by Sandra Lee Dennis | Dec 5, 2015 | Awareness, Betrayal, Deception, Emotional abuse, Emotional Pain, Healing, Love and Betrayal, Rejection, Relationships, Trauma, Uncategorized
I frequently mention that our culture does not recognize abandonment and betrayal as traumatic shocks. The shock occurs partly because being deserted or cheated on usually comes as a final blow in a mind-numbing, repetitive cycle of emotional abuse. Elusive abuses of...
by Sandra Lee Dennis | Nov 11, 2014 | Betrayal, Deception, Divorce, Emotional Pain, Healing, Love and Betrayal, Psychological healing, Rejection, Trauma, Trust, Uncategorized
Emotional wounds can be even more devastating than obvious blows to the physical body and can have much longer-term effects. These hidden injuries pose a grave threat, not just to our physical, but also to our emotional well-being, and even to our psychological...
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 | 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,...
