Intimacy After Infidelity | Rebuild Connection, Emotional Healing, Forgiveness for Adultery, Avoid Divorce
The go-to podcast for Christian women who are ready to heal their hearts, shed their shame, and come home to freedom in Christ.
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Do you ever wish someone would truly see you, not look past you or through you?
Are you lying awake at night wondering if your marriage can survive infidelity...or if it’s time to let go?
Are you exhausted from Googling answers, trying to fix things, and still feeling unheard, unseen, and stuck in shame
You’re not alone. And you’re in the right place.
This podcast is a sacred, steady space for women navigating betrayal, emotional disconnection, separation, or the aftermath of an affair, who want more than surface-level faith answers. Here, we talk honestly about the heart, the body, the soul, and the brain, and what it actually looks like to let Jesus heal what’s been wounded.
I’m so glad you’re here.
I’m Kristina Joy, forgiven daughter of Jesus, mom, and coach. For years, I tried to break free from my own infidelity through sheer willpower, "doing more," and striving to be better. I read my Bible more. I tried to behave my way into freedom. None of it worked.
Everything changed when I stopped trying to fix myself and allowed Jesus to meet me in the deeper places like my pain, my patterns, my unmet needs. Through prayer, research, embodied healing practices, and new rhythms of truth and grace, I discovered real freedom. Not just from the affair, but from shame, secrecy, and self-abandonment.
On this podcast, you’ll find:
- A reminder that your dignity, worth, and identity are not up for debate
- Emotional and nervous-system awareness for real transformation
- Coaching guidance for clarity, boundaries, communication, and trust
- Gentle truth for women deciding what restoration actually means for them
Whether your marriage is being rebuilt or released, you are allowed to heal. You are allowed to choose freedom. You are allowed to become whole.
If you’re ready to:
Stop living in secrecy and self-condemnation
Experience God’s love without fear or striving
Break familiar patterns for good
Live with clarity, strength, dignity, and peace
Then take a breath, find your safe space, and press play.
This is where healing begins and where you come home to yourself, with Jesus.
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Episodes
Tuesday Sep 16, 2025
Tuesday Sep 16, 2025
💌 Book a 1:1 Coaching Call with Kristina!
After an affair, the word boundaries can feel heavy, like walls, restrictions, or even punishments. But what if boundaries weren’t about fear, but about love?
In this episode, I unpack what boundaries really are (and what they’re not) and show you the three essential types of boundaries every woman needs after infidelity:✨ Boundaries with the affair partner✨ Boundaries with friends and community✨ Boundaries with your spouse
You’ll learn how to set boundaries that actually protect your peace, how to communicate them with clarity, and what to do when someone doesn’t respect them. By the end, you’ll have one practical step you can take today to feel safer, clearer, and more free in your healing journey.
Let’s Connect:
💌 Book a 1:1 Coaching Call with Kristina
📖 Experience the Coming Home to Freedom course + 4 coaching calls and messaging
💙 7-part devotional experience
📸 Send me a message on Instagram with the word CALL for more support: @kristinajoycoaching
Tuesday Sep 09, 2025
Tuesday Sep 09, 2025
💌 Book a 1:1 Coaching Call with Kristina!
Have you ever felt invisible, discarded, or like no one understands what you’ve been through? In this episode, I share how the God, who saw Hagar in the wilderness, is the same God who sees, hears, and responds to you. He's El Roi, even in your wilderness.
We’ll explore how being seen by God changes everything about how you live, love, and heal after an affair. You’ll walk away knowing you are never truly alone and how to open yourself up to His provision and promises.
Let’s Connect:
💌 Book a 1:1 Coaching Call with Kristina
📖 Experience the Coming Home to Freedom course + 4 coaching calls and messaging
💙 7-part devotional experience
📸 Send me a message on Instagram with the word CALL for more support: @kristinajoycoaching
Tuesday Sep 02, 2025
Tuesday Sep 02, 2025
💌 Book a 1:1 Coaching Call with Kristina!
