Ask The Unfaithful
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E28: 4 HARMFUL COMMUNICATION STYLES OF THE UNFAITHFUL
If we unfaithful are honest with ourselves, we'll have to admit that we can not only be harmful in our communication styles but also selfish, egotistical and irrational at times. From narcissistic tendencies to blame shifting and deflecting, to shaming and yelling, we just miss the mark time and time again. We often times think we're not being that harmful and we're just communicating but a deeper dive reveals that we're actually making things worse not better, reverting to problematic communication styles we've learned from childhood or early adulthood. What may feel normal or familiar to us is possibly devastating and wounding, fueled by ignorance and ego, reinforcing to our partner or spouse that we are indeed, not safe. For the unfaithful and betrayed alike, there can be confusion as to what is harmful and what is simply explanation, communication and emoting. Whether you're an unfaithful or a betrayed, today's podcast will go to great lengths to shed light on four harmful styles that we unfaithful use that are both harmful and problematic to both their partner and perhaps even their children and family members. If you're using one or all of these styles, make no mistake about it, you're harming your partner and actually harming yourself. When we act out or when we regress, we harm ourselves and remain stuck in patterns that quite possible, may have created the infidelity and addiction in the first place. It doesn't have to be this way. There is a better way to communicate and we as unfaithful don't have to revert to these styles of communication which only delay the entire healing process and erode any efforts to rebuild trust.
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E27: The 2 Most Overlooked Keys to Recovery
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Anyone who has spent a significant amount of time in recovery work, whether unfaithful or betrayed, will tell you that recovery work is simply put, "not for the faint of heart." There's something unique about talking to someone who has 'been there' if you will and lived through either their own self-betrayal or the betrayal of their partner or spouse. While there are several keys to recovery wo...
E26: 5 Signs of Emotional Intelligence
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How emotionally intelligent are you? What about your partner or spouse, how emotionally intelligent are they? What even is emotional intelligence and why do we need it and how does it help us? Before we can assess either ourselves or our partner, we must have a reference point for what emotional intelligence is, what it looks like and even what it sounds like. A safe and usable definition is 't...
E25 6 Signs of an Emotional Affair
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"Was it actually an emotional affair?" "Was I really sharing too much with them?" "I didn't know I was crossing lines with them, how was I supposed to know....maybe you're just overreacting?" These statements and more continue to permeate session after session with therapists, infidelity coaches and even clergy members trying to help couples decide if the actions of an unfaithful was emotional ...
E24: What are 4 Damaging Ways the Unfaithful Seek Attention?
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If you're an unfaithful, have you ever considered that perhaps your affair was about seeking attention, affirmation and/or escape? Maybe you're a betrayed and you can see how your unfaithful was seeking out nonstop validation and affirmation, not to mention looking for escape from pain filled or pressure filled reality? Unfortunately, we unfaithful are masters of seeking out attention from ever...
E23: What are 5 Smokescreens the Unfaithful Use to Deflect?
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Have you ever considered the possibility that we, the unfaithful, massively deflect? If you're a betrayed partner, we're quite positive you've seen us utilize a smokescreen time and time again. You may have even laughed or rolled your eyes at the mere question. It's as though we launch smokescreens to deflect, diminish and even disrupt the conversation to alleviate any guilt or responsibility o...
E22: What are the 5 Stages of Change for The Unfaithful?
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Did you know there are actual stages of change we as human beings go through before we arrive at true change? Did you also know there are stages we unfaithful partners go through both before, during and after our affair or problematic sexual behaviors? As both an unfaithful and a betrayed, it's imperative we have a knowledge of and understand these stages of change if either we or our partner a...
E21: 5 Communication Mistakes the Unfaithful Make
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Any couple trying to heal from the devastation of infidelity or addiction will attest to the difficulty they have had trying to communicate with their partner. From misunderstanding, to defensiveness, to outright anger and rage, this journey of communicating is not for the faint of heart. It's enough pain to make a betrayed partner feel like they are absolutely alone in their wounding from the ...
E20: 10 Reasons Why the Unfaithful Self Sabotage
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Have you ever wondered, as an unfaithful, "Why do I keep doing this?" "Why do I keep getting in my own way?" "Why is it that no matter what I do, I eventually just make decisions that sabotage my life?" If you've ever struggled with these thoughts and more just like it, you're in luck as today we dive deep into why we unfaithful self-sabotage. Maybe you're a betrayed and you've been left wonder...
