Happily Even After Betrayal with Life Coach Jen
Oct 12, 2026 · 41 min · 12 segments
Send us Fan Mail A marriage can look solid from the outside and still feel unsafe on the inside. Today you’ll hear Jennifer’s story told in…
Jennifer TownsendHostMegGuestBut, and, and I wanna point out, too, something that you just said is, a- and some- that's, this is something that I bring up with clients a lot as well, who are in this space of, is this possible to stay and be happy and healthy here? Is it better to get divorced? What should we do? And you mentioned getting divorced from the place of love for everyone in the story, but sometimes we forget that, uh, or that is really challenging to do when we decide, at least for right now, we wanna stay in the marriage.
Because there's, like, so much hurt, uh, that, you know, turns to resentment.
And so we're staying in this marriage, but we just have all these terrible feelings for our spouse.
And, you know, so, like, it's possible to be in a marriage that you're trying to work to build something different-
...
even when it's hard, like, to...
It's so much better when you can find love and compassion and grace in-
... on that side, too.
[laughs]
[laughs] But the thing I realized, for reconciliation, it takes two people.
Oh, yes.
Yeah
I thought it was happening, and then I realized this is not, we're not reconciling.
But, and, and I wanna point out, too, something that you just said is, a- and some- that's, this is something that I bring up with clients a lot as well, who are in this space of, is this possible to stay and be happy and healthy here? Is it better to get divorced? What should we do? And you mentioned getting divorced from the place of love for everyone in the story, but sometimes we forget that, uh, or that is really challenging to do when we decide, at least for right now, we wanna stay in the marriage.
Because there's, like, so much hurt, uh, that, you know, turns to resentment.
And so we're staying in this marriage, but we just have all these terrible feelings for our spouse.
And, you know, so, like, it's possible to be in a marriage that you're trying to work to build something different-
...
even when it's hard, like, to...
It's so much better when you can find love and compassion and grace in-
... on that side, too.
[laughs]
[laughs] But the thing I realized, for reconciliation, it takes two people.
Oh, yes.
Yeah
I thought it was happening, and then I realized this is not, we're not reconciling.
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