Choose To Be with Choose Recovery Services; Betrayal Trauma Healing

This episode features an interview with Curtis Lee Thomas, founder of Breathwork Detox Modality, discussing how breathwork techniques can help with mental health issues like anxiety, trauma, and stress.

The host explores why people struggle to recognize and accept abuse in relationships, drawing from experiences with clients seeking to heal and save their marriages.

This episode guides listeners through a breathing exercise to cultivate presence and introduces the theme of reclaiming empathy as a gift through boundaries.

This episode provides five steps to help listeners learn to love themselves again after experiencing betrayal.

This episode explores gaslighting and the DARVO pattern through a listener's question about dealing with a spouse's manipulative behaviors, offering insights and tools for navigating such situations.

This episode features an interview with Tammy Gustafson about her book 'Broken to Brave,' which focuses on healing from intimate betrayal through personal pacing and self-awareness.

This episode features Sarah Morales discussing how betrayed partners can distinguish between gaslighting and defensiveness in relationships.

This episode explores how hidden resentment affects individuals in betrayal recovery, particularly focusing on addicts' unspoken feelings toward their partners' healing processes.

This episode explores how to reclaim your humanity and overcome self-objectification after experiencing betrayal, particularly in the context of divorce.

This episode features therapist Laura Fisher discussing how to create internal safety after experiencing betrayal, drawing on her expertise in trauma recovery and experiential therapy.

This episode explores how recovery involves reclaiming one's true self after trauma or life challenges, addressing both individuals seeking recovery and betrayed partners.

This episode explores the challenging and cyclical nature of the acceptance stage in grief, emphasizing its importance in the healing process.

This episode explores the fear of being overwhelmed by grief, discussing how people avoid processing deep emotions and the multifaceted nature of grief beyond just sadness.

This episode explores why people experience emotional dysregulation after betrayal and reassures listeners that this reaction is normal rather than a sign of being broken.

This episode revisits a listener favorite about learning to trust yourself again as the foundation for healing after betrayal trauma.

This episode explores the distinction between weaponized recovery and real recovery, focusing on physical recovery as concrete behaviors and actions that build safety for betrayed partners.

This episode explores whether a partner can help in the healing process or if individuals must rely solely on themselves, addressing common confusion in recovery journeys.

This episode introduces a trauma-informed guide to couple check-ins, with announcements for a free holiday webinar and a summer retreat in Costa Rica for deeper healing work.

This episode features an interview with Dr.

This episode features a conversation with coach Stephen Thomas about authentic recovery and building connection, sparked by the host's reflection on using a 'podcast voice' versus genuine interaction.

This episode explores the emotional aspects of recovery in relationships, focusing on rebuilding connection and empathy after betrayal.

This episode explores how recovery can be weaponized in relationships, focusing on the experiences of betrayed partners who feel unsafe despite their partner's apparent efforts.

This episode addresses a listener's question about feeling unsatisfied when their partner believes they've done enough healing work in the relationship, exploring validation and dynamics in recovery.

This episode explores the frustration and emotional challenges when a partner who caused betrayal fails to fully comprehend the impact of their actions on the betrayed individual and their family.

This episode explores why empathy breaks down after betrayal in relationships and discusses practical barriers to healing, with a focus on men's support groups and the challenges both partners face in navigating emotional pain.

This episode explores how resentment manifests in partners who have betrayed, focusing on subtle signs like irritation and withdrawal, and emphasizes that understanding this is for informational support rather than fixing the other person.

This episode explores how to recognize when you're ready to move to the next phase of healing, blending personal insights with AI-generated ideas.

This bonus episode of the Choose To Be podcast introduces a women's retreat in Costa Rica called Rise, Renew, Restore, focusing on healing, self-trust, and personal transformation.

This episode features a conversation with coach Kim Brown about coping with severe emotional pain and suicidal thoughts, offering support and resources for listeners.

