by Karen | May 10, 2026 | Straight Wives
Mother’s Day tends to hold space for many things: celebration, ambivalence, gratitude, grief, and, for some, a quiet, desperate longing. We acknowledge the beauty and weight of motherhood, the complexity of maternal relationships, and the pain of those who hoped for...
by Karen | Feb 7, 2026 | Interviews
Were you blindsided by the discovery, after decades of marriage, that your husband is gay? If so, you’re not alone! Straight‑spouse trauma is a rarely acknowledged, yet devastatingly common form of deceptive sexuality. Recently, fellow straight spouse Donna Hanlon and...
by Karen | Dec 17, 2023 | Straight Spouse
The “holidays” are upon us! Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Yule, Kwanzaa, or simply the fact that you get days off work, it’s a time of year that’s supposedly filled with joy, peace, togetherness, and family… yet this is definitely not always the...
