The Affair Recovery Room

Joni Woods grew up with a clear picture of what marriage was supposed to look like—and an equally clear sense of what a faithful wife was supposed to do when it didn't. For fifteen years, she stayed in a marriage defined by criticism, control, and abuse, holding the appearance of a healthy relationship together while her church community watched. It wasn't until ...

What makes a man emotionally unavailable? And what does it take to change that? In this episode, Tim Tedder sits down with Jason Lange, a men's coach and group facilitator, to explore one of the most underaddressed dimensions of relationship healing: the inner world of men.

Jason draws on his own j...

The hardest part of healing isn't the moment you decide to forgive. It's every ordinary moment after that—the birthday parties, the graduations, the holidays—where you choose it again and again.

In this final episode of A Conversation with My Ex, Tim and Konnie talk about the relationship they'v...

Affairs often have multiple victims. This episode gives voice to some of them.

Tim and Konnie's story has been told, in their own words, across two honest episodes. But there were others in that story, too. Five children who didn'...

In this second episode of A Conversation with My Ex, Tim Tedder and his ex-wife Konnie talk about the disclosure of Tim's affair—first the partial truth, then the full confession he chose to make a week later.

What followed ...

In this first episode of A Conversation with My Ex, Tim Tedder sits down with Konnie, his ex-wife, for an honest, unhurried look at the relationship they built and the choices that dismantled it. They talk about meeting in college, the early years of their relationship, the slow accumulation of disconnection, and the affair that brought everything into the open.

The common explanation for why affairs happen is usually a marriage story: we grew apart, I felt neglected, something was missing. And sometimes those things are true. But they're rarely the whole story.

In this episode, Tim talks...

Porn addiction doesn’t usually start in an overwhelming rush. It starts quietly—a habit that feels manageable, maybe even harmless. But over time, it rewires the way we experience desire, connection, and satisfaction with a gradual subtleness that’s hard to see until the damage is already done.

Healing after betrayal is not a moment. It's not a decision you make once and then move forward from. It's a process, and for most people, it's longer, harder, and more layered than anything they could have imagined at the beginning.

Michelle knows that. She lived it. She wrote about it. And now sh...

When Michelle discovered her husband's affair, she didn't find out through a conversation or a confession. She woke up one morning, saw a laptop left open on the table, and her world collapsed in silence. No screaming. No feeling. Just numb hands shaking over a keyboard, trying to type a word she couldn't spell.

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