This episode explores how traumatic experiences like trickle disclosures affect the body long-term and emphasizes the importance of listening to your body as a key part of the healing journey.

This episode explores resentment as a common and natural response to betrayal, differentiating it from anger and offering insights for healing without minimizing the pain.

This episode features an interview with Ellia Marcum about supporting teens and young adults through the emotional impact of parental betrayal, focusing on healing and resilience.

This episode features an interview with Bella about how discovering and understanding the stories we tell ourselves can facilitate healing from trauma.

This episode explores when to consider divorce in relationships affected by betrayal trauma, addressing both betrayed and betraying partners' perspectives.

This episode discusses how the holiday season can intensify confusing emotions and trauma triggers for people recovering from betrayal in relationships, offering support for staying steady.

This episode uses a real-life neighborhood incident about unsafe grilling as a metaphor to explore gaslighting and betrayal trauma in relationships.

This episode explores why rumination occurs after betrayal trauma, framing it as a protective brain response, and offers practical tools like 'name it to tame it' and grounding techniques to break free.

This episode explores the hidden aspects of grief following betrayal trauma, focusing on mourning the lost future and dreams in relationships.

This episode explores alternative healing methods for betrayal trauma, featuring Akari Bust who introduces emotional biohacking as a key tool.

This episode explores how betrayed partners' understandable need for their partners to deeply understand the harm caused can become a conditional barrier to healing, creating a metaphorical 'waiting room'.

This episode features an interview with coach Isy Williams discussing her background in counseling and family support, and her personal journey through betrayal and healing.

This bonus episode promotes a women's retreat in Costa Rica, discussing its inspiration and encouraging listeners to join for healing and renewal.

This episode clarifies common misconceptions about emotional regulation, explaining that it's not about being constantly calm but about feeling emotions without being overwhelmed by them.

This episode features an interview with Meg Bowman, a nutritionist and trauma expert, discussing how nutrition can aid in trauma recovery and nervous system regulation after betrayal.

This episode explores the concept of patience, particularly in the context of healing from betrayal and recovery, emphasizing mindfulness and self-compassion.

This episode explores the practical aspects of healing and 'doing the work' through a conversation with Athena Chiron, focusing on what healing looks like in everyday life and as a profession.

This episode explores how isometric exercises and leaning into oppositional tension can serve as metaphors for healing the nervous system after betrayal trauma.

This episode features an unscripted conversation with Luke exploring how powerlessness and entitlement sabotage healing from resentment, building on previous discussions about emotional awareness.

This episode explores the damaging effects of trickle disclosures in betrayal trauma, focusing on how partial truths and staggered revelations impact betrayed partners' bodies and trust.

This episode discusses shared grief as a crucial step in relationship healing after betrayal trauma, specifically for couples beyond the initial safety and stabilization phase.

This episode discusses supporting teens and families through betrayal trauma, featuring a guest who works directly with affected youth and parents.

A mother interviews her daughter about the impact of betrayal trauma on children and families, sharing personal experiences of healing and vulnerability.

This episode discusses the role of anger in healing from betrayal trauma, featuring a psychotherapist and anger expert.

This episode discusses the difference between traditional marriage therapy and fair recovery support for those healing from betrayal trauma and addiction.

This episode discusses the struggle of internalizing a partner's reality due to betrayal trauma and offers tools to reclaim personal truth and authority.

This episode debunks myths about sexual addiction, specifically the belief that one can control addiction without professional help.

The hosts discuss myths around sexual addiction and betrayal trauma with guest Luke Gordon, aiming to clarify misconceptions and support healing.

This episode discusses somatic healing tools for betrayal trauma, featuring therapist Jodi Van Drimelen and promoting an experiential intensive.

Hosts discuss when the 'Don't Dance With Walter' concept is not helpful in betrayal trauma recovery, with guest Laura Fisher.

The episode discusses the role of separation in healing from betrayal trauma, with insights from a coach and a guest.