I Met My Husband’s Mistress in a Hotel Room. Her Courage Changed Me. (With Venus Morris Griffin)

<p>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. </p><p>This is the story of how she rebuilt through faith, forgiveness, and the discipline of doing one right thing every single day.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p><p>- How Venus Morris Griffin discovered her husband&#39;s addiction and betrayal through a stranger&#39;s phone call</p><p>- Rebuilding as a single Catholic mother of six children after her husband&#39;s 45-year prison sentence</p><p>- How growing up with a parent&#39;s addiction shaped Venus&#39;s approach to marriage and motherhood</p><p>- The three daily habits that held her family together: morning runs, daily Mass, and a nightly gratitude practice at the dinner table</p><p>- Finding compassion and forgiveness for the woman connected to her husband&#39;s betrayal</p><p>- Starting a scholarship nonprofit for children of incarcerated parents</p><p>- Why her memoir, “The Other Side of Perfect,” went viral through Humans of New York, with all proceeds going to charity</p><p><br></p><p>If this conversation gave you hope today, please subscribe to the show and share it with a woman in your life who needs to hear it.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Connect with Venus Morris Griffin:</strong></p><p>- Book (preorder, out September 22): The Other Side of Perfect: A True Story of Love, Lies, and Learning to Forgive — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Other-Side-Perfect-Learning-Forgive/dp/1637634773"><u>https://www.amazon.com/Other-Side-Perfect-Learning-Forgive/dp/1637634773</u></a></p><p>- Instagram: @venusmorrisgriffin — <a href="https://www.instagram.com/venusmorrisgriffin"><u>https://www.instagram.com/venusmorrisgriffin</u></a></p><p>- Website: <a href="https://www.venusmorrisgriffin.com/"><u>https://www.venusmorrisgriffin.com</u></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>The Catholic Woman Podcast:</strong></p><p>- Website: <a href="https://catholicwoman.co/"><u>https://catholicwoman.co</u></a></p><p>- YouTube: <a href="https://youtube.com/@TheCatholicWomanPodcast"><u>https://youtube.com/@TheCatholicWomanPodcast</u></a></p><p>- Instagram: <a href="https://instagram.com/thecatholicwomanpodcast"><u>https://instagram.com/thecatholicwomanpodcast</u></a> </p><p>- Faceb