About Deciding After The Affair by Nicole Ballard-Smith
This compassionate, step-by-step guide walks you through the steps to recovery and decision-making after infidelity. You’ll learn how to calm your emotions, rebuild your self-worth, and separate what you truly feel from what guilt or fear tells you to do.
• Understand what led to the affair and what it means for your future
• Process the shock of betrayal and regain emotional balance
• Rebuild trust, self-worth and a sense of control
• Communicate calmly and set boundaries that protect your peace
Each chapter includes clear explanations, practical exercises, and encouragement from someone who’s lived through this same heartbreak. You’ll find strength in learning that there is a way to handle the issues that feel overwhelming.
• Manage practical issues like finances, parenting, and daily life
• Recognize emotional patterns that keep you stuck and confused
• Decide your next steps with honesty, dignity, and respect
• Envision a future that feels peaceful, whether together or apart
If you’re lost between staying and leaving, this book gives you a path back to yourself. You don’t have to rush the decision or live in limbo. You can heal, think clearly, and choose the future that truly fits your heart.
Deciding After The Affair will be Free on November 9th, 2025.
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Author Bio:
Nicole Ballard-Smith is a relationship recovery author whose books help readers move from heartbreak to healing.
She grew up in a small town on the west coast of Canada, and studied writing and psychology at university. She has traveled widely, built her own business, and loves to read everything from fiction to neuroscience.
Nicole writes for people who are rebuilding their lives after betrayal, separation, or divorce. Her work draws deeply from her lived experiences with infidelity in her first marriage. Her search for healing became a deep interest as she researched therapy, research, faith, and family for understanding and peace.
What she found changed her life. Today, Nicole lives a life she once couldn’t imagine, happier than ever and married to her true soulmate. Her writing reminds readers that even after deep loss, there’s a new beginning waiting to be lived.