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Happily Even After Betrayal with Life Coach Jen
Jennifer Townsend
241 episodes
2 days ago
Send us a text Betrayal doesn’t just bruise the heart; it shakes identity, confidence, and the story you tell about who you are. Today I walk through the five questions men ask most after a partner’s affair—why they didn’t see it, whether they were “enough,” how to decide to stay or leave, what to do with explosive anger, and how to show up for kids while hurting. I share a clear, compassionate path that separates your worth from your partner’s choices and uses values alignment as the North S...
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Send us a text Betrayal doesn’t just bruise the heart; it shakes identity, confidence, and the story you tell about who you are. Today I walk through the five questions men ask most after a partner’s affair—why they didn’t see it, whether they were “enough,” how to decide to stay or leave, what to do with explosive anger, and how to show up for kids while hurting. I share a clear, compassionate path that separates your worth from your partner’s choices and uses values alignment as the North S...
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Self-Improvement
Education,
Society & Culture,
Health & Fitness,
Mental Health,
Relationships
Episodes (20/241)
Happily Even After Betrayal with Life Coach Jen
188: Five Questions Men Ask After Infidelity And How To Heal
Send us a text Betrayal doesn’t just bruise the heart; it shakes identity, confidence, and the story you tell about who you are. Today I walk through the five questions men ask most after a partner’s affair—why they didn’t see it, whether they were “enough,” how to decide to stay or leave, what to do with explosive anger, and how to show up for kids while hurting. I share a clear, compassionate path that separates your worth from your partner’s choices and uses values alignment as the North S...
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3 days ago
17 minutes

Happily Even After Betrayal with Life Coach Jen
187: Anxiety, Depression, And Betrayal Trauma
Send us a text Your body can’t tell the difference between a bear on the trail and a betrayal in your home—and that’s why anxiety feels like a siren you can’t shut off. We go deep on how the nervous system reacts to infidelity, why depression can masquerade as “laziness,” and how to stop making big life decisions while your brain is in threat mode. Instead of chasing certainty with phone checks and late-night spirals, we unpack a calmer path: regulate first, decide second. We share a clear f...
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1 week ago
24 minutes

Happily Even After Betrayal with Life Coach Jen
186: Tools To Navigate Hard Conversations After Infidelity
Send us a text Hard conversations after betrayal can feel impossible—your heart races, your thoughts scatter, and the urge to win eclipses the need to heal. We break that cycle with a set of simple, powerful tools inspired by Jefferson Fisher’s “The Next Conversation,” adapted for life after infidelity. Our focus is on clarity over conflict: how to prepare internally, set boundaries that create safety, and keep talks on track without getting dragged into blame. We start by grounding: naming ...
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2 weeks ago
30 minutes

Happily Even After Betrayal with Life Coach Jen
185: How To Process Pain After Betrayal
Send us a text Pain doesn’t disappear when we bury it; it waits. When betrayal blasts through your life, your nervous system scrambles to protect you—numbing out, flaring into rage, or gripping control. We unpack why those instincts are normal and how to move past them without shaming yourself. I share a vulnerable story about jealousy and exclusion, and how processing the feeling—not fixing it—shifted my day in under an hour. The goal isn’t to stop emotions; it’s to stop fighting them so the...
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3 weeks ago
26 minutes

Happily Even After Betrayal with Life Coach Jen
184: Four Small Words That Transform Healing From Betrayal
Send us a text A single word can change how your body breathes and how your brain sees the road ahead. Today we unpack four small words—yet, unless, and, and okay—that quietly transform the way we heal from betrayal, rebuild trust, and choose what comes next. As a trauma‑informed coach, I walk through real phrases you can say today, why they work in your nervous system, and how to pair them with concrete actions that protect your peace. We start with yet, the language of possibility that tur...
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1 month ago
15 minutes

Happily Even After Betrayal with Life Coach Jen
183: Learn to say "No" in November: Make it Your Superpower
Send us a text Want more peace, less pressure, and a holiday season that actually supports your healing? We dive into the art of saying no—how to read your body’s signals, stop fear-driven yeses, and make choices that protect your energy without guilt. Drawing from Jen’s personal experiences with betrayal, divorce, and recovery, we unpack what happens when we ignore our instincts and how simple, compassionate boundaries can change everything. You’ll hear real moments where a no could have pr...
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1 month ago
23 minutes