When people you love, even people in the church, don’t show up for you in your hardest seasons, the ache runs deep.
In this episode, I share my own story of unmet expectations, quiet grief, and how Jesus became my true Good Samaritan: seeing me, stopping for me, and carrying me when others passed by.
You’ll learn how to hold grief and gratitude together, release bitterness, and receive the healing presence of Jesus in places where people fell short.
Let’s Connect:
💌 Book a 1:1 Coaching Call with Kristina
📖 Experience the Coming Home to Freedom course + 4 coaching calls and messaging
💙 7-part devotional experience
📸 Send me a message on Instagram with the word CALL for more support: @kristinajoycoaching
Tuesday Aug 26, 2025
Tuesday Aug 26, 2025
📞 Book a 1:1 call! Schedule here
You know he’s not good for you, so why do you still think about him?
If you've ever found yourself craving attention, safety, or affection from someone who hurt you, this episode is for you.
In today’s conversation, I’m unpacking:
- How I started to recognize addictive patterns and anxious attachment
- What your cravings are really trying to tell you
- Why your nervous system might chase the familiar, even when it’s painful
- How to respond with love, not shame, and take your next right step forward
This isn’t about self-sabotage. It’s about healing the real need underneath the craving and gently coming home to yourself and God.
You’re not too much. You’re not too far gone. And you don’t have to do this alone.
Let’s Connect:
💌 Book a 1:1 Coaching Call with Kristina
📖 Experience the Coming Home to Freedom course + 4 coaching calls and messaging
💙 7-part devotional experience
📸 Send me a message on Instagram with the word CALL for more support: @kristinajoycoaching
Tuesday Aug 19, 2025
Tuesday Aug 19, 2025
📞 Book a 1:1 call! Schedule here
You cut off the relationship. You’re doing “the right things.” But the ache? It’s still there.
Why do I still miss him? Will this longing ever go away?
Yes, the ache is real. But it’s not about him—it’s about what you’re truly wired for: emotional intimacy, safety, and being seen.
This episode is your gentle guide to reclaiming that connection… without outsourcing your worth.
💡 Here we explore:
Why missing him doesn’t mean you messed up
What connection really is (and what it isn’t)
How to stop outsourcing your need for attention and affection
The difference between emotional intimacy and codependent intensity
How to start tending to the “home within” and find peace with God and yourself
Let’s Connect:
💌 Book a 1:1 Coaching Call with Kristina
📖 Experience the Coming Home to Freedom course + 4 coaching calls and messaging
💙 7-part devotional experience
📸 Send me a message on Instagram with the word CALL for more support: @kristinajoycoaching
Tuesday Aug 12, 2025
Tuesday Aug 12, 2025
📞 Book a 1:1 call! Schedule here
You cut contact. You deleted the number. You swore you’d never reach out again. So why does it still hurt? Why do you still miss him?
I get it. No contact isn’t a quick fix. It’s like withdrawal.
And healing is about way more than blocking someone.
In this episode, I’m sharing:
Why cutting contact can still leave you craving him
What helped me actually move forward
The difference between willpower and inner transformation
How to return to yourself again and again, with love
This isn’t about shame or weakness. It’s about choosing you and God, one small moment at a time.
If that’s where you are, my 4-week course Coming Home to Freedom is open now. It’s where we retrain your body to feel safe again, with Scripture, nervous system healing, and a community that gets it.
Or book a 1:1 coaching call if you want to talk it through personally.
You’re not broken. And you’re never alone.
Let’s Connect:
💌 Book a 1:1 Coaching Call with Kristina
📖 Experience the Coming Home to Freedom course + 4 coaching calls and messaging
💙 7-part devotional experience
📸 Send me a message on Instagram with the word CALL for more support: @kristinajoycoaching
Tuesday Aug 05, 2025
Tuesday Aug 05, 2025
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Everyone talks about earning back trust from your spouse after an affair. But here’s the truth no one tells you: before anyone else can trust you again… you have to learn how to trust yourself.
