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I help couples overcome cheating and betrayal to restore trust and connection in their relationship!

10/07/2026

You've done the counseling. You've joined the men's groups. You've installed accountability software. You've promised yourself, and the people you love, that this time will be different.

Maybe you've even experienced seasons of sobriety. Yet deep down, something still doesn't feel settled.

The behaviors may have changed, but you still feel like two different men. The man everyone sees...and the man you know you still are when no one is watching.

If that's where you find yourself today, we want you to know something. You're not failing at recovery. You may simply be pursuing the wrong destination.

And that’s the foundation of everything you'll discover in the Beyond Recovery Experience.

Click here to learn more: https://resources.drjakeporter.com/beyond-recovery-bundle

10/05/2026

For decades, recovery has largely focused on helping men stop destructive behaviors. While that work is important, stopping is only the beginning. Lasting transformation doesn't happen when you become better at managing temptation. It happens when you become a different man, one whose private life and public life finally tell the same story.

And it's the foundation of everything you'll discover in the Beyond Recovery Experience.

Click here to learn more: https://resources.drjakeporter.com/beyond-recovery-bundle

10/01/2026

Here are the FIVE different types of betrayal in relationships

Number 1: Sexual infidelity
Perhaps the most recognized form of betrayal. It’s the stuff of soap operas and heartbreak ballads, but it’s far more than a dramatic trope. It’s a breach of the most intimate and sacred vows, shattering the foundation of exclusivity and commitment.

Number 2: Emotional betrayal
This involves forming an intimate connection with someone outside the primary relationship. It’s sharing secrets, dreams, and vulnerabilities once reserved for a partner, creating an emotional chasm hard to bridge.

Number 3: Financial betrayal
This might not have the same immediate gut punch as infidelity, but its impact can be equally severe. This involves deceit around money; hidden debts, secret bank accounts, or undisclosed expenditures. Financial secrets erode trust and can leave partners feeling blindsided, unsafe, and betrayed.

Number 4: Betrayal of confidence
This involves breaking the trust of keeping secrets. It’s when someone shares private information without consent, which can lead to a profound sense of violation and mistrust.

Number 5: Spiritual betrayal
This is where the trust and faith in shared beliefs are shattered. This can happen within religious contexts or personal value systems, leaving individuals questioning their core beliefs and sense of identity.

It should also be mentioned that many experiences of betrayal transcend these categories, overlapping to encompass multiple forms of betrayal at once. The complexity of such multidimensional betrayal heightens the consequences and increases the need for deep healing.

09/23/2026

Cheating shatters the very foundation of your relationship, trust.

The moment the person who was supposed to be the source of protection and comfort in your life suddenly becomes associated with threat and distress...

Your entire body is going to feel completely unsafe.

Your brain is going to begin questioning everything, your relationship, your memories, how you judge people, your own intelligence, everything feels uncertain now.

Someone who’s left doubting their own reality because of their partner isn’t going to feel safe with that person.

And that’s completely normal.

If you’ve experienced cheating or betrayal, just know that your reactions make sense, and you are not alone.

Follow me if you want daily encouragement and education to help get you through relational betrayal.

09/18/2026

I often give these little coasters out whenever I attend conferences, and while it’s a bit of a silly illustration, it’s meant to demonstrate how it often feels like there’s this imbalance of power within the relationship after the discovery of cheating / betrayal.

Now here’s what I mean by that.

After the discovery of infidelity, the one who did the betraying is expected to play by a set of rules that the betrayed partner may or may not agree to themselves while still demanding those rules of the betrayer.

That might sound like a power imbalance.

But here’s the truth. When you’ve been withholding critical information from your partner and aren’t living up to the expectations that have been set within that relationship, you are actually putting yourself in a position of power OVER your partner.

So once infidelity is discovered, there’s going to be a period of readjustment, and for many unfaithful partners, this feels unfair.

This is where my demonstration of the coaster comes in.

Let’s say that you have a coaster. Being all in on the relationship means that both you and your partner are on the coaster.

You’re putting the relationship first, you tell each other everything, etc.

Now once one partner finds out that their partner has been off the coaster when they thought they’d both been on it this whole time, they’re going to hop off.

Why?

Because being on the coaster isn’t safe anymore!

So how do we get back to both being on the coaster?

Well, the person who was initially off the coaster is going to have to get BACK ON even when their partner doesn’t feel safe being there with them just yet.

They’re going to have to demonstrate their willingness to be fully committed to the relationship, until their partner feels safe enough to enter back into that with them.

The goal is not for the betrayed partner to eventually surrender power back to the betrayer. The goal is for both partners to become able to stand on the coaster together again, voluntarily and safely.

If you want a deeper demonstration of this concept, you can go to my YouTube channel and search “Are You On the Coaster?”

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09/16/2026

Cheating is one of the most traumatic events one can experience within a relationship. In just one moment, everything you thought you knew has crumbled, and you’re left picking up the pieces.

That’s why, I always want to make sure people know, cheating doesn’t just break trust. It can change a person’s entire experience of reality and safety.

It’s not just something you walk away from, or just “move on” from, it’s something that you have to work through.

If you’re walking through being cheated on, know that you are not alone.

Follow me if you want daily encouragement and education to help get you through relational betrayal.

09/15/2026

What’s the difference between sobriety and safety, and why does confusing the two keep couples stuck after betrayal?

I aim to answer that exact question.

In my upcoming webinar, I’ll unpack why the idea of “emotional sobriety,” blurs the line between sobriety and safety, and can leave betrayed partners actually feeling less safe than they were before.

Whether you’re in recovery yourself, healing from betrayal, or a professional walking alongside those who are, this is the place for you.

Click the link below to register for FREE
https://event.webinarjam.com/10v58/register/q7gr0cmg?webinar_id=71&utm_source=email&utm_medium=email%20marketing

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Houston, TX
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