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 | Mar 8, 2013 | Betrayal, broken heart, Emotional Crisis, Love, Love and Betrayal, Rejection, Relationships, Shock, Spirituality, Trauma
I was surprised to learn that “What is love?” was the most searched phrase on Google in 2012. It is one of those questions we can never really answer, but can use to guide our lives, in the sense Rilke suggested of “living the question.” Asking the...
