by Sandra Lee Dennis | Feb 28, 2015 | Betrayal, broken heart, Emotional Pain, Grace, Grief, Healing, Love, Love and Betrayal, Relationships, Spirituality, Trust
“Our heart knows what our mind has forgotten — it knows the sacred that is within all that exists, and through a depth of feeling we can once again experience this connection, this belonging.” —Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee You need to give yourself credit if you...
by Sandra Lee Dennis | Jan 15, 2015 | Betrayal, Emotional Pain, Forgiveness, Healing, Psychological healing, Relationships, Trauma
The trauma, confusion and heartache of betrayal often get worse before they get better. When your trust shatters, it can leave you spinning for a long time. After a while a kind of desperation sets in to find a way out of the pain. In the ensuing quest to recover as...
by Sandra Lee Dennis | Oct 3, 2014 | Betrayal, Deception, Ego Defenses, Psychological healing, Relationships, Trauma
The term “victim” has become a dirty word in some circles. Should someone claim they have been injured or victimized in a relationship—especially if their wounds are not physical, they are met with shaking heads or raised eyebrows. I cannot tell you how many times,...
by Sandra Lee Dennis | Sep 26, 2014 | Betrayal, Ego Defenses, Emotional Crisis, Grief, Healing, Love and Betrayal, Post-traumatic stress, Psychological healing, Rejection, Relationships, Trauma, Trust
After a mind-bending abandonment by my long-time partner I received a lot of well-meaning advice. Some friends recommended to me, if I was serious about healing, that I take “one-hundred percent responsibility for everything that happened.” When I expressed my...
by Sandra Lee Dennis | Sep 4, 2014 | Betrayal, Deception, Existential despair, Healing, Love and Betrayal, Post-traumatic stress, Psychological healing, Relationships, Trauma, Trust, Uncategorized
Heartbreak has an archetypal core, all heartbroken individuals suffer from the same kind of torture.—Ginette Paris When you learn your supposed loving partner or spouse, to whom you have devoted your life, is not at all loving or devoted to you, it is a shock. For...
by Sandra Lee Dennis | Aug 6, 2014 | Betrayal, Emotional Crisis, Love and Betrayal, Rejection, Relationships, Trauma, Trust
The cruelest lies are often told in silence. —Robert Louis Stevenson A friend asked me recently what I mean when I use the word betrayal. Since I have written a book on the subject, I thought I better sort out a reply. I wrote particularly about betrayal in a love...
