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Revisited: Ep5. Mistakes to Avoid When Rebuilding After Betrayal
In this Revisited episode, we bring back one of our earlier conversations by combining Episode 5 Part 1 and Part 2 into a single episode. Carrie and David walk through the most common mistakes couples make when trying...
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Ep34. Somatic Safety Session: Releasing Stored Tension
In this Somatic Safety Session, Carrie guides listeners through a gentle practice designed to help release stored tension in the body after betrayal trauma. She explains how trauma often leaves protective patterns of...
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Ep33. WYW: Why Do I Keep Picking Partners Who Hurt Me?
Why do we sometimes keep choosing partners who hurt us? In this episode, Carrie and David explore how the nervous system is wired to gravitate toward what feels familiar—even when it isn’t healthy. They unpack how...
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Ep32. Attachment, Self-Trust, and the Body… A Real Betrayal Trauma Healing Story
In this episode, Carrie sits down with former client for a powerful conversation about healing after betrayal trauma and leaving an abusive relationship.
Together, they explore why healing often gets harder before it...
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Ep31. Rumination: Overcoming the Mental Loop After Betrayal
In this episode, Carrie and David unpack why rumination is so common after betrayal… for both the betrayed and the betrayer. They explain how looping thoughts aren’t a sign you’re broken, but a nervous system trying...
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Ep30. Somatic Safety Session: When Your System Feels Scattered
Episode Summary:In this month’s Somatic Safety Session, we focus on grounding… especially for moments when your system feels scattered, overwhelmed, or disconnected from your body. Betrayal trauma can pull you up and...
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Ep29. WYW: How to Survive the Messy Middle After Betrayal
In this What You’re Wondering episode of the Resiliently Rising Podcast, we respond to a listener asking how to survive the “messy middle” of betrayal recovery… when both partners are healing, but neither is fully...
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Ep28. Reclaiming Yourself After Infidelity with Tammy Gustafson
In this episode of the Resiliently Rising Podcast, Carrie Holladay talks with Tammy Gustafson, LPC - trauma-informed therapist, founder of Betrayal Healing / Live Free Counseling, host of the Betrayal Healing...
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Ep27. Why Silence After Betrayal Feels Like Abandonment
In this episode, Carrie and David talk about why silence after betrayal doesn’t feel neutral…it feels like being left alone in the wreckage. They explore what’s happening in the nervous system for both the betrayed...
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Ep26. Somatic Safety Session: Come Back Into Your Body
Episode Summary:
Somatic Safety Session: Come Back Into Your Body | Orienting + Felt Sense
Betrayal trauma can pull you out of your body and into survival mode — hypervigilance, overthinking, numbness, or overwhelm....
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Ep25. WYW: What If They Relapse During Healing?
In this first What You’re Wondering episode, Carrie and David respond to a listener’s question about what happens when there’s a slip or relapse during betrayal healing. They explore why healing isn’t linear, how any...
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Ep24. When Trauma Hits Your Gut with Devon Ragan
In this episode, Carrie sits down with licensed clinical nutritionist Devon Ragan to explore what really happens in your gut, hormones, and nervous system when you’ve lived through chronic stress and trauma. Devon...
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