Essential Steps to Affair Recovery with Rick Reynolds | Ep. 642

Awesome Marriage Podcast

Dr. Kim Kimberling

Marriage, Awesomemarriagepodcast, Marriagepodcast, Awesomemarriage, Marriageadvice, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Relationships, Christianmarriage, Christianity

4.9 • 802 Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

An affair doesn’t have to mean the end of a marriage. At Awesome Marriage, we have seen so many marriages restored! Yet the recovery process will take time and working together to see the Lord heal the union. If you’ve experienced this pain, you need a guide to help you along the way.

Rick Reynolds joins Dr. Kim today to share his story of marriage recovery, and how he’s used his own painful experience to help others through the process of rebuilding after infidelity.

We pray this episode is helpful for you and your marriage.

Episode highlights include:

How to avoid common behaviors that can set you up for an affair
How to rebuild a marriage after affair - better than before
Why Christians need to be aware of their own vulnerability
How to overcome the obstacles to recovering after infidelity
Common mistakes in the affair recovery process

*Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here!

Couples Conversation Guide:

Main takeaway: One of the best ways to protect your marriage from an affair is to realize you could be vulnerable to infidelity, and put boundaries in place. If your marriage has experienced infidelity, it can be restored much stronger than before.

Questions to Discuss:

What boundaries do you have in your life to prevent even baby steps toward an affair?
Are you a safe place for your spouse to be completely honest and open? What would help make your marriage a safer place for honesty?

QUOTES

“When we fall, what’s important is what we do afterwards.” - Rick Reynolds
“A lot of Christians don’t realize they’re vulnerable, so they don’t put constraints in place. Then they find themselves in a mess.” - Dr. Kim Kimberling
“What heals is empathy and emotional responsiveness.” - Rick Reynolds
“The wayward spouse needs to understand that disclosure is the way that trust is reestablished.” - Rick Reynolds

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the awesome marriage podcast, a place for honest conversations and practical advice on how to build an awesome marriage.
0:09.9	I am your podcast producer and co-host, Lindsay Few.
0:13.4	On the show will be our host, Dr. Kim Kimberly.
0:17.0	Dr. Kim is a marriage counselor and has been married for over 50 years.
0:21.8	His passion is to help you strengthen your most intimate relationship.
0:27.1	Welcome to today's awesome marriage podcast.
0:29.4	Today my guest is Rick Reynolds.
0:31.3	He's the president.
0:32.2	He's the founder of a fair recovery.
0:34.4	Rick holds a master's degree in social work.
0:36.5	He's a clinical member of the American
0:37.9	Association of Marriage and Family Therapist. In 1992, Rick developed and began leading
0:44.0	a fair recovery group. This is such an important topic. We have a great expert with us today.
0:49.2	Let's go right to the studio. Well, Rick, I am so excited to welcome with the Awesome Marriage
0:53.6	Podcast. I love what you do. I know
0:55.7	that many people do you've helped through a fair recovery. And so it's an honor to have you here
1:00.1	today and get to spend time and let you share some of your wisdom with our audience. Thank you.
1:06.3	Well, thank you, Dr. Kim. I really appreciate the fact that I get to speak to the people that follow your
1:11.8	podcast, and it's an honor to be here with you. Thank you so much. So you are the founder of
1:17.9	Recovery. So kind of tell us, I've read, I know the story, but tell us people that don't know how
1:23.5	you came to work in this field. Well, you know, I'm kind of volunteered for this particular field.
1:29.9	Back in 1984, I actually got into an affair with my best friend's wife and my wife's best friend.
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