Recommended Book Page - For Women

Pure Life Alliance groups value the diverse voices and expertise of many authors in the journey of healing. That's why we have carefully vetted the list below to help men and women find hope and healing. While there are many good books available on this topic, the ones listed here have been selected because they align with our mission and vision to inspire lasting change in people's lives.

Unleashing Your Power

December 28, 20201 min read

Unleashing Your Power: Moving Through the Trauma of Partner Betrayal

There are many trauma theorists who believe that partner betrayal is perhaps the most devastating trauma that one can experience because it has occurred with the person that you always believed you could count on for your emotional, physical, and spiritual safety. Finding out that your husband had a double life makes you doubt everything about your relationship, which in turn can make you doubt yourself. It can leave you so dazed that you wonder if anything in your life or in the world is real!


This workbook was written to assist partners in finding themselves again after their relationship has been shattered by sexual betrayal. Bestselling author, Carol Juergensen Sheets, co-wrote this book with Christine Turo-Shields to help partners move through the 3 stages of partner betrayal. The workbook assists you in finding safety and stabilization by working through your feelings of confusion, disorientation and self-doubt which is a natural by-product of deception. 


The book provides exercises to do the hard work of facing your anger, grief, and mourning for what you thought you had, what you didn’t have and what you fear you will never have again! The last section of the workbook is dedicated to posttraumatic growth and is specifically designed to get you to think about your new sense of self and how you can find new meaning and purpose in your life separate from him and the ordeal that you just experienced. You will feel a new strength and will likely want to actualize it and your potential in new and different ways. This workbook is a road map 
for self-discovery and Carol and Christine are here to help you 
every step of the way!


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Debra Laaser

Debra Laaser

Debbie Laaser is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and was involved in recovery with her husband, Mark for over thirty years. After Mark’s passing in 2019, she became the director of their counseling center, Faithful & True, treating men struggling with sexual addiction and their spouses. Debbie has facilitated therapy groups, individual counseling, and intensives for betrayed wives for over 20 years. She authored From Trauma to Transformation, Shattered Vows, and co-authored with Mark Seven Desires and A Toolkit for Growth, and published research, “Posttraumatic Growth in Relationally Betrayed Women”.

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