Ep 76: A New Way To Look At Negative Cycles

Ep 76: A New Way To Look At Negative Cycles

In episode 76 Brad and Morgan discuss a new way to look at negative cycles.  

If you haven’t yet listened to episode 3 called “Why Do We Fight and Avoid Difficult Topics” that episode will help you understand negative cycles.

You can check that out HERE: https://healingbrokentrust.com/podcast-blog/ep-3-why-do-we-fight-or-avoid-talking-about-the-affair

Ep 72 - 20 Things the Unfaithful Want the Betrayed To Know...But Don't Know How To Say

As you may know it is so very hard to talk about the pain of betrayal. It is hard for both partners but for different reasons. Putting our feelings into words that make sense is part of the challenge. Well no fear! We get that started for you here in this episode. We dive into some of the things the unfaithful partner very often feels, and wishes they could put into words, but often struggles to do. Let us know if you have something you'd like to add!

Ep 71 - 23 Things the Betrayed Wants the Unfaithful Partner to Know After Affair(s)

I can love you and hate you at the same time.

  1. Just because I haven’t forgiven you yet, doesn’t mean I don’t want to.

  2. Don’t give up on me.

  3. I feel alone anytime I’m triggered and you’re not there.

  4. I need reassurance in a lot of little and big ways….

Ep 2: Why won't they stop the affair? What is Limerence?

Today we're going to start out with a listener question. Brad someone was asking, "I haven't experienced an affair, but my sister has. And as an outsider, I just don't understand why people risk everything like this. Why do people risk their whole lives for such a fleeting experience?

Ep 3: Why Do We Fight or Avoid Talking About The Affair?

In the negative cycle we each play a part in perpetuating and maintaining it. When we encounter our feelings the action tendencies we decide to take are how we maintain the cycle. So when I said that we feel hurt (primary), so we show anger (secondary), then we DO SOMETHING to try and take care of it, solve it, and bring ourselves and our relationship back to homeostasis. This is the part we play. There are four types of interactions within the cycle or four ‘parts’.