Infidelity
topic on 1 show · 4 statements across 2 episodes
4 statements about Infidelity, every show
Sexton: Marital infidelity and dishonesty are symptoms of disconnection, not root causes
“I tend to think that I look at the infidelity, the financial impropriety, the dishonesty, all as the symptoms of the underlying illness, and the illness is the disconnection.”
Sexton: Infidelity plays a role in 70% to 80% of divorces
“I would be speculating, because it's hard to measure those things. I would say close to 70 to 80%. Where there's some, where infidelity played some part, in some degree.”
Sexton: Breakups happen like bankruptcy, slowly then all at once
“Well, they happen, I think they happen like bankruptcies happen, very slowly and then all at once. Like, I think it's very gradual, like falling feels like flying for a little while, you know, and then you hit the ground.”
Sexton: Infidelity Is a Symptom of Emotional Disconnection
“Infidelity is a symptom. Of the problem. The problem is almost always the same. Disconnection. Disconnection from self, and then disconnection from the other person. Because the two biggest problems are, we don't know what we want, and we don't know how to exp…”