by Sandra Lee Dennis | Jul 9, 2014 | Betrayal, Love, Relationships, Sexuality
The people we most love do become a physical part of us, ingrained in our synapses, in the pathways where memories are created. —Meagan O’Rourke, “The Long Goodbye” The concept of casual sex has always eluded me. Although I came of age in the 1960’s...
by Sandra Lee Dennis | Jun 20, 2014 | Betrayal, broken heart, Emotional Crisis, Existential despair, Grace, Grief, Love and Betrayal, Psychological healing, Spirituality, Trauma, Trust
The heart broken in love opens like an archaeological dig into the past. The velocity of the fracturing draws you down, down, down through layers of feelings, strategies and beliefs that have been protecting your heart from a primeval pain. The grief and longing of...
by Sandra Lee Dennis | Jun 12, 2014 | Betrayal, broken heart, Emotional Crisis, Love and Betrayal, Rejection, Shock
The rejection of betrayal inflicts a unique, unprecedented pain you only comprehend once you experience it. If you are reeling from an intimate betrayal, you know. The depth of the pain stuns you, it changes you. Having your trust destroyed not only hurts, it shreds...
by Sandra Lee Dennis | Jun 6, 2014 | Betrayal, broken heart, Emotional Crisis, Love and Betrayal, Post-traumatic stress, Trauma
The first order of business after an intimate betrayal is to recognize and treat the depths of the trauma you have undergone. We cannot treat ourselves properly without a correct diagnosis. We live in a culture that is so blind to the psychological violence of...
by Sandra Lee Dennis | May 1, 2014 | Awareness, Betrayal, Love, Spirituality, Surrender
Happiness has become an obsession, a fad. Last year, more than 1,000 new books were released on Amazon.com alone on the subject. I know I caught the fever and was deep in the middle of my own “Happiness Project,” complete with hours of daily...
by Sandra Lee Dennis | Dec 5, 2013 | Betrayal, broken heart, Love and Betrayal, Spirituality
The soul harbors a fierce passion for the Divine. When we mistake the mundane for the spiritual, we court addiction to love. To whomever or whatever we believe can satisfy this longing of the soul. The deepest desires of the heart then get attached to that person,...
