Rooted and Rising Healing After Betrayal

We tend to think being "regulated" means being calm, neutral, and grounded. But when you're using your voice in a new way, or setting a boundary you've never set before, regulation can feel like your heart pounding and your hands shaking — and still be exactly right. In this episode, we talk about the difference between activation and dysregulation, why new isn't the same as wrong, and how to trust yourself through the shaky, uncomfortable middle of doing something different.Enjoyed This Episode?Here are three ways you can support the show:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Leave a Review 💬 Join the Community 📲 Share This Episode Connect With Me + Continue Your HealingIf today’s episode resonated with you, you don’t have to walk the healing journey after betrayal alone. Here are a few ways to stay connected and continue your healing:Join me at a Retreat or IntensiveIf you’re craving deeper, in-person support and embodied healing, I’m helping facilitate upcoming experiences created specifically for betrayed partners.If you're ready for a deeper connection with your daughter(s) join my upcoming retreat - Becoming Together: A Mother Daughter Retreat - hosted by myself and my two daughters in Sedona, Arizona on September 8 - 12th.The⁠ Revive and Thrive Somatic Intensive takes place October 6-9, 20026 in Spanish Fork, Utah and offers a structured, trauma-informed space to understand betrayal trauma, regulate your nervous system, and rebuild self-trust.Rise, Renew, Restore Retreat in Bali, Indonesia is an intimate, trauma-informed women’s healing retreat designed for women who have already done significant inner work and are ready to move beyond surviving into deeper joy, embodiment, and wholeness. Join us April 18–25, 2027, in Bali for a powerful fusion of somatic healing, breathwork, sound, energy work, Human Design, meaningful cultural experiences, adventure, rest, and connection—all guided by trauma-trained facilitators. If you're trying to hold your family together while your own world is falling apart, this course is for you. It won't hand you a script for a pain this big - but it will give you language, tools, and a steadier way to show up for the people who need you most: your kids. Intentional Parenting After Betrayal Self Guided Course⁠⁠⁠⁠, created by Hali and her daughter, Morgan Ellsworth. Free Resources & DownloadsAccess free tools, guided practices, and educational resources designed to support nervous system regulation, self-trust, boundaries, and clarity after betrayal.👉6 Ways Betrayal Hides In Your Body👉⁠⁠A Mini Guide to Mindful Healing After Betrayal⁠⁠👉⁠⁠Your First Steps to Rising After Betrayal⁠⁠Upcoming Group Coaching: Reclaiming You After BetrayalIf you’re ready for deeper guidance in a structured, supportive format, I am offering a group coaching container focused on healing after betrayal, rebuilding self-trust, and grounding into your values and identity—without rushing decisions about staying or leaving. This group is ideal for those who want support that is more than just once a week.👉⁠ ⁠Join the Reclaiming You Waitlist to be the first to Register!⁠⁠Listen to My Other PodcastIf you are still in your relationship—or in the process of discerning whether you want to stay—I invite you to also follow my podcast, Choosing to Stay After Infidelity and Betrayal, where I speak to both partners about healing, accountability, and rebuilding trust.👉⁠ ⁠Choosing to Stay After Infidelity and Betrayal⁠⁠Join My NewsletterStay connected through my newsletter, where I share reflections, trauma-informed insights, and updates on upcoming courses, workshops, retreats, and live experiences.👉⁠ ⁠Rooted and Rising Weekly⁠⁠Connect With Me Between EpisodesJoin me on social media for continued conversation, encouragement, and resources between podcast episodes.👉 Instagram:⁠ ⁠@rootedandrising.healing⁠⁠👉 Facebook:⁠ ⁠Rooted and Rising Healing with Hali Roderick⁠⁠👉 Website:⁠⁠ ⁠rootedandrisinghealing.mykajabi.com⁠

