Betsy GuerraBilingual Keynote Speaker, Psychotherapist/Coach, Author, Leadership Training and Life Coach Certification

The courage to walk away

8 Oct 2025 · 1 min

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This is a YouTube personal-narrative video by Betsy Guerra titled 'The courage to walk away' (uploaded by Betsy Guerra). The speaker recounts a turning point in 2018 when she discovered her husband of 20 years was unfaithful, concluded divorce was best for the family, and reflected that although she believed in marriage and wanted to save her family, a marriage requires both partners to be willing to do the work.

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2018, the year of the great Fire. And it was the year that I discovered my husband of 20 years being unfaithful in our marriage and realizing that the best option for me, for him and our family, was to get divorced. And that was really, really painful because I believe in marriage. And I also wanted to make it work. And I had often heard people, even before my own experience, but I still hear this today, right? I wanted to save my family. And I thought that saving my family meant stay married. But what I also learned in the process is that two people need to be willing to do the work, and there was only so much that I could do.