Happily Even After Betrayal with Life Coach Jen
182: How Three Simple Tools can help Restore Your Peace after Betrayal
Send us a text Your memory cabinet gets dumped on the floor when betrayal hits, and suddenly every moment feels out of order. We share a clear path to regulation with three gentle practices—complex puzzles, warm blankets, and journaling—that help your brain settle, your body soften, and your story make sense again. No jargon, no lofty routines; just doable tools you can start tonight. First, we explore how a thousand-piece puzzle becomes a brain gym and a refuge. You’ll hear why task-focused...
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1 month ago
20 minutes

Happily Even After Betrayal with Life Coach Jen
181: Identity vs. Roles: Finding Yourself After Betrayal
Send us a text The moment betrayal rocks your world, everything familiar seems to vanish. But what if the greatest confusion isn't about what happened, but about who you truly are? Deep down, many of us have mistakenly fused our identity with our roles. We believe being a good spouse, dedicated parent, or successful professional defines our worth. When betrayal shatters these roles, we feel like we've lost ourselves completely. Think of a $100 bill that's been crumpled, torn, and pass...
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1 month ago
17 minutes

Happily Even After Betrayal with Life Coach Jen
180: Rebuilding Trust After Financial Betrayal with Guest Shayna Hutchins
Send us a text What happens when financial secrets threaten to destroy your marriage? For Shayna, author of "Rebuilding a Marriage," the discovery that her husband had been making financial decisions without her knowledge became a pivotal moment that could have ended their relationship. Instead, it became the catalyst for profound healing and transformation. Shayna's journey begins with a common scenario: as a stay-at-home mom caring for their daughter, she gladly handed over financial respo...
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1 month ago
28 minutes

Happily Even After Betrayal with Life Coach Jen
179: Discovering Strength in My Darkest Moment
Send us a text Have you ever had a moment when a tiny scrap of paper changed the entire trajectory of your life? That's exactly what happened to me. After 26 years of marriage marked by repeated betrayal and broken promises, I found myself cleaning up our rental car after what seemed like a perfect family vacation. That's when I discovered it - a crumpled UPS receipt with the name and address of a woman I knew. In that moment, my body recognized the truth before my mind could fully process i...
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2 months ago
15 minutes

Happily Even After Betrayal with Life Coach Jen
178: Are Your Thoughts Keeping You Stuck After Betrayal?
Send us a text Betrayal shatters more than just trust—it often demolishes our sense of self-worth and leaves us trapped in destructive thought patterns. In this powerful episode, I dive deep into how the thoughts we believe after betrayal can either keep us stuck or propel us forward on our healing journey. Have you found yourself thinking "I'm not enough" or "What's wrong with me?" after discovering an affair? These thoughts aren't facts—they're interpretations that keep you locked in pain....
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2 months ago
19 minutes

Happily Even After Betrayal with Life Coach Jen
177: The Seven Stages of Betrayal Healing Roadmap
Send us a text After betrayal shatters your world, finding your way forward can feel impossible without a map. Where are you on your healing journey? Where do you want to go? And most importantly, how do you get there? Drawing from both personal experience and professional expertise as a trauma-informed certified life coach, I've created the Betrayal Healing Roadmap – a comprehensive guide through the seven stages of betrayal recovery. Like a GPS for your healing journey, this roadmap helps ...
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2 months ago
26 minutes

Happily Even After Betrayal with Life Coach Jen
176: Healing Intimacy After Betrayal
Send us a text The journey through betrayal trauma requires navigating countless emotional landmines, but perhaps none more complex than rebuilding physical intimacy. What happens when your mind says yes but your body screams no? When desire conflicts with fear? When connection feels simultaneously necessary and dangerous? Drawing from personal experience and professional expertise as a trauma-informed coach, I explore ten critical aspects of post-betrayal intimacy that most relationship adv...
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2 months ago
19 minutes

