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A High Conflict Ex and Emotional Cheating: How Much Is Too Much?

A High Conflict Ex and Emotional Cheating: How Much Is Too Much?

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May 13, 2026 53 min
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<p>How much is one person supposed to handle?</p><br><p>In this episode, Kate Ferdinand is joined by co-hosts Nathalie Holmes-Lewis and Cilla Kessie to unpack one layered and emotionally heavy dilemma from a stepmum who feels like she is drowning.</p><br><p>She is navigating a high conflict ex who tells the children that their parents would still be happy if she was not around, even though she had nothing to do with the breakup. At the same time, she has discovered emotional cheating in her own marriage, messages, pictures and behaviour that have left her questioning how far it really went.</p><p>Between solicitor emails, blended family pressures and constant tension, she feels like she is carrying more than one person should.</p><br><p>The ladies do not hold back. They discuss whether emotional cheating can sometimes cut deeper than physical betrayal, how much damage a high conflict ex can really do to a relationship and whether love is enough when trust keeps being shaken.</p><br><p>They believe you should do everything you can to protect your marriage, but the panel also ask a hard question. Where is the line? At what point does staying become self sacrifice?</p><br><p>This episode is honest, uncomfortable and full of the realities many blended families face behind closed doors.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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