Finally — answers from someone who has been there.
A safe space for unfaithful partners in recovery and betrayed partners seeking understanding — hosted by two unfaithfuls with over two decades of lived experience.
A Podcast for Both Partners

You deserve to understand what happened — and why.
Your pain is real, your questions are valid, and your nervous system is responding exactly as it should after betrayal. This podcast gives you insight into the mind of the unfaithful partner — not to excuse their choices, but to help you make sense of what happened so you can begin to heal.
Understanding your behavior is where meaningful change begins.
Stopping the behavior is only the beginning. Real recovery requires understanding why it happened, how it affected your partner at a neurological level, and how to become the emotionally safe person that genuine repair demands. James and Sam have lived this — and they will not let you off easy or leave you without hope.
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Two unfaithfuls in long-term recovery.
Your Hosts

James Annear
James is a therapist and coach with over a decade of experience helping couples recover from infidelity, sexually compulsive behaviors, and addiction. Together with his wife Sharon, he runs CORE Relationship Recovery — a practice built on the same work he had to do himself.

Samuel
Formerly with Affair Recovery, Sam has spent nearly 15 years walking alongside people in crisis due to infidelity and addiction. He brings both hard-won personal experience and nearly a decade of producing content that has reached hundreds of thousands of people navigating betrayal.