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Jacque Watkins

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Day 20: Guilt Is Abundant and Shame Lingers

by Jacque Watkins

This is Day 20 in the series “31 Days: What You Should Know Before An Affair“ Day 20 Before an affair, you need to know there will be guilt and there will be shame. Abundant guilt. And suffocating shame. For me, guilt was most abundant when I was living a double life. I would escape […]

Day 19: Eventually Everyone Will Know

by Jacque Watkins

This is Day 19 in the series “31 Days: What You Should Know Before An Affair“ Day 19 I sat in my living room that Sunday afternoon and asked my husband to sit down so we could talk. Our three-year-old son had just left to spend a week at Grandma’s house and we were now […]

Day 18: {Scripture and Song} You’re Not Guilty Anymore

by Jacque Watkins

This is Day 18 in the series “31 Days: What You Should Know Before An Affair“ Day 18 Each Sunday of this 31 day series, it is my desire to gather and pause the weight of this conversation long enough to open up our clenched and controlling fists, turn our cupped hands up, and surrender our […]

Day 17: Your Heart Will Become Hardened

by Jacque Watkins

This is Day 17 in the series “31 Days: What You Should Know Before An Affair“ Day 17 As the affair went on in secrecy, my heart grew more hardened with each passing day. The truth is, as embarrassing as it is to admit, I wanted what I wanted. What started as a single thought […]

Day 16: Secrecy Fuels Failure

by Jacque Watkins

This is Day 16 in the series “31 Days: What You Should Know Before An Affair“ Day 16 I can still see the deli where we met that day. Running late, I raced down the stairs and headed for the sidewalk. The time for the conversation had come. The turmoil was taking its toll on […]

MS 063 Tray & Melody Lovvorn: Porn Addiction, Betrayal and The Destructive Paradigm of Performing and Pretending

by Jacque Watkins

Welcome to episode 063 of Mud Stories! This is Day 15 in the series “31 Days: What You Should Know Before An Affair“ Mud Stories is a podcast dedicated to bringing you inspiration in your muddiest moments, hope to make it through your mud, and encouragement for you to know, you are not alone. Today I’m […]

Day 14: Sex Is Powerful

by Jacque Watkins

This is Day 14 in the series “31 Days: What You Should Know Before An Affair“ Day 14 When the affair turned physical I became consumed.  I spent a full year investing in the emotional relationship—feeding my thoughts, engaging the attraction, coddling the conversation, and sending signals of interest—all of which were returned. It was […]

Day 12: You Are More Capable Than You Know

by Jacque Watkins

This is Day 12 in the series “31 Days: What You Should Know Before An Affair“ Day 12 She met me at the front of the huge sanctuary after the closing worship song. We talked in a friendly exchange as I would with anyone who needed to talk to someone after a service, and waited […]

Day 11: {Scripture and Song} Rest for the Weary and Worn

by Jacque Watkins

This is Day 11 in the series “31 Days: What You Should Know Before An Affair“ Day 11 Each Sunday of this 31 day series, it is my desire to gather and pause the weight of this conversation long enough to open up our clenched and controlling fists, turn our cupped hands up, and surrender our […]

Day 10: The Power is in the Emotional Connection

by Jacque Watkins

This is Day 10 in the series “31 Days: What You Should Know Before An Affair“ Day 10 I’m not sure what planet I was living on, but it never occurred to me I could love more than one person at the same time. I knew there were times in my dating experience where feelings […]

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