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Noni Yates

Noni Yates

Betrayal trauma specialist and APSATS-certified counsellor at Affair Recovery Counselling; co-author of "Beyond Betrayal: 28 Years, Lies-Deceit-Infidelity."

Jun 30, 2026

Confident Again

Confident Again

The A Word: Naming Abuse in Betrayal with David and Noni Yates

Jun 30 · 47m

JaneHOST
2:27
So would you take a moment to bring us into the picture of your story and why it matters that you're telling it? Okay.
Noni Yates
Noni YatesGUEST
2:37
Okay, well, Dave and I have been together 36 years, married for 33 years, minus five months.
Noni Yates
Noni YatesGUEST
2:46
The reason I say minus five months is because in 2018, I decided that I didn't want to be in this relationship.
Noni Yates
Noni YatesGUEST
2:53
I had had enough.
Noni Yates
Noni YatesGUEST
2:55
I finally realized after decades that I was in an emotionally abusive, psychologically abusive relationship.
Noni Yates
Noni YatesGUEST
3:02
And it was the behaviors that we're always kind of excused with, uh, either a mental health diagnosis or, um, you know, stress or overwork or blah, blah, blah.
Noni Yates
Noni YatesGUEST
3:20
And the reason that, um, so I didn't actually find out about the basement.

24 MINS LATER

JaneHOST
27:11
What else would you like to tell us about what that was like for you and what shifted for you internally when that happened?

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