If you're scared of making a decision about leaving your marriage, ending your affair, or dealing with any circumstances related to your infidelity because you're afraid it will all end horribly, this episode is for you. People often get hung up in comparing the stability and comfort of their long-term relationship versus the excitement and passion of their affair, but have you considered that you could have all of it with just one person? Tune in this week to discover how to start thinking more abundantly about your love life. Get full show notes and more information here: https://mariemurphyphd.com/123

Whether you're worried about your children, your friends, or your extended family giving you a hard time about your relationship that started as an infidelity situation, this episode is for you. Dr. Marie Murphy is explaining why you get to choose how to approach any situation where someone important to you is being a jerk, and what you need to consider when making a decision about how you want to present your new relationship to the people who might be upset with you. Get full show notes and more information here: https://mariemurphyphd.com/122

Discover how to allow yourself to want things, and that it's safe to allow yourself to enjoy what you want. Even if you and your affair partner are both married with children and you're worried about the consequences if you're honest about your desires, Dr. Marie Murphy is showing you how to open yourself up to the possibility that any situation you're in could be as good as you can stand it.

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If there is something in your life that you want to address, like an infidelity situation, worry is usually the first thing that comes to mind. Infidelity situations can feel confusing and overwhelming for so many different reasons, and it's so easy to get lost in your unhelpful patterns of thinking. Tune in this week because Dr. Marie Murphy is discussing how you can deal with your brain's tendency to worry and really start managing your worries in a much more helpful way. Get full show notes and more information here: https://mariemurphyphd.com/120

If you're concerned about how you might explain how your affair relationship began, tune in this week to discover why, even though there will be people in your life who demand answers, you don't owe anyone an explanation. Dr. Marie Murphy is sharing why judgment from others is an inevitability, but why you always have the opportunity to accept the humanness of your actions, and decide how you actually want to move forward. Get full show notes and more information here: https://mariemurphyphd.com/119

Tune in this week to discover why the honesty and intensity of a breakup often reignites a sense of intimacy that seemed otherwise lost. Dr. Marie Murphy is sharing how to recognize whether you've been thrown off by the intimacy of your breakup, whether you've actually reconnected and want to stay together, and what you need to consider to consciously decide how you want to move forward. Get full show notes and more information here: https://mariemurphyphd.com/118

Jealousy occurs within the context of any relationship. However, when you're shifting from an affair into a non-affair relationship, it's a particularly common issue. In this episode, you'll learn the thoughts that lead people to believe their partner definitely will cheat on them, and why you get to choose how you approach the idea of your partner cheating, whether you want to accept it and enjoy the relationship anyway, or choose something else. Get full show notes and more information here: https://mariemurphyphd.com/117

Tune in this week as Dr. Marie Murphy shows you why, while you always get to decide what counts as a good reason to postpone taking any kind of action relating to your infidelity situation, waiting probably isn't going to make it any easier. You'll discover how the energy required to delay a decision could be better spent cultivating the willingness to do the hard thing, whether that's pursuing your affair, coming clean, breaking it off, or any other way of dealing with this uniquely difficult situation. Get full show notes and more information here: https://mariemurphyphd.com/116

Tune in this week to discover what you're trying to avoid by telling yourself you can't transition from an affair into a non-affair or "normal" relationship. Dr. Marie Murphy is sharing how believing that your relationship simply can't work is impacting how you're showing up in that relationship, and how to instead pursue your relationship your way, even if it means uncertainty and vulnerability along the way. Get full show notes and more information here: https://mariemurphyphd.com/115

Tune in this week to start questioning the common beliefs about marriage that make so many infidelity situations so much more difficult to deal with. You'll learn how unexamined beliefs keep you stuck in situations you don't love, while being conscious of how your thoughts and beliefs influence your behavior will bring you the freedom and power to make the choice you really want to make. Get full show notes and more information here: https://mariemurphyphd.com/114