Part 5 The Cost of Financial Infidelity We met three weeks later. They sat on the sofa, I in my chair with the round leather-topped coffee table between us. “I’ve cut down on pot,” Steve said. “I’m determined to stop in a week.” “Are you okay with that?” I asked....
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An Emotional Affair Meets Financial Infidelity: Part 3. Establishing Boundaries to Protect Ourselves & Our Partners
Part 3: Boundaries enable you to protect yourself and your partner physically, sexually, and emotionally when you talk “We need to discuss boundaries,” I said. It was the start our next meeting. “How you establish and maintain them.” “Boundaries sound like putting up...
An Emotional Affair Meets Financial Infidelity: Part 1. Who’s the Victim, Who the Offender?
Part 1: The Drama Triangle: Who's the Victim and Who the Offender? I met them in the waiting room where they were sitting on the yellow couch upholstered with lively red and blue flowers. They both smiled as we shook hands and walked through the hall into my...
The Truth on Changing Your Life Now, WTWG 1050 AM, with Dr. Doug & Ernestine Hendricks
You can change your life no matter how old you are by recognizing the mistaken beliefs (dysfunctional mindsets) that limit you and your relationships. You have to replace those mistaken beliefs with truths (functional mindsets). It is not enough to have these new...
Excess & Addiction: how to help our children & ourselves
I discuss with Ernestine Hendricks on WTWG 1050 AM how to teach our children through our own lives how to combat excesses and addictions by not giving in to our compulsions--eating, drinking, drugs, sex, gambling, smoking among others. We are the models our children...
Does an Affair Mean You Should Divorce?
Feeling enormous pain, shame, anger, and hurt when you are betrayed by your spouse's having an affair leads commonly to feeling you want to divorce. Is this the best reaction to follow? Is it what's best for you? Is it what's best for your children? Give yourself time...
Falling in love is easy; staying in love is hard.
Paul Moore and Kim Jones, co-hosts at WVVI, 93.5 FM, ,St. Croix, Virgin Islands discuss with me the challenges of marriage. It is a challenge to change your dysfunctional mindsets like when you realize you believe a good marriage should not have conflicts or...
You can Recover from Infidelity. Marriage is Not Obsolete.
Ernestine Hendricks and I discuss common challenges in marriage including infidelity and why marriage is not obsolete on www.WTWGAM1050.com. Affairs are a prominent cause for divorce in today's marriages. Affairs arise from disconnection in a marriage. Spouses stop...
Sex Addiction, Lust, and Pornography
Being a sex addict is not an excuse for lust or compulsive sex. Admitting you are a sex addict is the first step toward recovery. Recovery is a challenging process of weaning. The addict must learn to give up acting on impulse. He must give up the feeling of...
Tiger Woods: affairs admission opens way to an honest life
In their show "The Bottom Line of Romance" my discussion with Larry Arnette and Sharon Stevens discusses sexual and financial infidelity using Tiger Woods affairs as an example. The sudden shattering of his pristine image has shocked the world and his fans, and the...
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CD1: Financial Infidelity & Money
CD2: Is my Partner the Right Person for Me?
CD3: To Stay or Not to Stay: Considerations before Divorcing
CD4: Stop Arguing for the Sake of Your Relationship