Happily Even After Betrayal with Life Coach Jen
175: Breaking Free: Healing After Narcissistic Abuse with Guest Laura Richards
Send us a text [Insert description here] Breaking free from narcissistic abuse requires recognizing patterns most of us never knew had names. Laura spent 33 years married to someone everyone thought was "such a nice guy" while enduring emotional manipulation, constant boundary violations, and the slow erosion of her self-worth behind closed doors. On this raw and illuminating episode, Laura shares how she finally found the courage to leave after experiencing what she now recognizes as a "rev...
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3 months ago
35 minutes

Happily Even After Betrayal with Life Coach Jen
174: Divorce or Reconcile? Your Post-Affair Navigation Guide
Send us a text That gut-wrenching moment when you discover your spouse has betrayed you doesn't come with a clear roadmap forward. The decision to stay or leave after infidelity isn't as simple as others might suggest, especially when well-meaning friends confidently declare what they "would do" without ever having faced such devastation themselves. As a trauma-informed life coach who navigated my own marriage after betrayal, I've identified ten major obstacles that complicate this critical ...
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3 months ago
25 minutes

Happily Even After Betrayal with Life Coach Jen
173: Why Putting People on Pedestals Destroys Relationships
Send us a text Have you ever put someone on a pedestal only to feel devastated when they tumbled down? Pedestals seem harmless—even positive—but they create dangerous dynamics that fuel betrayal, secrets, and delayed healing. As a trauma-informed life coach who survived betrayal myself, I've seen firsthand how the "perfect spouse" or "golden child" syndrome sets everyone up for failure. The person elevated feels immense pressure to hide their flaws, while those doing the elevating face earth...
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3 months ago
22 minutes

Happily Even After Betrayal with Life Coach Jen
172: 10 Reasons Why "Get Over It" Is The Worst Advice After Being Cheated On
Send us a text The devastating words "just move on" after betrayal often cause more harm than the infidelity itself. Like an elephant stubbornly refusing to leave the room, unaddressed betrayal trauma grows larger the more we attempt to ignore it. This raw, honest conversation delves into why rushing the healing process sabotages genuine recovery and creates deeper wounds for both partners. When betrayal shatters your reality, hearing that you should "get over it" feels like being betrayed a...
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3 months ago
22 minutes

Happily Even After Betrayal with Life Coach Jen
171: Ticking Time Bombs: Why We Explode After Betrayal
Send us a text The words "you're just too sensitive" ring in our ears long after they're spoken—especially when they're used to cover up betrayal. As a trauma-informed coach who survived my own journey through infidelity, I've discovered that most troubled relationships follow a pattern: one partner acts as the "bomb maker" while the other becomes "the bomb." This powerful metaphor, borrowed from relationship expert Jennifer Finlayson-Fife, perfectly captures the dynamic where one person crea...
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4 months ago
17 minutes

Happily Even After Betrayal with Life Coach Jen
170: Beyond Betrayal: Finding Community in the Aftermath of Trauma with guest Jeni Brockbank
Send us a text Have you ever felt crazy when your intuition was screaming that something was wrong in your relationship? Jeni Brockbank's story will validate those feelings and show you there's a path forward through betrayal trauma. Jeni, Executive Director of Her Wings Unfold, joins me to share her journey through a 25-year marriage marked by betrayal, and how she transformed her pain into purpose. After discovering her husband's double life just nine months into their marriage, Jeni spent...
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4 months ago
33 minutes

Happily Even After Betrayal with Life Coach Jen
169: When They're Gone But Still Here: Navigating Post-Betrayal Grief
Send us a text Grief comes in many forms, but society often ranks and responds to them differently. Research suggests that divorce—particularly after betrayal—can be more painful than losing a spouse to death, though making this claim often raises eyebrows. The key difference lies not in the intensity of pain, but in how we process these losses and how others respond to our suffering. When someone dies, you're permitted to keep loving them. Your memories remain untainted, and their absence, ...
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4 months ago
17 minutes

Happily Even After Betrayal with Life Coach Jen
Send us a text Betrayal doesn’t just bruise the heart; it shakes identity, confidence, and the story you tell about who you are. Today I walk through the five questions men ask most after a partner’s affair—why they didn’t see it, whether they were “enough,” how to decide to stay or leave, what to do with explosive anger, and how to show up for kids while hurting. I share a clear, compassionate path that separates your worth from your partner’s choices and uses values alignment as the North S...