | Why Doesn't Anything I Try Stick? Safety Comes First
💙 Sometimes safety happens with someone walking you through it. Book a Breakthrough Call now. Why doesn't anything I try stick? I've made the decision a…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
158 | On My Way to the Beach House: Will You Pray for Us?
I'm leaving on a jet plane tomorrow. And I have a prayer request. I’m heading towards a beach house in Florida where a group of women are about to meet God…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
157 | The Affair Is Over but My Marriage Feels Empty: Is This as Good as It Gets?
💙 Need to talk this through with someone? Book a Breakthrough Call. Affairs and marriage conversations don't happen on a timeline, so I won't make you wait…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
156 | What The Wife’s Betrayal Did to Her Husband's Body with GUEST Mike Moulton
⚠️ Content note: Mike shares that in the hours after discovering the affair, he thought about ending his life. He's years past that now, but we want you to…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
155 | Am I Too Far Into This or Too Far Past It? Who the Encounter Retreat Is Actually For
🌊 A few seats left. Email me RETREAT and let's chat! (PS- You get 6 months in the Rooted Community for free! 🤭) Ten days from now, a group of women will walk…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
154 | He Cheated for 15 Years: GUEST Lora Cheadle on What Accountability Looks Like & How She Rebuilt Life And Marriage
🌊 Curious about the Encounter Retreat? Only a few seats left. Email me RETREAT and let's chat! (PS- You get 6 months in the Rooted Community for free! 🤭) What…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
153 | Why Do I Still Feel Guilty After My Affair? Guilt Still Lives in Your Body
🌊 Curious about the Encounter Retreat? Only a few seats left! Email me RETREAT and let's chat! (PS- You get 6 months in the Rooted Community for free! 🤭) I've…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
152 | I Sat in Church for Years With No One to Tell: How I Showed Up Differently After My Affair
🌊 Curious about the Encounter Retreat? Five seats left. Email me RETREAT and let's chat! (PS- You get 6 months in the Rooted Community for free! 🤭) Can I go…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
151 | Why Does My Body React Before My Mind Catches Up? What Happens In Your Body When You're Triggered
🌊 Curious about the Encounter Retreat? Five seats left. Email me RETREAT and let's chat! (PS- You get 6 months in the Rooted Community for free! 🤭) Why does my…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
150 | Someone Is Praying for You: The Prayers I'm Bringing Into This Season for Every Woman Healing After an Affair
One hundred and fifty episodes. 🎉 No framework today. No five steps. Today I'm simply telling you what I've been praying, over the Encounter Retreat coming in…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
149 | Can I Be Close Friends With People Who Don't Know About My Affair? The Difference Between Secrecy and Privacy
🌊 Curious about the Encounter Retreat? Email me RETREAT and let’s chat! (PS- You get 6 months in the Rooted Community for free! 🤭) Can I really be close to…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
148 | Shame Sounds Identical From The Betrayer And The Betrayed: Rebuilding Identity After An Affair with Lauren LaRusso
🌊 Curious about the Encounter Retreat? Email me RETREAT and let’s chat! (PS- You get 6 months in the Rooted Community for free! 🤭) Why don't I know who I am…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
147 | If a Habit Doesn't Exist in Constraint, It Won't Appear in Freedom
🌊 Curious about the Encounter Retreat? Email me RETREAT and let’s chat! (PS- You get 6 months in the Rooted Community for free! 🤭) Why can't I stick to…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
146 | Reconciliation Isn’t the Goal: What Success Actually Looks Like After an Affair
🌊 Curious about the Encounter Retreat? Email me RETREAT and let’s chat! (PS- You get 6 months in the Rooted Community for free! 🤭) Am I doing this right? How…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
145 | I Can’t Fully Cut Him Off: Why Do I Still Miss Him? (IFS partswork can help)
🌊 Curious about the Encounter Retreat? Email me RETREAT and let’s chat! (PS- You get 6 months in the Rooted Community for free! 🤭) Why do I still miss him?…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
144 | Why Am I Still Stuck After Years of Trying? What I Learned About Actually Moving Forward
🌊 Curious about the Encounter Retreat? Email me RETREAT and let’s chat! (PS- You get 6 months in the Rooted Community for free! 🤭) Why am I still stuck after…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
143 | You Don't Need a Crisis to Deserve an Encounter with God: Four Women Who Are Saying Yes to the September Retreat
