Marie Murphy
142: Trying to Get Back to the Way a Relationship Used to Be
Some individuals who engage in infidelity express a desire to recommit to their spouse or primary partner, longing for a return to the...
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Marie Murphy
- May 17
- 2 min
141: Contentment That Isn’t Dependent Upon a Relationship
Last week, Dr. Marie Murphy discussed why loneliness is often a factor in infidelity situations and how to deal with the emotion of...
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Marie Murphy
- May 10
- 2 min
140: Loneliness
People often think of loneliness as the feeling that comes from isolation or being alone. However, being alone doesn’t necessarily lead...
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Marie Murphy
- May 3
- 2 min
139: Comparing Your Spouse to Your Affair Partner
Comparison is a normal human behavior, especially if you’re romantically involved with multiple people. There is a time and place to make...
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Marie Murphy
- Apr 26
- 2 min
138: Telling a New Partner About Your History with Infidelity
You get to decide what you share about yourself with other people. If you have stories of life experiences, whether those stories have a...
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Marie Murphy
- Apr 19
- 2 min
137: If You Don’t Feel Guilty About Cheating
Sometimes people who have been engaging in infidelity say, “I don’t actually feel guilty about cheating,” as if they’re confessing...
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Marie Murphy
- Apr 12
- 2 min
136: If You’ve Been Stuck in Your Infidelity Situation for a While
Last week, Dr. Marie Murphy discussed how to get your bearings in a brand-new infidelity situation. This week, she’s addressing those of...
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Marie Murphy
- Apr 5
- 2 min
135: When Your Infidelity Situation is Brand New
How does infidelity begin? Maybe you’ve been in an ostensibly monogamous relationship for a while now but you like to make out with...
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Marie Murphy
- Mar 29
- 2 min
134: Cheating in Open Relationships
Sometimes, a couple will have an agreement that they aren’t in a monogamous relationship. They think they have a shared agreement of what...
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Marie Murphy
- Mar 22
- 2 min
133: Don’t Make Your Partner Break Up with You
When someone in a committed relationship has been cheating on their partner and they feel stuck in deciding what they want to do, they...
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Marie Murphy
- Mar 15
- 2 min
132: Stop Minimizing the Importance of Sex
Is sex important to you in a relationship? Not everyone wants to prioritize sex because they just don’t like it, don’t want it, or are...
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Marie Murphy
- Mar 8
- 2 min
131: Breaking Up with Someone You’ve Been Cheating On
When you decide that it’s time to break up with someone you’ve been cheating on, you’ll likely have a lot of questions about how to...
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Marie Murphy
- Mar 1
- 2 min
130: Implicit Permission to Cheat
Say you and your partner started off as a monogamous couple, but then you started discussing “alternate arrangements” and it turned out...
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Marie Murphy
- Feb 22
- 2 min
129: Cultivating Clarity and Certainty (Part 2)
If you’re in the midst of an infidelity situation and you’re confused about what to do next, it’s generally the case that you may be...
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Marie Murphy
- Feb 15
- 2 min
128: Cultivating Clarity and Certainty
Last week, Dr. Marie Murphy discussed the reality of seeking advice from other people, and why it’s significantly more beneficial to...
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Marie Murphy
- Feb 8
- 2 min
127: The Limits of Other People’s Advice
There are times in life when looking for advice makes a lot of sense. If you’re looking for a new electric car, you have a clearly...
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Marie Murphy
- Feb 1
- 2 min
126: Regret is Optional
What is your relationship with the feeling of regret? People talk about regret as if it's this thing that is beyond their control. Dr....
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Marie Murphy
- Jan 25
- 2 min
125: Privately Grieving the End of an Affair
When an affair relationship comes to an end and you’re experiencing some grief around that situation, you will probably feel compelled to...
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Marie Murphy
- Jan 18
- 2 min
124: Dealing with Other People’s Discomfort (Part 2)
For a lot of people, seeing someone they care about feeling uncomfortable emotions can lead to unbearably uncomfortable emotions for...
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Marie Murphy
- Jan 11
- 2 min
123: Abundance vs. Scarcity of Love
Sometimes, people get into situations that seem to involve a choice between one romantic partner and another. If you’re in a committed...
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