How To Heal From The Loss of Love
The short answer
You can heal from the loss of love, and life can be good again, because there is a process for grief that works. Whether someone you love dies, leaves, cheats or stays without showing love, the grief is real. In this episode, Dr. Joe Beam and David Matthews, cofounder of Spark of Life, explain that process and talk with callers living through loss.
Key takeaways
- Losing love brings real grief, whether the person dies, leaves, cheats, turns on you, or stays in the house without showing love.
- Grief can touch everyone involved, including a straying spouse who comes home and must deal with losing the other relationship.
- Children who cannot understand why a parent is gone, and parents who lose a child, carry this grief as well.
- There is a process for dealing with the loss of love that works, and life can be rich and full again.
When you love deeply, it hurts to lose that love. Whether the person you love dies, abandons you, cheats on you, turns on you, or continues to live in the same house but with no love shown, you will find yourself in the powerful grasp of grief.
We see it with people whose spouses fall in love with another. We witness it in a straying spouse who decides to come home but now has to deal with the loss of the other relationship. We feel our hearts break when it is a child struggling to understand why a parent isn’t there any longer. We hurt for the parent who loses a child to death.
Is there hope?
Can life be good again?
Yes. There is a process. It works.
In this program, Dr. Joe Beam brings on special guest David Matthews. Along with his wife Debbie, he founded Spark of Life (www.sparkoflife.org) in 2008. Spark of Life exists to instill hope that, though life can never be the same after loss, life can be rich and fulfilling. Among other resources, they offer Grief Recovery Retreats to those who have experienced loss.
David and Debbie are also certified leaders of Dr. Beam’s intensive weekends for marriages in trouble.
During this program, David explains the process for dealing with loss of love so that life can again be full. He and Dr. Beam will also took callers who were dealing with the loss of love…from losing a spouse, to losing a parent, to losing a child, to losing a lover…or whatever loss you are experiencing or have experienced.
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Common questions
Is it normal to grieve when my spouse cheats or leaves?
Yes. When you love deeply, losing that love hurts, whether the person dies, abandons you, cheats on you, turns on you or stays in the same house without showing love. Each of those losses can put you in the powerful grasp of grief.
Does the spouse who had an affair grieve too?
Often, yes. A straying spouse who decides to come home may still have to deal with the loss of the other relationship.
Where can I find help for grief after a loss?
Spark of Life, founded by David and Debbie Matthews in 2008, offers Grief Recovery Retreats for people who have experienced loss. It exists to give hope that, though life can never be the same after loss, it can be rich and fulfilling.