Archive for October, 2007
If you want to be notified the next time I write something, sign up for email alerts or subscribe to the RSS Feed. Thanks for reading. One of my sons used to refer to his brother’s girlfriend as a ‘drama llama’. The title was used to convey how she managed to turn many everyday […]
Presidential candidate John Edwards is in the news as he responds to a tabloid report of an affair. When the issue of affairs occurs, even rumors of such activity have destructive effects.
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In following up on the post regarding ‘Making Changes’, an additional comment needs to be mentioned. In that post, the importance of making decisions was pointed out. When people get to the place where they realize that they need to make choices, it is a good sign. One of the struggles that they often have […]
Here is a story regarding a pastor in Alabama who died during some unusual sexual practices. The pastor, Rev. Gary Aldridge was found dead in his home. He had been hogtied and was wearing two wet suits. The congregation asked its members not to speculate on his demise. From the perspective of a counselor, such […]
After and affair has occurred, many changes need to occur. Even though these changes are needed, there are times people persist in not making changes. Some changes are easy, like changing out the bedroom furniture if your spouse had relations with his or her paramour in the bedroom. Other changes do not come so easy […]
Some of the information coming out from treatment research shows that money and success does not make one immune to affairs or sexual addictions. Among business leaders in treatment, for sexual addictions, 32% had businesses making over $100 million and 80% earned over 6 figures of income a year. Oddly enough, the CEO’s and business […]
Those of you reading may wonder, “What is an Anterior Cingulate?”. The anterior cingulate is a part of the brain. This area operates much like a gear shift when decisions are made. This area of the brain often craves novelty. With the new technologies of brain scans, the issues that people used to speculate about […]
One of the things that astounds me in dealing with affairs is the large number of businesses on both sides of the infidelity issue. There are companies that find infidels and companies that hide infidels. There is even a new female law firm (Fetman, Garland & Associates, Ltd.) in Chicago that advertises, “Life’s Short. […]
For the final aspect of denial, the topic of associations is addressed. This area is often ignored and overlooked in overcoming the affair and its emotional scars. This area concerns the connections you make in your thinking between the affair and other experiences you have gone through. Many times those previous experiences and the affair […]
In searching for resources, I found a survey by MSNBC taken earlier this year. Since there were 70,000 respondents, the results are worth taking the time to look at. Although the survey was published in April, it still has some useful and thought provoking information with it. Like many surveys, the results are useful, what […]
