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Podcast: After the Affair
Episode: 138. Seeking Reassurance after Betrayal: It’s Never Enough Though
Description: You know your partner’s betrayal wasn’t your fault.
You understand the logic.
But still, deep down, you’re stuck.
Still needing reassurance. Still bracing for the next emotional shift. Still terrified of being too much, or not enough.
Why?
Because some of what you’re feeling didn’t start with them.
In this episode, Luke explores how emotional survival strategies from childhood shape the way we respond to betrayal, uncertainty, and intimacy as adults. If you’ve been chasing reassurance, battling emotional spirals, or waiting for your par...