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David Feder and Associates Newsletter

Newsletter Issue  #2                                                                                                October 2010
   

Greetings!
 

I begin this edition of my newsletter by asking you to reflect on the wisdom of Epictetus, one of the great, early Greek Philosophers who said:

"It's not what happens to you, but how you react
to it that matters"

  
                                                                                      Epictetus  (55-135)
                                                   

No one chooses the circumstances they find them self in, but each of us can decide how we choose to react to the circumstance we are faced with.  It's a matter of the choices we make that makes the difference and each of us has the power to decide how we will choose to react. 

We face many challenges each day.  Some challenges bring us joy simply because of their nature and because of our resulting emotions.  Other challenges leave us feeling down and defeated, but the good news is that often, we don't have to feel that way...we can choose how we feel.  We can change the channel and we can choose the way we feel by changing the way we think about the situation we are in.  We can choose to tune into the love channel, the happy channel, the worried channel or, if we prefer, the how I'm a victim of life channel, but why would anyone make that choice? 

Our culture is largely an ego based, me driven society and this can leave us feeling as though what we have is not enough.  It leaves us wanting more and living in fear that we won't have enough.  It can leave us feeling neither satisfied nor happy. 

Why not try changing the channel you're on by thinking about gratitude for what you have instead of focusing on what you don't have, or for what the situation you're in is trying to teach you.  The lesson will become more clear if you avoid judgment and instead, you allow it to come through gratitude.  Looking at your life, be grateful for the people in it.  Look for the beauty around you....the pretty flowers, the sunny blue sky, your good health, as well as the health of your loved ones because, each of these represents a gift that has been given to you. 

It's that simple!  It doesn't matter who you are.  Each person can change the way they feel by being grateful and by changing the way they think about the situation they are in.  So we see, that Epictetus was right and his words are as true today, as they were in ancient Greece.   

Infidelity....the answer to the new pendemic

The rate of infidelity is alarming.  According to a 2007 Beta Research poll of 1738 randomly selected men and women between the ages of 21 and 49, 47 percent of married men are likely to get involved either emotionally and/or sexually with someone else, as are 35 percent of married women.  The majority of people having affairs are not bad people.  In most cases they are people who have something missing in their lives.  Referring to people who choose to have an affair to relieve their pain, Mira Kirshenbaum writes, "they got themselves into a complicated, messy, dangerous situation.  They couldn't cope with one person, so they got involved with two!  It's the last thing they ever thought would happen."

Recovery is hard and both the Affected Partner and the Participating partner need guidance and direction to help them heal.  In most cases these parties want to make decisions about their future that is right for everyone.  People recovering from the trauma of infidelity need counseling from a therapist who is knowledgeable and aware of the challenges people face so they can stop being victims to infidelity.  At this very moment many of your clients are feeling angry, hurt, betrayed, confused and abandoned and this is so, regardless of whether they had the affair, or whether they have been hurt by their partner's affair.  It is not easy to get to the other side of these toxic, damaging emotions without guidance, without help!  My passion is to help your clients make a decision for their life that is right and causes the least collateral damage.

Regardless of whether people decide to stay together or not after disclosure that a partner has been unfaithful, everyone needs to heal from the trauma.  Not doing the work leaves people in an emotionally challenging place.  Denial will not and does not work!  In most cases you cannot see it, but don't let that put you into a false sense of security.  It is natural to want to brush the pain under the carpet and ignore it but doing so is making a huge mistake.  After infidelity, in most cases it will seem inconceivable for a person to trust another person again, let them self be emotionally vulnerable again, to love again, and/or to be a good role model to their children, without professional helpGiving in to these outcomes will mean that the person will most likely live alone and lonely.

Your clients need help.  Your clients need a road map to recovery  They are confused and desperate to work with someone who knows how  to lead them along the pathway that leads to true recovery. 

As I said earlier, my passion is to help your clients make a decision that is right for them.  I have helped hundreds of clients recover from infidelity and I do this by using my "Pathway to Recovery Program". 

Recovery is not easy but it isn't as difficult as many think.

My program provides those who choose to recover,

the guidance they need to begin to heal. 

 Healing begins today!

The pages of my website are filled with helpful information about infidelity.  My audio CD is a valuable resource for both professionals and clients.  The CD speaks about how people affected by infidelity can begin on the healing journey that leads to re-gaining control of their life.    The CD includes tips that help your clients can address the powerful emotions they are experiencing today in the aftermath of disclosure of infidelity.

I am offering you copies of my audio CD at no charge to you.  I hope you ask for my CD and that you will listen to it.  I hope you will give it to any of your clients who you believe will find relief from listening to it.  More copies of my CD are available...all you have to do is contact me and request them. 

Coping and recovering from infidelity is challenging but not impossible.  Self-esteem can be affected and collateral damage can be significant.  My passion is to give people the chance they deserve to heal and recover from their pain, minimize the collateral damage and to help then make an informed decision about their future. 

Some people choose to go their separate ways after disclosure of infidelity while others work to save their committed relationship.  Regardless of their choice, I have seen people recover from infidelity and grow from their experience. 

 Quoting Epictetus, who lived from 55 - 135 in ancient Greece,   

"It's not what happens to you, but how you react
to it that matters"

 

My system empowers people after disclosure of infidelity.From betrayal to empowerment! 


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