Book details

  • Genre:family & relationships
  • Sub-genre:Marriage & Long-Term Relationships
  • Language:English
  • Series Title:Pure Life Alliance’s Healing Haven Mentoring Series
  • Series Number:1
  • Pages:176
  • eBook ISBN:9798317822903
  • Paperback ISBN:9798317822897

Anchored

A Mentored Guide to Stability After Betrayal

By Pure Life Alliance, Rev. Deborah Flanagan, Eileen Fagan, Jenn Howie, Joanna Raabsmith, Stacey Smith, Melissa Williams, Lyschel Burket and Diane Schnickels

Overview


When betrayal shatters your world, you need more than platitudes—you need solid ground to stand on while the waves crash around you. Anchored: A Mentored Guide to Stability After Betrayal is a faith-based manual for women beginning their journey toward healing from sexual betrayal. Created by Pure Life Alliance and written by eight experts—therapists, coaches, and women who have walked this painful path themselves—this book combines clinical insight with biblical truth to help you find the hope and stability you need to begin moving forward. Each chapter addresses a crucial aspect of early recovery and includes Reflect and Practice exercises designed to be worked through with a mentor or in a support group—because no one should weather this storm alone. Topics include: Understanding trauma and its impact on body, mind, and spirit Navigating overwhelming emotions with practical coping strategies Sharing your story safely and building circles of support Establishing healthy boundaries to protect yourself Understanding the nature of addiction Reclaiming your identity and self-worth If you've been devastated by sexual betrayal—whether a recent discovery or a long-term pattern—Anchored will meet you in your pain and guide you through those first steps toward rebuilding safety, stability, and self-worth. You didn't choose this journey, but you do get to choose how to move forward from here. Anchored will help you do that. Book one in a three-book series for betrayed spouses written by Pure Life Alliance, with additional books addressing later stages of the healing journey.
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Description


When betrayal shatters your world, it can feel like you're drowning in grief and confusion. One moment you thought you knew your life, your marriage, your reality—and the next, you're caught in a tsunami of emotions, fighting to figure out which way is up. Anchored: A Mentored Guide to Stability After Betrayal is a faith-based manual for women beginning their journey toward healing from sexual betrayal. Created by Pure Life Alliance and written by eight experts—therapists, coaches, and women who have walked this painful path themselves—this book combines clinical insight with biblical truth to help you find the hope and stability you need to begin moving forward. What You'll Discover Inside: The book guides you through eight transformative chapters covering: Assessing Your Situation: Basic first steps to ensure your safety and help you cope with your devastating situation Understanding Trauma: Learn how betrayal affects you physically, emotionally, and spiritually—and why it's not your faultSharing Your Story: Who to trust, how much to share, and building your circles of support Navigating Emotions: Practical tools for managing anxiety, anger, grief, and waves of conflicting feelings Establishing Boundaries: Protecting yourself through healthy boundaries, including guidance for abusive situations Understanding Addiction: Essential information about the nature of sexual addiction—not to excuse it, but to help you make informed decisions Rediscovering Yourself: Reclaiming your identity, learning to trust again, and moving toward forgiveness when you're ready The Path Ahead: What to expect in your healing journey and practical strategies for challenges to come Each chapter includes reflection exercises, biblical insight, and mentor discussion prompts that invite authentic connection and growth. Readers can also gain access to the Anchored Companion Course—a collection of videos, printable tools, and extended resources to deepen the healing process. Designed for use in small groups or one-on-one mentoring, Anchored brings together theological truth and trauma-informed practice to help betrayed partners move from shock to stability with courage and hope. If you've been devastated by sexual betrayal—whether a recent discovery or a long-term pattern—Anchored will meet you in your pain and guide you through those first steps toward rebuilding safety, stability, and self-worth. You didn't choose this journey, but you do get to choose how to move forward from here. Anchored will help you do that. This is book one in a three-book series for betrayed spouses by Pure Life Alliance. The journey continues with Aligned: A Mentored Guide to Rebuilding Trust and Embarked: A Mentored Guide to Purpose and Restoration.
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About The Author


Pure Life Alliance (PLA) is a non-profit ministry based in the Pacific Northwest that works with local churches, therapists and authors to provide ongoing small groups for families dealing with issues of sexual addiction and brokenness. Since 2005, we have partnered with local churches to equip and train their members to lead purity groups on their campus or at the church just down the road. We use a collaborative philosophy of ministry that encourages team-based leadership and a wide spectrum of curriculum written by dozens of authors. Our Set Free groups for men, and Healing Haven groups for women provide solid solutions for those impacted by sexual addiction issues. Check out how we do what we do at purelifealliance.com
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