E19: What are the Signs of Denial in the Life of the Unfaithful?
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Has your partner ever accused you of being in denial about your choices or the impact of your affair? Maybe your mate continues to communicate to you in a way that makes you feel they are in absolute denial about the impact of their choices or that they have hurt you at all? It can seem as though their use of denial is conscious and even weaponized as a form of coping with their choices interna...
E18: What are the Consequences of Betrayal for the Unfaithful?
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Often times a betrayed partner will wonder if the unfaithful actually suffers any consequences due to their choice(s) to go outside the marriage. Betrayeds will ask us "Are the unfaithful, actually suffering at all? Do you think they've become aware of what they've done to me, to us, to our family?" Our answer is "We're not sure yet....it depends on the work they're doing and who they are doing...
Ask The Unfaithful SHORTS #1 - Change Your Brain to Change Your Life
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To truly bring real, long term change in their own lives the Unfaithful must change their actual brains. Our behaviors, and the issues that drive those behaviors, are entrenched in "neural pathways." Neural pathways are the highway system of the brain and we can get locked into one route for self-soothing and escaping - for the Unfaithful, that route is problematic sexual and intimacy behaviors...
E17: What is Parental Enmeshment and How Does it Affect Affair Recovery?
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Have you ever heard of 'Parental Enmeshment?' Adult parental enmeshment is a psychological and relational condition where an adult has an excessively close and dependent relationship with their parent, to the extent that it interferes with their ability to develop a separate and autonomous identity. This 'enmeshment' involves blurred boundaries, where the parent's needs, emotions, and opinions ...
E16: How Do the Unfaithful Invalidate the Betrayed's Feelings?
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Maybe you've said this before or had it said to you, but it's a common yet problematic statement for couples trying to heal from the devastation of infidelity or addiction: "I feel like I'm never heard OR that my feelings are always minimized or just plain invalidated." We unfaithful have this masterful ability to quite often minimize or completely invalidate our partner's feelings, leaving the...
E15: 5 Ways the Unfaithful are Defensive and Reactive
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Have you ever felt like your partner or spouse was consistently defensive and/or overly reactive every time their actions were called into question? It can feel like having a normal conversation with them is impossible as every time their actions are brought up, their reactions are over the top and somehow they find a way to blame everyone else but themselves. It's maddening as one spouse said ...
Ask The Unfaithful Episode 14: Why are the Unfaithful Dishonest with Themselves?
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Ask The Unfaithful Episode 14: Why are the Unfaithful Dishonest with Themselves?
Ask The Unfaithful Episode 13: 6 Ways the Unfaithful Retraumatize the Betrayed Partner
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Ask The Unfaithful Episode 13: 6 Ways the Unfaithful Retraumatize the Betrayed Partner
E12: How Can the Unfaithful Stop Draining the Betrayed's Energy?
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E12: How Can the Unfaithful Stop Draining the Betrayed's Energy?
Episode 11: Why is Perfectionism so Dangerous for the Unfaithful?
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Episode 11: Why is Perfectionism so Dangerous for the Unfaithful?
Episode 10 - How does the Unfaithful Make Amends Early on in Recovery
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Episode 10 - How does the Unfaithful Make Amends Early on in Recovery
Episode 9: What Are the Biggest Red Flags in the Unfaithful's Early Relational Recovery?
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Episode 9: What Are the Biggest Red Flags in the Unfaithful's Early Relational Recovery?
Episode 8: How Can the Unfaithful Begin to Rebuild Trust in Early Recovery
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Episode 8: How Can the Unfaithful Begin to Rebuild Trust in Early Recovery
Episode 7 - Are All Unfaithfuls Intimacy Avoidant?
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Episode 7 - Are All Unfaithfuls Intimacy Avoidant?
Episode 6 - How is the Unfaithful's Progress in Recovery Measured?
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Episode 6 - How is the Unfaithful's Progress in Recovery Measured?
Episode 5: Why is Resentment so Destructive in the Life of the Unfaithful?
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Episode 5: Why is Resentment so Destructive in the Life of the Unfaithful?
Episode 4: Is Relapse a Part of Recovery?
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Episode 4: Is Relapse a Part of Recovery?
Episode 3: What Does Being "All-In" in Recovery Work After Infidelity Look Like?
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Episode 3: What Does Being "All-In" in Recovery Work After Infidelity Look Like?
Episode 2: Why Do the Unfaithful Disparage the Betrayed to their Affair Partner?
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Episode 2: Why Do the Unfaithful Disparage the Betrayed to their Affair Partner?
Episode 1: Why are the Unfaithful so Angry?
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Episode 1: Why are the Unfaithful so Angry?