🌊 Curious about the Encounter Retreat? Email me RETREAT and let’s chat! (PS- You get 6 months in the Rooted Community for free! 🤭) Who actually goes on a…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
142 | Am I Healing Wrong? Surviving the Liminal Space of Who You’re Becoming
🌊 Curious about the Encounter Retreat? Email me RETREAT and let’s chat! (PS- You get 6 months in the Rooted Community for free! 🤭) Why don't I recognize my own…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
141 | Is a Healing Retreat Worth It? What Actually Happens and How It Could Change Everything
🌊 Curious about the Encounter Retreat? Email me RETREAT and let’s chat! (PS- You get 6 months in the Rooted Community for free! 🤭) What actually happens at a…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
140 | You Are Allowed to Have Needs: GUEST Beatriz Vargas, a Marriage Therapist Tells the Truth
🌊 Curious about the Encounter Retreat? Email me RETREAT and let’s chat! (PS- You get 6 months in the Rooted Community for free! 🤭) Who am I to ask for what I…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
139 | The Body-Spirit Connection: When You’re in Survival Mode During Affair Recovery
🌊 Curious about the Encounter Retreat? Email me RETREAT and let’s chat! (PS- You get 6 months in the Rooted Community for free! 🤭) You prayed about it. You…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
138 | Can God Really Forgive a Woman Who Had an Affair? Here's What the Gospel Actually Says
🌊 Curious about the Encounter Retreat? Email me RETREAT and let’s chat! (PS- You get 6 months in the Rooted Community for free! 🤭) Can God really forgive me? I…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
137 | You're Not Meant to Heal From an Affair in Secret: How Safe Community Heals Your Brain
🌊 Curious about the Encounter Retreat? Email me RETREAT and let’s chat! (PS- You get 6 months in the Rooted Community for free! 🤭) Why do I feel so alone after…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
135 | How to Actually Hear God and Heal After an Affair: A Conversation on Shame with Heather O'Brien
🌊 Ready for the Encounter Retreat? Email me RETREAT and let’s chat! (PS- You get 6 months in the Rooted Community for free! 🤭) Have you ever wondered if God…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
136 | Still Thinking About Him After Going No Contact? Here's What Your Brain Is Actually Doing
🌊 Ready for the Encounter Retreat? Email me RETREAT and let’s chat! (PS- You get 6 months in the Rooted Community for free! 🤭) You cut contact. You're doing…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
134 | You're Not Allowed to Be Happy Yet: The Lie That's Quietly Stealing Your Healing
🌊 Ready for the Encounter Retreat? Email me RETREAT and let’s chat! (PS- You get 6 months in the Rooted Community for free! 🤭) "Am I allowed to be happy when…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
133 | Am I Still Welcome? What Encountering God Actually Looks Like After an Affair
🌊 Ready for the Encounter Retreat? Email me RETREAT and let’s chat! (PS- You get 6 months in the Rooted Community for free! 🤭) For years during my affair I…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
132 | Still Feeling Like Roommates? 5 Ways to Build Oxytocin in Your Marriage After An Affair
🌊 Ready for the Encounter Retreat? Email me RETREAT and let’s chat! (PS- You get 6 months in the Rooted Community for free! 🤭) Closeness after an affair…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
131 | Why Affair Recovery Is the Loneliest Healing Journey There Is
🌊 Ready for the Encounter Retreat? Email me RETREAT and let’s chat! (PS- You get 6 months in the Rooted Community for free! 🤭) There is a kind of lonely in…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
130 | Self-Abandonment Isn't Holiness: You Are Worth Being Loved Well
🌊 Ready for the Encounter Retreat? Email me RETREAT and let’s chat! (PS- You get 6 months in the Rooted Community for free! 🤭) What if everything you've been…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
129 | What Happened When I Finally Stopped Hiding: My Affair Recovery Story About My Encounter With God
🌊 Ready for the Encounter Retreat? Email me RETREAT and let’s chat! (PS- You get 6 months in the Rooted Community for free! 🤭) I want to tell you about the…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
128 Episodes In: A 3-Year Anniversary Letter to You and Why I’m Still Showing Up
🌊 Ready for the Encounter Retreat? Email me RETREAT and let’s chat! (PS- You get 6 months in the Rooted Community for free! 🤭) Three years. 128 episodes…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
127 | I Was Teaching at a Christian School During My Affair: things no one knew during my infidelity
🌊 Ready for the Encounter Retreat? Email me RETREAT and let’s chat! (PS- You get 6 months in the Rooted Community for free! 🤭) For three years I have told…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
126 | How Do I Move On? What to Do When You Can't Let Go of the Past
