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The Betrayal Bind (Second Edition)

How to Heal When the Person You Love the Most Hurts You the Worst

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The Betrayal Bind (Second Edition)

By: Michelle Mays
Narrated by: Michelle Mays
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When cheating, infidelity, or sexual betrayal shatters your world–the person you love becomes the source of your deepest pain–and everything changes.

Betrayal trauma spins your world out of control. In a split second, your sense of safety is shattered, your trust is gone, and everything you thought you could count on is in question. One moment, you believe you know your partner, your relationship, your reality. The next, everything feels upside down.

The Betrayal Bind, now fully updated and expanded in its second edition, is the essential attachment-based guide to healing after infidelity and sexual betrayal.

Whether you are facing an emotional affair, physical affair, compulsive sexual behavior, pornography addiction, or chronic cheating, this book explains exactly what happens inside you after betrayal, the hidden patterns that keep you trapped, and the pathway to breaking free.

You’ll learn:

  • What happens inside your attachment system and nervous system when betrayal hits
  • Why infidelity triggers such intense fear, hypervigilance, and self-doubt
  • How to begin trauma recovery after cheating and quickly address your pain
  • How to reclaim self-trust, emotional safety and your personal power
  • What true healing looks like whether you stay in the relationship or decide to leave

Blending the latest research on betrayal trauma, attachment injury repair, and relational trauma with the lived experience of thousands of betrayed partners, The Betrayal Bind offers a compassionate, clear and deeply validating roadmap for understanding your pain and finding your way back to safety, connection and hope.

This audiobook is expertly read by the author, with audio engineering by Transient Audio. It was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2023 Michelle Mays (P)2026 Echo Point Books & Media, LLC
Emotions Love, Dating & Attraction Marriage & Long-Term Partnerships Personal Development Relationships Infidelity
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At a time of utter despair and chaos, this book gently guides you through the often conflicting emotions, the many ways and levels this kind of betrayal affects someone. It dives deeper into why - it looks into attachment theory, our core needs as human, past traumas, the immediate shock and importance of the grief process, the longer term challenges faced. It covers areas I hadn’t considered in what I had experienced but didn’t have the words to explain. It helps someone understand the rollercoaster of normalised emotions and reactions after betrayal and what one may face going forwards. It provides hope and guidance on a healthy journey forwards, from what I felt was written in a non-biased way regarding choosing to leave the relationship vs pursuing reconciliation. It’s written in a non judgemental way, coming from a place of empathy and understanding for both parties, to even be read by both parties. I can’t recommend this book enough. I’ve read listened to several chapters over and over. It’s truly been life saving.

Lifesaving.

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This book has provided some profound insights at a time when I desperately needed some guidance. Highly recommended for the betrayed.

Incredibly helpful and insightful

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