Back to the familiar format of a letter from a listener - and this one is another all to common theme.

This week, we hear from Helen.

Helen's story has a bit of everything: financial isolation, the slow unravelling of a long marriage, infidelity, divorce, and a turn none of us saw coming.

It's a story about giving yourself entirely to a life and a person, and discovering how little of it was ever really yours. About the particular cruelty of being deceived by someone whose kindness you fell for. And about what happens when the life you thought you were grieving takes one final, shocking turn.

But more than any of that, it's a story about meeting yourself again. About a woman who lost almost everything she thought defined her, and found, on the other side of it, something quieter and steadier and entirely her own.

If you're rebuilding from a place you never expected to be, this one's for you.

As we always say, if you're having relationship problems, going through a relationship breakup or experiencing heartbreak, then know this: we are with you. Because you can and will survive, heal and thrive.

Everyone who appears on our podcast can take positive steps forward, and so can you.

Listen to the audio version on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Deezer, and anywhere you get your podcasts. Watch the full episodes on YouTube, too. Head to the socials (search dadhugsforyoursoul) to have your say on every episode. Or visit www.dadhugsforyoursoul/podcasts to comment, submit your quick-fire questions and even your own story.

In this podcast, we see how complicated life can be for everyone. We see that there's always hope. And we see that there's a lesson in every story for our own lives.

Big Hug x

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