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...
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 | 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,...