Resiliently Rising Podcast

Ep 41. WYW: "Since the Betrayal, I've Lost Myself. How Do I Get Me Back?"

In this episode, we’re talking about the painful experience of feeling like you’ve lost yourself after betrayal. We explore how betrayal trauma impacts the nervous system, why survival mode can disconnect you from your own identity, and how healing often begins through small moments of reconnecting with your preferences, needs, and inner voice. If you’ve ever thought, “I don’t even feel like me anymore,” this conversation is meant to remind you that you are not broken… and that your way back to yourself is possible.  Connect with Carrie: Mental Health Bundle [https://www.thementalhealthbundle.com/tr/2/6914381/13593031702/31876817/260002759d1f600d4e3a9deeb4524612f89fdc974] 📲 Instagram: @healwithcarriejean [https://www.instagram.com/healwithcarriejean/] 🌿Resiliently Rising Circle: https://www.resilientlyrising.com/circle [https://www.resilientlyrising.com/circle] ✨ Coaching: https://www.resilientlyrising.com/1-1-coaching [https://www.resilientlyrising.com/1-1-coaching] 💛 Rebuilding Us: Nervous System Based Path to Healing Together After Betrayal - https://www.resilientlyrising.com/rebuildingus [https://www.resilientlyrising.com/rebuildingus] 🌀 Reclaiming Safety: Healing Nervous System After Betrayal Course – https://www.resilientlyrising.com/reclaimingsafety [https://www.resilientlyrising.com/reclaimingsafety] 🙋‍♀️ ‘What You’re Wondering’ Q&A Submissions: https://forms.gle/MmwTxso6rJH4uuPN8 [https://forms.gle/MmwTxso6rJH4uuPN8] 🔅 I was just betrayed... what now? Webinar: https://www.resilientlyrising.com/what-next-webinar [https://www.resilientlyrising.com/what-next-webinar]   👉 Stay Connected & Keep Rising!  🎧 Music Credits: “Piano Soft Music” - Surpringing_SnapShots, Music by Mircea lancu from Pixabay

Ep 40. The Wounds of Betrayal with KayLee Dunn

In this powerful conversation, Carrie sits down with trauma psychotherapist and betrayal navigation coach KayLee Dunn to explore the deeper wounds betrayal creates beyond just the initial trauma. Together, they unpack how betrayal impacts identity, self-trust, reality, attachment, and agency… and why so many people feel “regulated but still lost” long after the crisis phase has passed. KayLee shares both personal and professional insight from nearly two decades in the betrayal trauma field, offering language, validation, and hope for those trying to reconnect with themselves after betrayal. This episode is a compassionate, deeply validating conversation about healing, meaning-making, and finding your way back to who you are. Connect with KayLee: https://www.kayleedunn.com/ [https://www.kayleedunn.com/] Connect with Carrie: 📲 Instagram: @healwithcarriejean [https://www.instagram.com/healwithcarriejean/] 🌿Resiliently Rising Circle: https://www.resilientlyrising.com/circle [https://www.resilientlyrising.com/circle] ✨ Coaching: https://www.resilientlyrising.com/1-1-coaching [https://www.resilientlyrising.com/1-1-coaching] 💛 Rebuilding Us: Nervous System Based Path to Healing Together After Betrayal - https://www.resilientlyrising.com/rebuildingus [https://www.resilientlyrising.com/rebuildingus] 🌀 Reclaiming Safety: Healing Nervous System After Betrayal Course – https://www.resilientlyrising.com/reclaimingsafety [https://www.resilientlyrising.com/reclaimingsafety] 🙋‍♀️ ‘What You’re Wondering’ Q&A Submissions: https://forms.gle/MmwTxso6rJH4uuPN8 [https://forms.gle/MmwTxso6rJH4uuPN8] 🔅 I was just betrayed... what now? Webinar: https://www.resilientlyrising.com/what-next-webinar [https://www.resilientlyrising.com/what-next-webinar]   👉 Stay Connected & Keep Rising!  🎧 Music Credits: “Piano Soft Music” - Surpringing_SnapShots, Music by Mircea lancu from Pixabay

