Have you discovered your husband has been unfaithful, and are you trying to make sense of a betrayal that has shaken your marriage, your faith, and the people you thought would walk with you through it? Or are you somewhere in the long middle of rebuilding, wondering why you still can't simply forgive and move on the way everyone around you seems to expect?
For many Christian wives, healing after infidelity is nothing like the quick restoration church culture often hopes for, and it asks something very different of the wife who was betrayed than of the husband who caused the hurt.
In this episode of The Grace Fueled Wife, I'm sitting down with Laura Lentz, a coach, co-host of the Lights On podcast, and co-author with her husband, Carl, of Overcoming Infidelity: Ten Conversations to Help Heal the Hurt. We talk honestly about what it took to heal after his affair became public and her family lost nearly everything overnight.
We'll explore why your healing can't depend on your husband's choices, what it looks like when the spouse who caused the harm takes real ownership of his recovery, how trust is rebuilt through evidence and safety rather than promises, and how faith and therapy can work together.
You'll also discover why forgiveness and reconciliation aren't the same thing, and why there is no timeline you're failing to meet.
If you've ever wondered whether a marriage can survive infidelity, this conversation will help you understand what healing really asks of you and remind you that, whatever comes next, betrayal doesn't have to be the end of your story.
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