What would you do if you were 12 years old and you accidentally found out that your mom is cheating on your dad? That’s the exact situation that today’s guest faced as a little girl.
We discuss how she felt that her mom not only cheated on her dad, but on her and her siblings too. Plus, we get into:
- The ways in which her mom’s infidelity wounded her
- How that wound was reopened when two boyfriends cheated on her in high school and college
- The connection between her parents’ divorce and her desire for control in life and relationships
- How on the external, everyone thought she was fine since she excelled in sports and school, but she was really hurting inside
- One very common factor at the root of so many divorces and affairs
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