Betrayal doesn’t just shatter trust, it forces women to confront questions they never expected to face about boundaries, relationships, and who they are becoming in the aftermath.

In Part 2 of my conversation with author Tammy Gustafson, we move beyond survival and into the tender, complex territory of what comes next.

We talk honestly about boundaries that protect rather than punish, the different relational paths women may choose after betrayal, and how healing can slowly begin to transform into growth.

This conversation honors that there is no single “right” way forward, only the path that supports your safety, truth, and integrity.

• What boundaries actually are after betrayal and why they’re about self-protection, not control

• How to discern relational paths after betrayal without pressure or urgency

• Why healing isn’t about fixing the relationship, but stabilizing and reconnecting with yourself

• How clarity unfolds over time, not through forced decisions

• When healing begins to shift into growth and what that transition really feels like

• How to hold uncertainty with compassion instead of self-judgment
  

Tammy brings a steady, compassionate lens to this conversation — one that respects the depth of betrayal trauma while honoring women’s autonomy, timing, and inner wisdom.

• You’re confused about boundaries and worried you’re “doing them wrong”

• You feel pressure to decide whether to stay or leave before you feel grounded

• You’re noticing growth emerging, but still feel tender and unsure

• You want permission to move slowly and listen to yourself

• You’re ready to explore what healing can become — without rushing the process

Healing after betrayal doesn’t mean erasing the past. It means learning how to live with deeper truth, stronger boundaries, and a more connected relationship with yourself.

🎧 Listen in for a thoughtful, honest conversation about boundaries, choice, and how healing slowly turns into growth one grounded step at a time.

🌟 Meet the Author: Tammy Gustafson

Tammy Gustafson is a trauma-informed licensed professional counselor, coach, and speaker with over 15 years of experience. She holds a master’s degree in counseling and is the founder and CEO of Betrayal Healing and LiveFree Counseling. Tammy hosts the annual Betrayal Healing Conference, which provides compassionate, expert guidance to thousands of betrayed partners worldwide.

The Betrayal Healing Conference

January 26-30, 2026

https://010850311--betrayalhealing.thrivecart.com/all-access-pass/

Book link on Amazon (available for preorder): Broken to Brave: Your Courageous Act of Healing After Intimate Betrayal

Tammy’s Website

tammygustafson.com

Rachel’s Group Support Information

https://risestrongrecovery.my.canva.site/over-the-rainbow

Rachel’s Booklist

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/17C3H1PVHJ5N9?ref_=wl_share

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Betrayal has a way of making women feel broken emotionally, relationally, and inside their own sense of self.

In this episode, I’m joined by author Tammy Gustafson for a powerful conversation about what it really means to be broken… and how bravery often emerges in ways we don’t expect after betrayal.

Together, we explore how betrayal trauma impacts the nervous system, identity, and sense of safety—and why healing is rarely a straight line.

• What “broken” actually means after betrayal and why it’s not a personal failure

• How bravery doesn’t look like strength or certainty, but honesty and presence

• The phases of healing after betrayal and why each one matters

• Why the path to healing often feels counterintuitive

• How betrayal creates an invisible injury that deserves real care and time

• What true repair looks like—inside yourself, not just in the relationship
  

Tammy offers a grounded, compassionate lens for understanding betrayal trauma, one that honors the depth of the injury without rushing women toward forgiveness or decisions they’re not ready to make.

This episode is especially supportive if:

• You’ve been told to “be strong” when you feel shattered

• You’re questioning why you’re still struggling long after the betrayal

• You want to true healing from the betrayal you’ve experienced

• You’re looking for validation that you’re on the path.
  

You are not weak because this hurt you.

You are not failing because healing takes time.

And you are not broken beyond repair.

🎧 Listen in for a compassionate, real conversation about betrayal, bravery, and what healing actually looks like after everything falls apart.

🌟 Meet the Author: Tammy Gustafson

Tammy Gustafson is a trauma-informed licensed professional counselor, coach, and speaker with over 15 years of experience. She holds a master’s degree in counseling and is the founder and CEO of Betrayal Healing and LiveFree Counseling. Tammy hosts the annual Betrayal Healing Conference, which provides compassionate, expert guidance to thousands of betrayed partners worldwide.

The Betrayal Healing Conference

January 26-30, 2026

https://010850311--betrayalhealing.thrivecart.com/all-access-pass/

Book link on Amazon (available for preorder): Broken to Brave: Your Courageous Act of Healing After Intimate Betrayal

Tammy’s Website

tammygustafson.com

Rachel's Group Support Information

https://risestrongrecovery.my.canva.site/over-the-rainbow

Rachel’s Booklist

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/17C3H1PVHJ5N9?ref_=wl_share

Rachel’s Newsletter

https://l.bttr.to/iKgcY

Surrender is one of the most misunderstood concepts in healing, especially after betrayal trauma. For many women, the word itself can feel painful, unsafe, or even triggering. It can sound like giving up, minimizing harm, or accepting what should never have happened.

In this episode, we slow surrender way down.

This conversation explores what surrender actually means in the context of betrayal trauma and healing in Christ’s light. Not as passive acceptance or forced forgiveness, but as a gradual, grounded process of releasing what was never yours to carry in the first place.

We talk about surrender through multiple lenses. Faith, higher power, and the 12-step framework, while always coming back to what surrender looks like in real, everyday life for women whose trust has been shattered.

In this episode, we explore:

• Why surrender often feels painful and threatening after betrayal
• Making space for different concepts of a higher power without pressure or perfection
• What surrender means in the 12 steps, in practical, lived terms
• How surrender can coexist with boundaries, truth, and discernment
• How surrender can become a pathway back to peace, clarity, and self-connection

This episode is for women who are exhausted from holding everything together, from trying to manage outcomes, and from carrying responsibility that was never theirs. Surrender here is not about shrinking or silencing yourself. It is about softening your grip on what you cannot control so you can come back home to yourself.

You don’t have to understand surrender all at once. You don’t have to do it perfectly. And you don’t have to force it before you’re ready.

This episode offers gentle perspective, grounded truth, and permission to explore surrender at your own pace.

🌟 Meet the Author: Jeni Brockbank

Jeni Brockbank lives in northern Utah with her six children, where she works as a betrayal trauma coach and podcaster. She finds joy in applying the gospel of Jesus Christ to real-life challenges, floating on lazy rivers, snuggling her kids, and long lunches with good friends. She loves the color red as a reminder of her individual worth to her Heavenly Father. Jeni is also the founder of Her Wings Unfold, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting survivors of domestic violence, betrayal, and abuse.

Her Wings Unfold

https://herwingsunfold.org/

Rachel’s Booklist

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/17C3H1PVHJ5N9?ref_=wl_share

Rachel's Newsletter

https://l.bttr.to/iKgcY