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Your Guide to Surviving and Healing After an Affair

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Emotional Recovery Understanding Affairs

The Lasting Impact of Childhood Abuse on Infidelity and Relationships

Jeff Murrah, LPC, LCDC, CMNCS

What if childhood trauma was more than just painful memories—what if it’s been shaping your relationships all along?

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Rebuilding Your Marriage Understanding Affairs

Confronting the Emotional Turmoil of Serial Affairs and Taking Back Control

Jeff Murrah, LPC, LCDC, CMNCS

Serial affairs aren’t just painful—they follow destructive patterns. Learn how to break free from the emotional turmoil and reclaim your life.

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A couple sitting together, with one person holding a phone while the other looks concerned. The image highlights the emotional tension and mistrust in their relationship, representing the conflict between privacy and trust.
Affair Recovery Affairs and Popular Culture

Is Privacy Killing Trust in Your Marriage?

Jeff Murrah, LPC, LCDC, CMNCS

Is privacy in your marriage creating more harm than good? Here's why snooping, secrets, and privacy can kill trust—and what to do about it.

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Unlocking the Mystery of an Unloving Partner

Jeff Murrah, LPC, LCDC, CMNCS

Does your partner feel emotionally distant? Here’s how to unlock the mystery of an unloving partner and rebuild your relationship.

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Recovery and Self-Care Understanding Affairs

Why Trauma Makes Your Body Feel Like It’s Betraying You

Jeff Murrah, LPC, LCDC, CMNCS

Think you're over the trauma? Your body might have a different story to tell. Here’s how to understand the disconnect and start real healing.

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Emotional Recovery Understanding Affairs

Can Emotional Affairs Hijack Your Heart and Mind?

Jeff Murrah, LPC, LCDC, CMNCS

Is your emotional affair more than just an affair? Here’s how it can hijack your heart and mind—just like an addiction

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Affair Recovery Emotional Recovery

When Your Partner Cheats with an Ex: How to Rebuild After Double Betrayal

Jeff Murrah, LPC, LCDC, CMNCS

Finding out your partner cheated is already a punch in the gut—but discovering it was with their ex? That’s a whole new level of betrayal. If you’re wondering how to pick up the pieces and make sense of it all, keep reading.

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Confronting the Cheater Emotional Recovery

The Myth of 'Togetherness' After Infidelity

Jeff Murrah, LPC, LCDC, CMNCS

The affair shows you one painful truth: You’re not in this together. Here’s how to stop believing the lies and start healing.

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Affair Relapse Emotional Recovery

How to Confront Your Spouse About Online Dating Before It Becomes an Affair

Jeff Murrah, LPC, LCDC, CMNCS

Is your spouse testing relationship limits with online dating profiles? Don’t wait for it to escalate—learn how to address it before things go too far.

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A couple stands in front of a broken mirror, with cracks distorting their reflections. Both appear emotionally distant, looking at their fragmented reflections rather than at each other. The shattered mirror symbolizes the destructive impact of perfectionism on their relationship, distorting reality and creating emotional separation.
Affair Relapse Understanding Affairs

How Perfectionism Fuels Infidelity and Destroys Marriages

Jeff Murrah, LPC, LCDC, CMNCS

Think being perfect will save your marriage? Think again. Here’s why perfectionism might be the very thing that’s destroying it.

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Affair Relapse Understanding Affairs

How Mirror Neurons Trick You into Affairs

Jeff Murrah, LPC, LCDC, CMNCS

Think your thoughts are your own? Here’s how mirror neurons trick you into infidelity by planting desires in your mind—and how you can fight back.

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Emotional Recovery Recovery and Self-Care

How Past Trauma Haunts Your Present and Affects Affair Recovery

Jeff Murrah, LPC, LCDC, CMNCS

Think you've moved past the trauma? Your body might not agree. Here’s how body memories from the past can haunt your present and affect your recovery after an affair.

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Confronting the Cheater Emotional Recovery

Why a Healthy Dose of Hate is Key to Overcoming Infidelity and Rebuilding Your Marriage

Jeff Murrah, LPC, LCDC, CMNCS

Think hate has no place in your marriage? Think again. Here’s why you need a little hate to overcome infidelity and protect your relationship.

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Affair Relapse Affairs and Popular Culture

The Unnatural Tensions and Loyalties After an Affair

Jeff Murrah, LPC, LCDC, CMNCS

Affairs create unnatural tensions in blended families—loyalty issues, tough choices, and no-win situations. Here’s how to navigate through the mess and find a path forward.

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Affair Recovery Understanding Affairs

The Surprising Truth About Affair Recovery and the Power of Patience

Jeff Murrah, LPC, LCDC, CMNCS

Think affair recovery will be quick? Here’s why it takes longer than you think—and how patience can make all the difference in rebuilding your relationship.

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Rebuilding Your Marriage Understanding Affairs

How to Spot Early Warning Signs and Protect Your Relationship From Affair Relapse

Jeff Murrah, LPC, LCDC, CMNCS

"Think your spouse is at risk of cheating again? Don’t wait until it’s too late—learn to spot the early warning signs and take action to protect your relationship now.

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Depression and Affairs Emotional Recovery

Why Meds Won’t Heal Your Broken Heart After an Affair

Jeff Murrah, LPC, LCDC, CMNCS

Meds can’t heal your broken heart—they can only mask the pain. Here’s why recovery from an affair requires more than just medication, and how to start the process of true healing.

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Affairs in the News Understanding Affairs

How Media Normalizes Infidelity and What You Can Do About It

Jeff Murrah, LPC, LCDC, CMNCS

Are you being groomed to cheat? Media constantly normalizes infidelity, and it’s easy to fall into that mindset without even realizing it. Here’s how to recognize the signs and protect your relationship.

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