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @romeorex7461
    @romeorex7461 6 годин тому

    I have watched about 6 episodes. Great place for reinforcing information I’ve learned in my journey. Keep bringing content. 2:03

  • @kevinkennett7474
    @kevinkennett7474 День тому

    Sam, Carol and I both watched this video. She has styles 1,3 and 4. After the video, were you guys said the unfaithful needs to look at themselves and see which ones they have, I asked Carol about it. Actually, what I said was what do you think about the video? She said I don't know. I said what did they say to do at the end of the video? That's where it said for the unfaithful to to look look inwards. Her response to the end of the video question, was well. It says for you to tell me when I do those things. I said well what about the four styles? She said she doesn't do any of those things. Needless to say, I just went to bed. I really don't think there's any help for her unfortunately.

  • @johnnakisner5431
    @johnnakisner5431 2 дні тому

    I’m grateful for the information. Every time I start to spin, I can put on one of these podcasts and shift my energy. There’s not a lot of information out there for betrayed spouses who are married to someone who is a sex addict but a sexual anorexic in the actual marriage. I’m really struggling with rejection and confusion around this in my own marriage. Can you do some podcasts around this issue?

  • @Jennieofalltrades
    @Jennieofalltrades 3 дні тому

    I don't know how this channel doesn't have 1M followers. Easily the most comprehensive and informative podcast on this subject. PLEASE don't stop 🙏

  • @fruity_mango6539
    @fruity_mango6539 4 дні тому

    Wow wow wow! 🎯 This one is so good! And sadly, way too relatable💔😭😭😭

  • @jmang5953
    @jmang5953 4 дні тому

    Wow! It's unbelievable how educated you two are. There's really nothing else out there like this, you guys are great teachers and healers. Every time I watch a video I feel so understood and comforted. Ty,ty ❣️

    • @AskTheUnfaithful
      @AskTheUnfaithful 4 дні тому

      Means everything to hear that my friend. Thank you so much. Just two dudes trying to help heal those in crisis.

  • @PattiJohnson-r6p
    @PattiJohnson-r6p 4 дні тому

    I sent this to my husband who had a 2 year emotional affair with an intern at hus work 30 years younger than us. He spent one year coming home and sharing stories of her. Then i found a 1 year messaging on Instagram that he kept private from me. He checked on her every holiday but didn't spend those holidays with me because he spent them with his mom. He also wished this girl congratulations on her graduation and then for her promotion. He has told me over and over again it wasn't sexual he also keeps trying to minalmilize it. Im trying to show him how to prevent another one by looking for signs his therapist has really not dealt with this. Im hoping he watches this and gets why im so upset.

    • @PattiJohnson-r6p
      @PattiJohnson-r6p 4 дні тому

      He gave away our emotional connection and marital bond for someone who isn't interested.

  • @nunyabb
    @nunyabb 5 днів тому

    Behavioral characteristics/categories Threatening, hostile, demanding, explosive 4:16 Unpredictable bullying

  • @tblank0302
    @tblank0302 5 днів тому

    What a great ‘session’ w Sam and James. Learned a ton - two of the best.

  • @kljfaith
    @kljfaith 9 днів тому

    Oh gosh, I so so miss having normal oxytocin levels…so ready for it though. ❤

    • @AskTheUnfaithful
      @AskTheUnfaithful 4 дні тому

      It's attainable. takes work and strategy but you can get it back.

  • @jared5318
    @jared5318 11 днів тому

    I just want to say that your videos are great, and they really help make sense of the senselessness of all of this. I know that men and women tend to cheat for different reasons, and I was wondering if you guys had thought about bringing on some women who were unfaithful to share some of their thoughts and reasons?

    • @AskTheUnfaithful
      @AskTheUnfaithful 4 дні тому

      thank you for the idea. fact is, it's a lot to put your face and name out there on camera for all the world to see (our small following anyway) so we get that and keep things simple.

  • @jmang5953
    @jmang5953 13 днів тому

    You bring me so much peace. I can't thank you enough for your work on healing trauma. You validate all who are blessed enough to watch these videos. with all my heart, ty ❣️❣️❣️

    • @AskTheUnfaithful
      @AskTheUnfaithful 4 дні тому

      means everything to read that. thank you for the kind words.

  • @dougbrown6711
    @dougbrown6711 13 днів тому

    Find someone who will tell you what you need to hear not what you want to hear 🙉

  • @kristenlaberge
    @kristenlaberge 15 днів тому

    My husband is quite mad at the knowledge your channel gives me and the fact it validates me and enables me to uphold my boundaries.