Ep 39. Fight Right: What the Gottmans Want You to Know About Conflict

In this episode, Carrie and David break down why so many relationship conflicts—especially after betrayal—feel like they go nowhere and leave both partners more hurt. Drawing from the Gottmans’ Fight Right, they explain how conflict itself isn’t the problem… it’s how we handle it that determines whether it builds connection or creates more damage. They unpack what happens in the body during an argument, including “flooding”… when the nervous system goes into survival mode and real communication becomes impossible. They also explore the difference between solvable and perpetual problems, why most relationship conflicts never fully “go away,” and how trying to win those arguments often keeps couples stuck. This episode offers practical, compassionate guidance on recognizing your own triggers, taking effective pauses, and learning to approach conflict with more awareness and intention… so you can stop fighting against each other and start understanding what’s really underneath.   Connect with Carrie: 📲 Instagram: @healwithcarriejean [https://www.instagram.com/healwithcarriejean/] 🌿Resiliently Rising Circle: https://www.resilientlyrising.com/circle [https://www.resilientlyrising.com/circle] ✨ Coaching: https://www.resilientlyrising.com/1-1-coaching [https://www.resilientlyrising.com/1-1-coaching] 💛 Rebuilding Us: Nervous System Based Path to Healing Together After Betrayal - https://www.resilientlyrising.com/rebuildingus [https://www.resilientlyrising.com/rebuildingus] 🌀 Reclaiming Safety: Healing Nervous System After Betrayal Course – https://www.resilientlyrising.com/reclaimingsafety [https://www.resilientlyrising.com/reclaimingsafety] 🙋‍♀️ ‘What You’re Wondering’ Q&A Submissions: https://forms.gle/MmwTxso6rJH4uuPN8 [https://forms.gle/MmwTxso6rJH4uuPN8] 🔅 I was just betrayed... what now? Webinar: https://www.resilientlyrising.com/what-next-webinar [https://www.resilientlyrising.com/what-next-webinar]   👉 Stay Connected & Keep Rising!    🎧 Music Credits: “Piano Soft Music” - Surpringing_SnapShots, Music by Mircea lancu from Pixabay

Ep 38. Somatic Safety Session: Coming Home to Yourself

A gentle, guided somatic practice focused on healing your relationship with yourself after betrayal. This episode helps you move out of self-judgment and into compassion through simple, body-based awareness… creating small moments of connection, kindness, and internal safety that begin to rebuild self-trust from the inside out. Connect with Carrie: 📲 Instagram: @healwithcarriejean [https://www.instagram.com/healwithcarriejean/] 🌿Resiliently Rising Circle: https://www.resilientlyrising.com/circle [https://www.resilientlyrising.com/circle] ✨ Coaching: https://www.resilientlyrising.com/1-1-coaching [https://www.resilientlyrising.com/1-1-coaching] 💛 Rebuilding Us: Nervous System Based Path to Healing Together After Betrayal - https://www.resilientlyrising.com/rebuildingus [https://www.resilientlyrising.com/rebuildingus] 🌀 Reclaiming Safety: Healing Nervous System After Betrayal Course – https://www.resilientlyrising.com/reclaimingsafety [https://www.resilientlyrising.com/reclaimingsafety] 🔅‘What You’re Wondering’ Q&A Submissions: https://forms.gle/MmwTxso6rJH4uuPN8 [https://forms.gle/MmwTxso6rJH4uuPN8]  [https://forms.gle/MmwTxso6rJH4uuPN8] 🔅 I was just betrayed... what now? Webinar: https://www.resilientlyrising.com/what-next-webinar [https://www.resilientlyrising.com/what-next-webinar]   👉 Stay Connected & Keep Rising!  🎧 Music Credits: “Piano Soft Music” - Surpringing_SnapShots, Music by Mircea lancu from Pixabay   This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional therapy, counseling, or medical advice. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, or provide clinical care for any mental health condition. If you are struggling, please reach out to a qualified mental health professional or a trusted provider for support.

Ep 37. How Do I Begin Healing After Betrayal?

When the discovery is fresh, the most common question is the simplest one: where do I even begin? In this What You're Wondering episode, Carrie and David answer that question with honesty and compassion — covering how to find the right support, why professional help needs to be betrayal-trauma-specific, how to start working with the body instead of against it, and why your job right now is safety, not trust. David also speaks directly to the betrayer: what not to do in those early days, why speed and grand gestures don't work, and what presence and radical honesty actually look like.   Connect with Carrie: 📲 Instagram: @healwithcarriejean [https://www.instagram.com/healwithcarriejean/] 🌿Resiliently Rising Circle: https://www.resilientlyrising.com/circle [https://www.resilientlyrising.com/circle] ✨ Coaching: https://www.resilientlyrising.com/1-1-coaching [https://www.resilientlyrising.com/1-1-coaching] 💛 Rebuilding Us: Nervous System Based Path to Healing Together After Betrayal - https://www.resilientlyrising.com/rebuildingus [https://www.resilientlyrising.com/rebuildingus] 🌀 Reclaiming Safety: Healing Nervous System After Betrayal Course – https://www.resilientlyrising.com/reclaimingsafety [https://www.resilientlyrising.com/reclaimingsafety] 🙋‍♀️ ‘What You’re Wondering’ Q&A Submissions: https://forms.gle/MmwTxso6rJH4uuPN8 [https://forms.gle/MmwTxso6rJH4uuPN8] 🔅 I was just betrayed... what now? Webinar: https://www.resilientlyrising.com/what-next-webinar [https://www.resilientlyrising.com/what-next-webinar]   👉 Stay Connected & Keep Rising!  🎧 Music Credits: “Piano Soft Music” - Surpringing_SnapShots, Music by Mircea lancu from Pixabay   This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional therapy, counseling, or medical advice. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, or provide clinical care for any mental health condition. If you are struggling, please reach out to a qualified mental health professional or a trusted provider for support.