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CLEANING UP YOUR MENTAL MESS with Dr. Caroline Leaf

How to heal after betrayal (with Lysa Terkeurst)

CLEANING UP YOUR MENTAL MESS with Dr. Caroline Leaf

Dr. Caroline Leaf

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.63.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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SHOW DESCRIPTION: In this podcast I talk to best-selling author, public figure and mother Lysa Terkeurst about healing after betrayal, how boundaries help us avoid extremes, finding resilience after a crisis, what healthy conflict looks like, and so much more!

On the eve of her daughter’s wedding, Lysa found out that her husband of 30 years was having an affair and had a whole life outside of their marriage. Even after years of counseling and therapy, Lysa’s husband continued to live a life outside of their marriage, while Lysa was also experiencing a number of serious health issues, including breast cancer.


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EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

1:38 Lysa’s story

6:10 Lysa’s amazing new book on boundaries & goodbyes

7:48 How healthy boundaries establish access & responsibility in a relationship

9:42 How to set healthy boundaries

10:50 Boundaries are not about changing other people

13:28 Examples of boundary conversations

17:00 The relationship between grief & boundaries

18:00 People pleasing & boundaries

22:22 How to avoid feeling guilt over setting boundaries

26:50 The difference between a difficult & destructive marriage

29:15 How a traumatic relationship can affect us mentally & physically

30:35 How boundaries help us avoid extremes


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*DISCLAIMER: This podcast and blog are for educational purposes only and are not intended as medical advice. We always encourage each person to make the decision that seems best for their situation with the guidance of a medical professional.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Dr. Caroline Leif and welcome to my podcast, Cleaning Up the Maintainment of Mace.

0:10.7

How does one recover from a public betrayal from someone you loved and trusted, like a

0:15.9

husband?

0:16.9

How do you find resilience and find your feet again?

0:20.7

In today's podcast, I sit down and talk with Lisa Tukost, author, public figure and

0:25.7

mother about her very public and traumatic betrayal experience by her husband.

0:30.6

How does dramatically affected her health and how she found hope and healing despite it all?

0:36.5

You'll also discuss some interesting topics like how to recover from religious trauma,

0:41.0

how to know when it's time to say boundaries, how to have healthy conflict and more.

0:47.1

This is an emotional and powerful episode, pack with so much insight and so many helpful

0:51.6

tips.

0:52.6

Let's dive in.

0:57.5

Lisa, it's so lovely to see you again.

0:59.6

It's been a few years.

1:00.6

I think probably a good 10 years since we met at a conference somewhere and I've a great

1:05.3

fan of yours as well and wonderful to have you with me this morning to talk about your

1:10.0

new book which is covering such an important topic.

1:12.4

So welcome, Lisa.

1:13.4

Oh, thank you so much.

1:15.3

It is a joy to be with you.

1:16.8

I am such a huge fan of your work and have benefited greatly from all of your wisdom and

1:21.1

insight.

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