Intimacy After Infidelity | Cut Contact, Rebuild Trust, Shed Shame, Avoid Divorce, Forgiveness for Adultery
The go-to podcast for Christian women who are ready to heal their hearts, shed their shame, and come home to freedom in Christ. Ranked Top 2% Globally Do you ever wish someone would truly see you, not look past you or through you? Are you lying awake at night wondering if your marriage can survive infidelity...or if it’s time to let go? Are you exhausted from Googling answers, trying to fix things, and still feeling unheard, unseen, and stuck in shame You’re not alone. And you’re in the right place. This podcast is a sacred, steady space for women navigating betrayal, emotional disconnection, separation, or the aftermath of an affair, who want more than surface-level faith answers. Here, we talk honestly about the heart, the body, the soul, and the brain, and what it actually looks like to let Jesus heal what’s been wounded. I’m so glad you’re here. I’m Kristina Joy, forgiven daughter of Jesus, mom, and coach. For years, I tried to break free from my own infidelity through sheer willpower, "doing more," and striving to be better. I read my Bible more. I tried to behave my way into freedom. None of it worked. Everything changed when I stopped trying to fix myself and allowed Jesus to meet me in the deeper places like my pain, my patterns, my unmet needs. Through prayer, research, embodied healing practices, and new rhythms of truth and grace, I discovered real freedom. Not just from the affair, but from shame, secrecy, and self-abandonment. On this podcast, you’ll find: A reminder that your dignity, worth, and identity are not up for debate Emotional and nervous-system awareness for real transformation Coaching guidance for clarity, boundaries, communication, and trust Gentle truth for women deciding what restoration actually means for them Whether your marriage is being rebuilt or released, you are allowed to heal. You are allowed to choose freedom. You are allowed to become whole. If you’re ready to: Stop living in secrecy and self-condemnation Experience God’s love without fear or striving Break familiar patterns for good Live with clarity, strength, dignity, and peace Then take a breath, find your safe space, and press play. This is where healing begins and where you come home to yourself, with Jesus. --- Let’s Connect: 📞 Book your private Breakthrough Call: https://learn.kristinajoycoaching.com/breakthrough 💌 Email: kristina@kristinajoycoaching.com
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Why does my body react before I even know why? Why can't I control this? Shouldn't my faith be enough?
Today I'm telling you about the night I stood in the rain knocking on a door nobody was answering, knowing exactly how irrational it looked and being completely unable to stop.
Here'...
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No framework today. No five steps. Today I'm simply telling you what I've been praying, over the Encounter Retreat coming in four weeks, and over you.
I share where my mind keeps landing as I've sat with the word encounter: Moses and the burning bush, and the moment that changed everything. Because there is no way to encounter the living God and come back unchanged. The woman at the well didn't. T...
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Can I really be close to someone who doesn't know? Am I being fake by not telling her? Who actually needs to know, and who doesn't?
A client asked me this recently and I haven't stopped thinking about it. She said it feels like there's a huge part of her she's keeping hidden, and it's not a smal...
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Why don't I know who I am anymore? Why does the shame feel this specific? And what does it actually take to let go?
Today I'm joined by Lauren LaRusso, licensed psychotherapist, author of Beyond Infidelity, and someone who has walked through her own betrayal and sat with hundreds of clients in t...
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Why can't I stick to anything? I'll finally get around to caring for myself once life slows down…
Back in the spring I was asked about whether I'd actually follow through on a plan I'd been sitting on for months. I answered honestly: probably not, but it'll be easier when my schedule open...
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Am I doing this right? How do I know if I'm actually healing? And what am I even working toward?
Most women in affair recovery are measuring themselves against a scoreboard they never agreed to. One where the only metric is whether the marriage survived. Today I want to hand you a different one.
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Why do I still miss him? I've done the work, I know what's true, so why can't I fully cut him off? What is wrong with me?
Nothing. There's a part of you doing exactly what she was built to do, and today I'm teaching you how to lead her instead of fighting her.
This episode is Internal Family Sys...
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Why am I still stuck after all this time? I've prayed about it, I've thought about it, I've analyzed it, so why hasn't anything changed?
Because you can't read the label from inside the jar.
Today I'm sharing three things that coaching has given me across my healing journey. Things I genuinely c...
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Who actually goes on a retreat like this? Am I too far along, or not far enough? And what if I don't want to spend a weekend rehashing everything?
I've been having real conversations with women about the Encounter Retreat, and the women saying yes are not who I expected. They're at completely di...
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Why don't I recognize my own life anymore? Am I healing wrong? Why do I feel more lost now than I did in the middle of it?
There's a season of healing nobody warns you about, and it isn't the crisis. It's the after. The in-between. When you're not the woman you were, and you're not settled into ...
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What actually happens at a healing retreat? Is it worth the money and the childcare and the travel? And how do I know if it's for me?
Today I'm answering all three questions honestly, and without a sales pitch.
I'm telling you about two retreats that changed my life. The 2022 retreat where every...
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Who am I to ask for what I want when my husband is the one who's hurting?
If that que...
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You prayed about it. You made the decision. You posted Scripture every day for 90 days. And then your phone buzzed. And you answered.
If you've ever watched yourself do something you hated (in slow motion, knowing better, unable ...
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Can God really forgive me? I know He forgave me, but I don't feel forgiven. Maybe God forgave me, but can I forgive myself?
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Why do I feel so alone after my affair? How do I find someone safe to tell? And what actually happens in my brain when I'm finally known?
Today's episode answers these with personal story, brain science, and Scripture. Because he...
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Have you ever wondered if God can even hear your prayers when you're living in sin? Have you felt the weight of believing that if you run home to Him, you'll be met w...
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You cut contact. You're doing the work. And he's still showing up in your head! Uninvited, frustrating, relentless. Today I'm giving you the neuroscience behind why that's happening, and a practical framework for what to do when it d...
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"Am I allowed to be happy when my husband is still hurting because of me?" That's the question a client asked me, and I've heard versions of it more times than I can count. Today I'm answering it directly, with theology, with neuroscience, and with my own story of accidentally putting joy on hold fo...
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For years during my affair I felt like the poster child for hypocrite every time I tried to pray, take communion, or lead devotions. Shame told me I had no right. That God doesn't hear prayers when you're living in sin. Today I want to talk about what actually broke that loop for me, and what it mea...
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Closeness after an affair doesn't come back all at once, and you can't think your way into it. Today I'm getting practical and a little scientific about what actually rebuilds intimacy in a marriage after infidelity: oxytocin, the bonding hormone, and five simple ways to start activating it at home.
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