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 | Apr 16, 2014 | Awareness, Spirituality
Ordinarily we tend to cruise along the surface of life. Skimming by on the surface, we are less apt to feel the pain that goes along with being human. But we also miss the mystery, beauty and sacredness that come from our depths. Most of us have so accustomed...
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,...
by Sandra Lee Dennis | Jun 8, 2013 | Betrayal, Loneliness, Love and Betrayal, Spirituality
“Don’t surrender your loneliness so quickly; let it cut more deep. Let it ferment and season you, as few human or even divine ingredients can. Something missing in my heart tonight has made my eyes so soft, my voice so tender, my need of God absolutely...