This is the second episode of the Happily Ever After Again podcast! I am so excited to share this show with you. 

Have you ever gone through a period when you felt irrationally jealous and insecure? Did you find it was based on something in your past, rather than legitimate concerns about your current partner? If you have, you will l find this episode interesting. Trust is so important for building any kind of intimacy. When we have been been betrayed we often lose the ability to trust. Trust is important for everything we do in life, whether driving a car or buying food from the grocery store. 

In this second episode of the Happily Ever After Again podcast, we dive deep into the idea of trust in relationships. We explore how mistrust feels and how wonderful it feels when we do experience the emotion of trust.  Lack of trust is the number one obstacle to couples trying to find their “happily ever after again.” According to the book, I Love But I Can’t Trust You, 90% of couples have a “crisis of trust” sometime in their relationship. Mistrust can come from childhood events, from previous romantic events, from your spouse’s romantic past, and from things that happened in your current relationship.  

A person who finds herself constantly dealing with mistrust may want to consider counselling. Journaling and prayer are also powerful tools for healing. In this episode, I share my story of mistrust and one simple strategy that helped me forward.  The strategy involves remembering who your spouse actually is, making a decision to trust, and writing it down. Then, you talk to your spouse about your commitment. I have a very useful handout for remembering the amazing qualities about your spouse included in the Happily Ever After Again Resource Package, which you can grab today. 





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Meet Sharilee Swaity

Sharilee Swaity is a Christian relationship coach with a background in teaching and marketing. This graduate of the Relationship Coaching Institute is passionate about helping women and couples find and keep love after losing a long-term relationship through divorce, widowhood, or relationship breakdown. She works with couples helping them overcome conflict and find love with their spouse. 

Sharilee's passion for helping with relationships was born from her own painful life journey. Growing up witnessing abuse started her on the journey to looking for love in all the wrong places. By age 22, she was already married and divorced. When she finally remarried years later, it looked like she was headed for another divorce, but with the help of counselling and God's wisdom, they turned their second marriage around. 

Sharilee is the author of five books, including Happily Ever After Again: Hope, Healing, and Love for Second Marriages and 16 Gifts from a Stepmom: Encouragement for the Blended Family Journey.   When she's not coaching, writing, or teaching, she loves going for walks with her husband in the forest where they live or spending time in their permaculture-style garden. 

Sharilee loves to experience the city once in a while but nowadays spends most of her time hidden away at their homestead home.  She is a crunchy conservative with a passion for chai tea, sunsets, and trees. She loves learning, research and writing. Clck here to book a coaching call with her today. 
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