    • @AskTheUnfaithful
      @AskTheUnfaithful 4 дні тому

      I'm so sorry but i hope it's helping you and affirming you.

  • @CarniBarbie
    @CarniBarbie 16 днів тому

    After listening to most of these talks, I’m more convinced than ever that my husband has no desire to truly heal. It has been nearly a year and a half that I’ve been waiting. It makes me so sad. 😢

  • @ciroceron1035
    @ciroceron1035 19 днів тому

    Brilliant gentlemen. The emotional maturity aspect of the healing journey is one of the most difficult parts of it. Post divorce, I'm tackling that within myself and am proud to say I am so much better at being present with my feelings and emotions, feeling them and continuing on, and a heck of a lot better listener as well

  • @thebluebutterfly5177
    @thebluebutterfly5177 21 день тому

    Absolute gold and no one has an excuse but themselves after watching this!

  • @thebluebutterfly5177
    @thebluebutterfly5177 22 дні тому

    Without emotional intelligence, self acknowledgement/recognition is contorted and isnt what it needs to be. Often without the maturity or intelligence, it just becomes and affirmative, Im all good, I dont need to do anything stance taken by the unfaithful. Staying in the no engagement, connection, isolation etc

  • @longwalkeroo
    @longwalkeroo 22 дні тому

    In addition to your help, there are a couple of other things that have contributed to my becoming more emotionally healthy. CS Lewis wrote about man without chests. Basically, being responsible. In Romans, Paul reveals so many traits that we display, that it's almost as if it were written for us. And like you both, I still have a long way to go.

  • @tblank0302
    @tblank0302 22 дні тому

    Loved the mention of developing shared meaning in the joint recovery journey.

  • @juliusflowers-fn5bb
    @juliusflowers-fn5bb 24 дні тому

    Very good guideline fellas!

  • @ajisenramen888
    @ajisenramen888 25 днів тому

    Speedy recovery James!

  • @keithachrem2872
    @keithachrem2872 27 днів тому

    Great Job James !

  • @jacolisedebeer7358
    @jacolisedebeer7358 28 днів тому

    James! We need that can of worms about porn opened

  • @ClaireSchuchman
    @ClaireSchuchman Місяць тому

    Hey You guys are cool, The thing I heard to day that was really meaningful to me is “Anger is an emotion, Rage is a behavior”. I am the betrayed and I have raged. Madder than hell, threw things, threatened my husband, it was ugly. I have been controlling my temper - better, this piece of info helps so much. C.

  • @chels8562
    @chels8562 Місяць тому

    Wish there was a way to cause a reckoning cause I'm moments away from a divorce and I've literally given it 15 years to get better. To bad I wasted my life. Amazing that we look to men for strength but the one I need to be strong the most is the weakest person I know

    • @jitsulady1151
      @jitsulady1151 27 днів тому

      So very sorry your going through this When spouses cheat and I don't understand how they can't see the damage they are doing. 😢 prayers to your healing.....

  • @chels8562
    @chels8562 Місяць тому

    I would like to know how many faithful women have taken their lives because of the betrayl and the unraveling that comes after day in and out for years.

  • @dickbrown1849
    @dickbrown1849 Місяць тому

    Eye candy!? Seriously?!

  • @andreabrunkow9314
    @andreabrunkow9314 Місяць тому

    My husband is in denial of what is actually an offense against our relationship and the sacred vows we took. He also claimed to have had an emotional affair (after 2 decades of messing around with other women) FOR ME. 😂

  • @andreabrunkow9314
    @andreabrunkow9314 Місяць тому

    My husband's inaction in his own recovery is invalidating. He has been dabbling in recovery for 8 years.

  • @andreabrunkow9314
    @andreabrunkow9314 Місяць тому

    I'll feel safe when I see that my husband has some healing under his belt in his attachment style and emotional intimacy problems and after years of waiting, he has the courage to give a full disclosure. I'm being extremely patient with this situation, probably to my own detriment. It feels horrible.

  • @andreabrunkow9314
    @andreabrunkow9314 Місяць тому

    My husband is definitely on that spectrum. It's difficult for us both.

  • @tblank0302
    @tblank0302 Місяць тому

    Talk about hitting a nail on the head. Such an accurate description of emotional affairs coupled with some of the best advice I’ve heard. Thanks Sam and James!