In this episode, I’m sharing why rebuilding self-trust is the root of true healing—and how to take small, safe steps toward integrity and alignment with who God made you to be.
You’ll learn:✅ Why obsessing over your spouse’s trust keeps you stuck✅ How “big trust” starts with small kept promises✅ What integrity really means when no one’s watching✅ Simple ways to rebuild self-trust *and* your nervous system✅ How to stop fearing your own choices and feel safe in your own body again
If you’ve ever thought, “I can’t even trust myself not to mess up again,” this episode will help you breathe, slow down, and rebuild from the inside out.
Let’s Connect:
💌 Book a 1:1 Coaching Call with Kristina
📖 Experience the Coming Home to Freedom course + 4 coaching calls and messaging
💙 7-part devotional experience
📸 Send me a message on Instagram with the word CALL for more support: @kristinajoycoaching
Tuesday Jul 29, 2025
Tuesday Jul 29, 2025
📞 Book a 1:1 call! Schedule here
What if your continued struggle isn’t a sign that you’ve failed… but a sign that you’re still becoming?
In this honest and hope-filled episode, I share what it means to walk through the messy middle without shame. You’ll learn how to reconnect with your future self, care for your body and spirit, and return to your values without trying to “fix” yourself. This is for the woman who feels tangled, tired, or tempted to give up. You are not broken. You are becoming. And this episode will help you remember that truth.
Let’s Connect:
💌 Book a 1:1 Coaching Call with Kristina
📖 Experience the Coming Home to Freedom course + 4 coaching calls and messaging
💙 7-part devotional experience
📸 Send me a message on Instagram with the word CALL for more support: @kristinajoycoaching
Tuesday Jul 22, 2025
Tuesday Jul 22, 2025
📞 Book a 1:1 call! Schedule here
If you’ve just ended an affair—or maybe you’ve confessed and you’re still spinning in shame—you might be wondering: Where do I even start?
I know what it feels like to be frozen in confusion. To believe you have to fix everything. To feel like you’re the problem. But healing isn’t about fixing your marriage first or spilling every tiny detail. Your first step is coming home to yourself and God.
In this episode, I’ll share what those early days looked like for me—what actually helped me move forward, the biggest misconceptions women believe at the start of this journey, and the one gentle but powerful next step I recommend for you right now.
What you’ll learn in this episode:✔ Why your first step is not fixing your marriage or earning everyone’s trust✔ How shame shows up and keeps you stuck in secrecy✔ What healing really involves—your mind, heart, soul, and body✔ The one small shift that started my journey home
Let’s Connect:
💌 Book a 1:1 Coaching Call with Kristina
📖 Experience the Coming Home to Freedom course + 4 coaching calls and messaging
💙 7-part devotional experience
📸 Send me a message on Instagram with the word CALL for more support: @kristinajoycoaching
Tuesday Jul 15, 2025
Tuesday Jul 15, 2025
📞 Book a 1:1 call! Schedule here
What if repentance wasn’t about shame—but about coming home?
In this tender and truth-filled episode, I share what it means to return to God not with guilt, but with grace. Through my own story of wrestling with desire, honesty, and identity, you'll be invited to reframe repentance as a loving homecoming, not a spiritual punishment. Whether you're still in the affair or navigating the ache afterward, this episode is a safe, compassionate space to be honest and begin healing.
You are not disqualified. You are still welcome. You are still becoming.
Let’s Connect:
💌 Book a 1:1 Coaching Call with Kristina
📖 Experience the Coming Home to Freedom course + 4 coaching calls and messaging
💙 7-part devotional experience
📸 Send me a message on Instagram with the word CALL for more support: @kristinajoycoaching