Inspiring Resources
American Symphony – documentary of musician John Batiste as he sets about to compose a symphony at the same time he discovers his life partner, Suleika Jaouad learns her cancer is back
Beyond Utopia– documentary on the difficulties facing North Korean defectors
The Choice: Embrace the Possible book by Edith Eger
The Gift: 14 Lessons to Save Your Life book by Edith Eger
Recovery Resources
An Affair of the Mind: One Woman’s Courageous Battle to Salvage Her Family from the Devastation of Pornography by Laurie Hall
Happily Even After by Dannah Gresh
Dr. Janice Caudill: “What Do You Get When You Mix Sex Addiction and Intimacy Anorexia? Married and Alone- A Sexually Betrayed, Intimacy Depraved Partner” (betrayalhealingconference.com)
Dr. Barbary Steffens- “Institutional Betrayal: When Helpers Add to Our Hurt” (betrayalhealingconference.com)
Fight for Love Podcast (I listened to this in 2022 when first discovered, and now 2 years later I am listening again.)
Betrayal and Beyond Workbook and Journal by Pure Desire (2023 edition)
Songs
“Rise Up” by Andra Day (my anthem)
“Get Back Up Again” in Trolls
“Get Back Your Fight” by Sarah Reeves (song for betrayed partners)
“More Than Enough” by Sarah Reeves
“Hold on Honey” by Kayley Bishop (song for betrayed partners)
“You Hold it All by Porter’s Gate” (song I cling to for hope in Jesus)
“Try” by Colbie Caillat (song I played for my teenage daughters)
“HOPE” & “Happy by NF” (songs and song writer that helps me empathize with my husband)
“I Won’t Give Up” by Jason Mraz (song I sent to my husband)
“It’s Quiet Uptown” by Lin-Manuel Miranda (song my son wants my husband to sing to me)
“All I Ask of You” from the Phantom of the Opera (song my daughter wants my husband to sing to me)
“You are the Reason” by Calum Scott (song I wish my husband could sing to me and mean)
“It Never Went Away” by John Batiste
“Butterfly” by John Batiste
Poems
“Autobiography in Five Short Chapters” by Portia Nelson
