Betrayal & Sexual Addiction with Bonny Burns
Heaven In Your Home
Francie Winslow
4.9 • 660 Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2023
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
A tender, honest conversation as Bonny shares her vulnerable testimony and healing journey through deep betrayal caused by pornography and sex addiction in her marriage.
There is tremendous trauma and hurt in a marriage experiencing a death of trust. Bonny speaks into betrayal from a personal and clinical perspective, providing you with understanding, empathy and thoughtful steps to take toward healing for both partners.
If betrayal has touched your life, know you are not alone. There is great hope and healing possible, especially with the help of trained professionals and the power of the Holy Spirit.
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Bonny Burns works to empower the wife with low sexual interest, little sex drive, and possibly a sexless marriage through science, scripture, and stories. She writes at oysterbed7.com and podcasts at Sex Chat for Christian Wives. You can find her ministry to women who have experienced sexual betrayal at strongwives.com. She earned a Christian Counseling certification (not licensure) in 2015 and in December, 2019, she completed a Bachelor of Science in counseling psychology from Liberty University. She is married to Dave for over 30 years and is a mother to three adult sons.
Mentioned in this episode:
Sex Chat for Christian Wives podcast
Related Episodes:
Pornography & Sexual Shame to Freedom with Joy Skarka, episode 138
Pleasure & Orgasm with Bonny Burns, episode 136
Transformational Keys to Emotional Connection with Dr. Glenn and Phyllis Hill, episode 131
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, this is Francie. Welcome today. I am so excited that you're here. We are diving into a |
| 0:10.4 | kind of intense conversation. I say intense because it has to do with very deep heart pain |
| 0:17.7 | and also very real hope. We're talking with Bonnie Longston Burns today. |
| 0:25.3 | We had her on the podcast earlier in 23 talking about orgasms. And what I love about Bonnie |
| 0:31.5 | is that she can go the whole spectrum of the conversation. We can talk about female anatomy |
| 0:36.8 | and pleasure and orgasm. And we can talk about female anatomy and pleasure and orgasm, |
| 0:38.0 | and we can talk about deep pain. And in this conversation, we're talking about the deep pain |
| 0:42.7 | of being a betrayed wife, which means essentially being the wife of someone who has a sexual |
| 0:48.7 | addiction. That was her story. And so when I heard that was her story, I knew I had to have her back because |
| 0:55.2 | our bodies are so precious to the Lord and the way we experience pain and trauma in our bodies |
| 1:01.1 | needs to be talked about. It's an extremely traumatic experience to walk through sexual addiction |
| 1:05.4 | in your marriage. Bonnie gets it. She's been there. She's been married for over 30 years, and she |
| 1:10.0 | has walked this journey |
| 1:12.0 | so well. Not only as she walked it, she talks about it on sex chat for Christian Wives podcast |
| 1:17.9 | and she helps you walk through it as well on her podcast, on her website, strongwives.com, |
| 1:25.7 | I believe it is or dot org. I'm not not sure we'll have it in the show notes. |
| 1:29.2 | But what she does with the word of God, the spirit of God, and the wisdom of God as it applies |
| 1:34.7 | to our brain-body connection is so beautiful. And I think you're going to be really blessed |
| 1:39.5 | by this conversation. Listen to it through the end because it's just so tender to hear her whole story |
| 1:45.7 | and then to hear how she ends this conversation with true hope. So without further ado, |
| 1:52.9 | here is my conversation with Bonnie Burns. Hello, everybody. We are once again being |
| 1:59.9 | joined by the wonderful Bonnie Burns. Thank you, Bonnie, for coming back to be with us on the podcast. |
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