Discover how infidelity influences family life as you share the international travel experiences and the relationship challenges of a successful Registered Marriage and Family Therapist.     

Follow Marilyn's challenge to confront her husband's romantic adventures, a painful marriage separation, a decision to accept a seductive reconciliation and a fabulous celebration to understand why some marriages that appear to be happy often falter.

"I weave my years of education and experience into my self help memoirs to assist my readers in understanding that cheating on promises made on a wedding day have long term consequences far beyond the couple involved. Children are severly impacted, extended families are shattered and friends are bewildered."

Questing France is a personal account of how Marilyn Barnicke Belleghem deals with returning from her Quest to England and Ireland to discover serious problems with her marriage. Through self exploration and inspiring travel experiences, critical questions about marriage, betrayal, trust, parenting, friendship and family relationships are explored.

Marilyn must confront her own denial and bravely face her deepest fears as she struggles to rebuild her trust in an attempt to save her marriage to the man she loves. Looking at how her choices to become the woman she loved to be was a contributing part of the problems reveals how cheating involves the words and actions of both spouses. Marilyn is shocked to accept that she has been a contributing factor in her marital difficulties.

Travelling on a first class 25th wedding anniversary trip throughout romantic areas of France, Marilyn finds great joy in sharing the fun with her husband. All is not perfect. Marilyn is challenged to avoid obvious conflicts that appear purposfully created. She tries to work to improve her marital relationship due to her deep and certain knowledge that good relationships take commitment, dedication and mutual love.

"One person cannot make a marriage. Creating a functioning relationship and a stable family takes two committed adults working together." 

Questing France is excellent for learning about the attitudes of cheaters and the impact on their families. Listen to how a cheating husband thinks about his behaviour!
 

"With respect to major life change, there's little to equal first-hand experience. Sidestepping the cold, clinical approach to self-help, Marilyn Barnicke Belleghem delves into her own experience, as a traveler, a therapist, and one who has survived family upheaval. The result is a volume of quests, both great and small, which gently encourage readers to step outside their own comfort zones." Amy Leask, freelance writer, educator.

"Her book will shine like a torch for her readers, guiding them from the depths of her despair to the triumph of her will. It is a story of emotional destruction and slow, pains-taking spiritual rebuilding." Barbara Bamberger Scott writer, reviewer, traveler. www.curledup.com

"Marilyn is unexpectedly candid and honest as she reveals her innermost doubts about herself and her husband. She questions, consoles, reprimands and encourages herself to find her own way and to be confident in her ability to not just cope but succeed. Her struggle leads her to stand up for herself without putting the other down, to ask for what she wants not expecting others to fulfill her needs, to not feel guilty for being independent and to not feel resentful when others do not want what she does. It is a book for those seeking to establish an honest open trusting communication. Each of us knows someone who would benefit from reading this book." Marie Adams Ed.D., professor Ontario, Canada. www.marieadams.com
 

Watch a video interview with Laura Babcok from The Bottom Line

Read the the Preface of Questing France 

Read Chapter 1: It's Good To Be Home

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