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No, my life wasn’t perfect or easy. Instead, it was real. Messy, but meaningful. I lived and worked passionately within the world of pornography addiction and betrayal trauma recovery, with a job I adored and the marriage I’d always wanted.  \nAnd then, without warning, it all came crashing down.  \nMY STORY IS A BIT UNUSUAL. The incident I’m describing didn’t occur at the start of our recovery from my husband’s porn addiction, it happened after nearly a decade of intensive “his, hers, and ours” recovery work.  \nI’d thought that, surely, the worst was behind us. I believed I was one of a lucky few whose husband grasped the make-or-break importance of staying sexually sober, who understood the imperative of gut-level honesty. I trusted my husband deeply (not entirely, but significantly), and I thanked God every day for giving me the most empathetic pornography addict I’d ever met.  \nAnd then, out of the blue, my husband disclosed a porn relapse that knocked me to my knees.  \nThere I sat. Unknowing. Unraveled. Disbelieving. Disoriented. I felt an entire dictionary of adverbs and adjectives, dizzy with a cyclone of fractured vocabulary. And yet, despite that flood of emotion and experience, I can identify, with razor precision, the one single word that embodies that horrific day: unprepared.  \nRELAPSE PREPAREDNESS VS RELAPSE PREVENTION  \nAs a coach with Betrayal Trauma Recovery ( [btr.org](btr.org)), I work with women whose husbands struggle with compulsive, addictive, and problematic sexual behavior. Instead of focusing on relapse prevention, I coach these women to explore the value of relapse preparedness, relapse recovery, and relapse resilience.  \nI do believe (emphatically) that relapse prevention matters. But as I don’t possess the formula for making it happen, I lobby instead for the next best thing: I work to ensure that my clients are well prepared for the possibility of their loved ones’ relapse, no matter how large or small.  \nHOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR  \nWHAT YOU HOPE WILL NEVER HAPPEN?  \nPreparedness doesn’t necessarily mean bracing for an event that’s inevitable. Sometimes, preparedness simply means taking proactive steps to protect oneself just in case an event may (or may not ever) happen.   \nOriginally Published by Covenant Eyes, April 2016 • ©[GAELYN RAE EMERSON www.womeneverafter.com](GAELYN RAE EMERSON www.womeneverafter.com)  \nI’M GAELYN RAE EMERSON (APSATS-CPC, ICF-ACC, CPLC, CCRC, CDRC) I’m professionally trained and certified as a Life, Couples Relationship and Divorce Recovery Coach, with advanced credentials from the International Coach Federation and the Association of Partners of Sex Addicts Trauma Specialists ([apsats.org](apsats.org)) . I practice a trauma-sensitive model for coaching and recovery, providing specialized support for women affected by their partners’ infidelity, pornography, secrets and/ or sex addiction. I’m committed to support my clients within and/or beyond their presenting relationships—and that’s precisely why I’ve named my coaching practice Women Ever After. I’m keenly aware that relationships typically don’t conclude with fairytale endings. But that doesn’t mean we give in, give up and go home. No matter how our individual stories unfold, we exist within a greater, kick-ass community of empowered women. Within this community, we don’t give up on eachother—because we don’t give up on ourselves. In addition to work through my private practice, I provide client coaching and consultation via CORE Relationship Recovery Center ([corebhc.com](corebhc.com)) in West Palm Beach, Florida and Betrayal Trauma Recovery ([btr.org](btr.org)) .  \nHere’s an easy example of preparedness: As a child, I lived in the Midwest, where tornadoes could flatten small cities within minutes. I later lived in the Middle East, where bus bombs, gas masks, and air-raid sirens were everyday encounters. 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