EP 3: Betrayal Trauma: Navigating Grief After Infidelity
Ask The Betrayed
Grief after infidelity isn’t just about the loss of trust—it’s about mourning the relationship you thought you had. In this powerful episode, we explore the hidden terrain of betrayal trauma grief and mourning that betrayed partners navigate as they continue their journey toward healing and wholeness. For many betrayed partners, the emotional pain is disorienting, isolating, and often invisible to others. And for unfaithful partners, understanding their Betrayed’s grief is essential if real healing is ever going to happen. This episode will help you identify the stages of grief that...
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EP 2: Betrayal Trauma Recovery: Why Safety Must Come First
Ask The Betrayed
If you’ve been shattered by betrayal, you may be asking: Where do I even begin? This episode takes you to the very first step in betrayal trauma recovery—the phase of safety and stabilization. Before you can move toward forgiveness, reconciliation, or even understanding, you need something much more urgent: ground beneath your feet. In this episode, we explore what safety actually means in the context of betrayal. We talk about the importance of emotional, relational, and practical stabilization—and how this phase can’t be rushed. You’ll learn why partners often feel overwhelmed,...
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EP 1: Life After Betrayal: Honest Talk with Two Experts
Ask The Betrayed
Welcome to the very first episode of Ask The Betrayed, where Sharon and Rae create a safe, honest, and deeply compassionate space for those navigating betrayal trauma. In this episode, you'll meet your hosts—Sharon, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and APSATS-certified trauma specialist, and Rae, a Certified Life, Relationship, and Divorce Recovery Coach. Together, they share their personal and professional journeys of healing after relational betrayal, and the critical need for betrayed partners to seek support that is specifically trained in betrayal trauma. You’ll hear: • Why not all...
info_outlineGrief after infidelity isn’t just about the loss of trust—it’s about mourning the relationship you thought you had.
In this powerful episode, we explore the hidden terrain of betrayal trauma grief and mourning that betrayed partners navigate as they continue their journey toward healing and wholeness. For many betrayed partners, the emotional pain is disorienting, isolating, and often invisible to others. And for unfaithful partners, understanding their Betrayed’s grief is essential if real healing is ever going to happen.
This episode will help you identify the stages of grief that follow betrayal, understand why they matter, and begin to make sense of your emotional landscape.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
• Why grief is a normal and necessary response to betrayal trauma
• How mourning the loss of what you believed was true is part of healing
• What “ambiguous grief” is and what that means for your healing
• The ways unacknowledged grief can sabotage relational repair
• What both partners can do to make space for grieving without getting stuck
• How to begin healing in a way that honors—not bypasses—your pain
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