How to Stop Checking Your Partner’s Phone After Infidelity

By Stephanie Boucher, Registered Psychotherapist | The Mindful Loft The short version: The urge to check your partner’s phone after infidelity is not a trust problem and it is not a self-control problem. It is usually a trauma response, the nervous system trying to find proof that reality is safe again. Checking may give a […]
Starting Fresh: How to Build Trust in a New Relationship After Infidelity

By Stephanie Boucher, Registered Psychotherapist | The Mindful Loft The short version: Learning to build trust in a new relationship after infidelity is rarely only about your new partner. It is also about your own nervous system, which learned that betrayal can happen even when every sign seemed to point the other way. Healing is […]