  • @angiemonczunski4201
    @angiemonczunski4201 Місяць тому

    My husband was getting close to a step sister during time hos dad was dying and I would ask do you want me come stay with you ge would say know the step sister would be there to help her mom then i found out he had been talking to her about us and about me then we had a granddaughter that had leg cancer and our son didn't want me to know right away but he told his dad my husband he came home from work sat on porch talking on his phone it was his step sister and he was telling her about our granddaughter I about blow up then all the other things came out is this a betrayal

  • @Jennifer-gr7hn
    @Jennifer-gr7hn Місяць тому

    it also happens with friends (same sex) .....basically, whoever fills the voids and needs you didn't have met in childhood, etc.

  • @blackaj69
    @blackaj69 Місяць тому

    Another great podcast keep them coming lads.

  • @UnderstandingLimerence
    @UnderstandingLimerence Місяць тому

    What are the most common places where these affairs start? My guess is #1 work #2 neighbor/relative #3 church or group that a person is involved in #4 gym. Church is a very dangerous place because people trust each other more and think they’re above “trouble”. We were in a church 15 years. Saw good families leave, then we left, then I found out this divorced woman was trying to mess with every good husband in the church. No one would call her out. I would have, if I knew her game before we left. That’s why we left, (I didn’t know why one night my husband said, this is our last night here, we’re leaving) just didn’t know that was why until she sent a text at the wrong time to my husband, still trying to push her way in through by sending a vicious text message about a good man in the church. I found the message because the phone wouldn’t stop setting off alerts because she actually sent two messages. He didn’t have the guts to delete her number. She had made him promise in a text that he would never delete, block or unfriend her. The idiot did, he text her back “Never.” But She really messed up her little game with my husband and he’s been suffering with my emotional inconsistencies ever since. Proverbs 5-6-7-8 men are weak, selfish and dumb. They will fall for anything that looks good in their eyes. They have no clue how to see the evil in a strange woman like she is described in proverbs. They will trash “the wife of their youth” for a vicious blonde haired bimbo in a minute. By the way, her son had worked for us, so that gave her an in-road to my husband that I was dumb enough to not pay attention to.

  • @lindamac45
    @lindamac45 Місяць тому

    Denial by omission is still lying to your partner even when the proof is right there. As a psychologist it's a way to become the victim and blame others for the behavior. I lived with him for decades believing that he would settle down but it only got worse. I divorced him and now he's admitting that he knew it was wrong but his ego and entitlement kept him continually having to need validation.

  • @melanielucero7976
    @melanielucero7976 Місяць тому

    Should I let my Husband see this video even though we have been moving forward together and he has nothing to do with thw third party?

  • @melanielucero7976
    @melanielucero7976 Місяць тому

    You definitely nailed it for my Husband he did everything you mentioned

  • @ajisenramen888
    @ajisenramen888 Місяць тому

    Speedy recovery James. Thanks for clarifying what the signs are, Gentleman. Protecting the marriage requires constant vigilance. I know a Boss who always had his door open when taking meetings with any one.

  • @lisabeaty7851
    @lisabeaty7851 Місяць тому

    I’m curious what feedback would you say to the betrayed wife that requested her UH for years “ don’t say or do anything that you wouldn’t say or do in front of me. Then I found out that he had a 3 year affair

  • @BikerDude-dx8jh
    @BikerDude-dx8jh Місяць тому

    My Wifes started different it was a sexual partner from her past that turned into an emotional affair after we Married.

  • @wm7929
    @wm7929 Місяць тому

    I'm glad to see this video, if my wife's adultery wasn't bad enough she was just nasty to me in the months that followed. She is a totally different person, literally like someone else has taken over her brain. It's so striking that it affected her appearance, and she even looked different to me. Now divorced and I still see her as angry, and I'm quite sad. We never really addressed anything and there is just a huge sense of loss of what could have been.

  • @AM-dm1pl
    @AM-dm1pl Місяць тому

    My unfaithful husband caused a lot of emotional pain to me and my kids. He barely is involved with our children now. And has taken on a new woman/her kids.

  • @AM-dm1pl
    @AM-dm1pl Місяць тому

    Would you say that you guys had difficult relationships with your mothers?

  • @AM-dm1pl
    @AM-dm1pl Місяць тому

    My husband not only projected his anger, he also projected his actions. Like....me cheating on him

  • @acerpalmatum6446
    @acerpalmatum6446 Місяць тому

    I'm so thankful for this channel. I'm a betrayed spouse, only few months from D-day. Youe conversations have helped me understand and KNOW that my husband's betrayal is not my fault.

  • @loracampbell5205
    @loracampbell5205 Місяць тому

    This was pretty deep- needs a second listen but a lot of insight, thank you!

  • @loracampbell5205
    @loracampbell5205 Місяць тому

    This was incredibly insightful. You two bring such clarity to such a painful issues. Thank you.