Illuminate: Jaylynn - Her story (part 2) - Episode 6

In this episode, Geoff Steurer shares the second part of his interview with Jaylynn, a woman who was betrayed by her husband's secretive pornography use. She talks about the healing process she's been involved with for the past few years.

Program highlights include:
- What her life is like now versus in the beginning of her journey
- How the nature of her prayers has changed through this process of healing.
- She talks about why she began helping other women and wanted to talk openly about this problem.
- She shares why she believes we need to be more open about our personal struggles and share our stories with others
- She identifies two things that have made the biggest difference in her marriage
- Why “surrendering” is more of an active process than passively giving up.
- She identifies the initial boundaries she set up in the beginning of her recovery process and how she learned to set healthy boundaries.
- She shares advice she gives bishops who are working with betrayed women.
- How women can get started in their recoveries, including the one thing a betrayed woman can do now to start the process of recovery

Links from this episode:

LDS 12-Step Program
addictionrecovery.lds.org/?lang=eng
salifeline.org/

Setting boundaries in recovery:
utahcoalition.org/project/how-do-i-set-boundaries-in-recovery/

The Illuminate Podcast is hosted by Geoff Steurer, MS, LMFT and founder of LifeStar of St. George, Utah, a treatment program for couples healing from the impact of pornography and sexual addiction.