🌊 Ready for the Encounter Retreat? Email me RETREAT and let’s chat! (PS- You get 6 months in the Rooted Community for free! 🤭) You know you need to move…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
125 | Why You’re Scared to Fully Heal (And What That Fear Is Actually Protecting)
🌊 Ready for the Encounter Retreat? Email me RETREAT and let’s chat! (PS- You get 6 months in the Rooted Community for free! 🤭) What if the thing standing…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
124 | 5 Lies I Told Myself to Stay in the Affair (and truths that set me free)
🌊 Ready for the Encounter Retreat? Email me RETREAT and let’s chat! (PS- You get 6 months in the Rooted Community for free! 🤭) The affair doesn't survive on…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
123 | Was it love? Or limerence? The reason you can’t stop thinking about him
🌊 Ready for the Encounter Retreat? Email me RETREAT and let’s chat! (PS- You get 6 months in the Rooted Community for free! 🤭) What if your obsession wasn't a…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
122 | Corrective Experiences: the science-backed, Scripture-rooted way God is healing what shame broke
🌊 Ready for the Encounter Retreat? Email me RETREAT and let’s chat! (PS- You get 6 months in the Rooted Community for free! 🤭) What if healing wasn't about…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
121 | Ask Me Anything: The Raw, Real Truths About Healing After Infidelity I’ve Never Said Out Loud
🌊 Ready for the Encounter Retreat? Email me RETREAT and let’s chat! (PS- You get 6 months in the Rooted Community for free! 🤭) 💙 This episode is personal, and…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
120 | The woman caught in adultery: a guided encounter with Jesus from John 8
This episode is unlike anything I've done before, and I think it might be exactly what you need today. If you are the woman sitting in fresh shame- newly…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
119 | Help! I broke no contact- here’s what to do next
You said you wouldn't. And then you did. If you broke no contact with your affair partner and you don't know what to do now, this episode is for you. Not with…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
118 | Why part of you still wants him and part of you can’t let go (yet)
Sister, I know there’s a part of you that still wants him. Even after no contact. Even after you’ve decided to move forward. Even after you know the truth. So…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
117 | Why You Feel Addicted to Your Affair Partner (and How to Break the Cycle)
Today, I talk honestly about something many women feel but don’t know how to explain- the addictive pull toward an affair partner. If you’ve ever found…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
116 | Stop Making Room for What’s Destroying You: How to Finally Walk Away and Walk in Freedom
What does real freedom actually look like for a woman who's trying to walk away from her affair, but whose heart hasn't caught up yet? In today's episode, I'm…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
115 | I ended the affair…now what? A step-by-step guide for the first weeks after
You ended the affair… but now you’re left wondering, “What do I actually do next?” This in-between season can feel overwhelming. Your emotions are all over the…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
114 | Should you tell your husband about your affair? A Christian woman’s honest dilemma
If you’ve been asking yourself, “Do I really need to tell him?” you’re not alone. This is one of the most complex and emotional decisions after an affair…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
113 | Can I save my marriage after my affair? 5 questions every Christian woman should ask
If you’ve been asking yourself, “What am I supposed to do about my marriage after everything that’s happened?” You’re not alone. This is one of the most…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
112 | Is my husband a narcissist? Or am I just facing the consequences of my affair?
If you’ve found yourself wondering, “Is he a narcissist… or is this just the fallout from everything that happened?” you’re not alone. This is one of the most…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
111 | When you can’t break the affair cycle- even after you confessed
You confessed. You tried to cut contact. You told yourself this time would be different… and yet somehow, you still feel pulled back into the same cycle…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
110 | Do I need STD testing after infidelity? The conversation no one is having
There’s a part of affair recovery that rarely gets talked about, but it matters. Today, we’re having an honest, compassionate conversation about the physical…
- Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
109 | Not fair! Do women who cheat get shame while men get a pass?
Healing can feel unexpectedly lonely once the crisis passes and life returns to “normal.” Today, I talk honestly about a deeper layer many women experience but…