I Met My Husband’s Mistress in a Hotel Room. Her Courage Changed Me. (With Venus Morris Griffin)
About this episode
Venus Morris Griffin shares her journey of overcoming her husband's betrayal and addiction through faith and resilience as a single mother of six.
Venus Morris Griffin was the family in the front pew every Sunday. Then one phone call from a woman blackmailing her husband unraveled the life she thought she had, and she found herself a single mother of six children in a two-bedroom home, over a hundred thousand dollars in debt, with her husband facing a 45-year prison sentence. This is the story of how she rebuilt through faith, forgiveness, and the discipline of doing one right thing every single day. In this episode: - How Venus Morris Griffin discovered her husband's addiction and betrayal through a stranger's phone call - Rebuilding as a single Catholic mother of six children after her husband's 45-year prison sentence - How growing up with a parent's addiction shaped Venus's approach to marriage and motherhood - The three daily habits that held her family together: morning runs, daily Mass, and a nightly gratitude practice at the dinner table - Finding compassion and forgiveness for the woman connected to her husband's betrayal - Starting a scholarship nonprofit for children of incarcerated parents - Why her memoir, “The Other Side of Perfect,” went viral through Humans of New York, with all proceeds going to charity If…
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