Healing after betrayal is exhausting — and sometimes there simply aren't words left to describe what you're carrying. In this episode, watercolor artist, educator, and Certified Trauma-Informed Coach Beth Woessner joins us to talk about art as a bottom-up tool for nervous system regulation. Beth Woessner is a Professional Watercolor Artist, Educator, and Creative Entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience, and a Certified Trauma-Informed Coach through Moving the Human Spirit. She is a member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF), trained in Nonviolent Communication (NVC), a Certified Peer Facilitator (C-SASI), and a Multidimensional Partner Trauma Specialist candidate through APSATS. Beth offers 1:1 recovery and wellness coaching, custom watercolor commissions, private art instruction, and group workshops for retreats, organizations, and private groups — creating spaces grounded in compassion, presence, and nervous system awareness for people reconnecting with themselves after loss, relational difficulty, and betrayal trauma.Connect with Beth: Website: www.bethwoessner.com Email: [email protected]: @bethwoessnerart Facebook: Beth Woessner Art Tender Resilience: Creative Healing Circle Enjoyed This Episode?Here are three ways you can support the show:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Leave a Review💬 Join the Community📲 Share This Episode Connect With Me + Continue Your HealingHere are a few ways to stay connected and continue your healing:Join me at a Retreat or IntensiveIf you’re craving deeper, in-person support and embodied healing, I’m helping facilitate upcoming experiences created specifically for betrayed partners.If you're ready for a deeper connection with your daughter(s) join my upcoming retreat - Becoming Together: A Mother Daughter Retreat - hosted by myself and my two daughters in Sedona, Arizona on September 8 - 12th.If you're trying to hold your family together while your own world is falling apart, this course is for you. It won't hand you a script for a pain this big - but it will give you language, tools, and a steadier way to show up for the people who need you most: your kids. Intentional Parenting After Betrayal Self Guided Course⁠⁠⁠⁠, created by Hali and her daughter, Morgan Ellsworth. The⁠ Revive and Thrive Somatic Intensive takes place October 6-9, 20026 in Spanish Fork, Utah.Free Resources & DownloadsAccess free tools, guided practices, and educational resources designed to support nervous system regulation, self-trust, boundaries, and clarity after betrayal.👉⁠⁠A Mini Guide to Mindful Healing After Betrayal⁠⁠👉⁠⁠Your First Steps to Rising After Betrayal⁠⁠Upcoming Group Coaching: Reclaiming You After BetrayalIf you’re ready for deeper guidance in a structured, supportive format, I am offering a group coaching container focused on healing after betrayal, rebuilding self-trust, and grounding into your values and identity—without rushing decisions about staying or leaving. This group is ideal for those who want support that is more than just once a week.👉⁠ ⁠Join the Reclaiming You Waitlist to be the first to Register!⁠⁠Listen to My Other PodcastIf you are still in your relationship—or in the process of discerning whether you want to stay—I invite you to also follow my podcast, Choosing to Stay After Infidelity and Betrayal, where I speak to both partners about healing, accountability, and rebuilding trust.👉⁠ ⁠Choosing to Stay After Infidelity and Betrayal⁠⁠Join My NewsletterStay connected through my newsletter, where I share reflections, trauma-informed insights, and updates on upcoming courses, workshops, retreats, and live experiences.👉⁠ ⁠Rooted and Rising Weekly⁠⁠Connect With Me Between EpisodesJoin me on social media for continued conversation, encouragement, and resources between podcast episodes.👉 Instagram:⁠ ⁠@rootedandrising.healing⁠⁠👉 Facebook:⁠ ⁠Rooted and Rising Healing with Hali Roderick⁠⁠👉 Website:⁠⁠ ⁠rootedandrisinghealing.mykajabi.com⁠

Betrayal has a way of stripping your sense of safety and agency. The truth was hidden from you, the timeline wasn't yours, and the version of life you were living turned out to be something else entirely. So where do you even begin to rebuild trust — especially trust in yourself?In this episode, we start somewhere unexpectedly powerful: the space around you. Not as a verdict on how "together" you are, but as a gentle mirror. We walk room by room — the overflowing closet, the cluttered bedroom, the messy desk, the things you've tolerated so long they turned invisible, the neglected kitchen, the blocked entryway — and explore what each one might be reflecting back about where you're ready to heal.This isn't about a spotless home or shaming yourself for the laundry pile. It's about reclaiming one of the few arenas that is fully yours right now, and using small, finishable acts of order and self-care to rebuild the quiet confidence that betrayal trauma so often takes: I can trust myself, and I can care for myself. If you're navigating life after betrayal and craving a sense of control, grounding, and peace again, this episode offers warm, body-inclusive reflections and two simple invitations to start.Enjoyed This Episode?If this conversation resonated with you, here are three ways you can support the show:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Leave a Review 💬 Join the Community 📲 Share This Episode Connect With Me + Continue Your HealingIf today’s episode resonated with you, you don’t have to walk the healing journey after betrayal alone. Here are a few ways to stay connected and continue your healing:Join me at a Retreat or IntensiveIf you’re craving deeper, in-person support and embodied healing, I’m helping facilitate upcoming experiences created specifically for betrayed partners.If you're ready for a deeper connection with your daughter(s), ⁠complete this interest list⁠ for more information about my upcoming retreat - Becoming Together: A Mother Daughter Retreat - hosted by myself and my two daughters in Sedona, Arizona on September 8 - 12th.Complete this⁠⁠⁠ Interest list for an upcoming course for parents called Intentional Parenting After Betrayal⁠⁠⁠⁠, hosted by Hali and her daughter, Morgan Ellsworth. The⁠ ⁠⁠Courage to Thrive Betrayal Trauma Intensive⁠⁠⁠ takes place August 25-28 in Spanish Fork, Utah.Free Resources & DownloadsAccess free tools, guided practices, and educational resources designed to support nervous system regulation, self-trust, boundaries, and clarity after betrayal.👉⁠⁠A Mini Guide to Mindful Healing After Betrayal⁠⁠👉⁠⁠Your First Steps to Rising After Betrayal⁠⁠Upcoming Course: Reclaiming You After BetrayalIf you’re ready for deeper guidance in a structured, supportive format, I am offering a course focused on healing after betrayal, rebuilding self-trust, and grounding into your values and identity—without rushing decisions about staying or leaving.This course is ideal for those who want support without individual coaching and at a pace that honors their nervous system.👉⁠ ⁠Join the Reclaiming You Waitlist to be the first to Register!⁠⁠Listen to My Other PodcastIf you are still in your relationship—or in the process of discerning whether you want to stay—I invite you to also follow my podcast, Choosing to Stay After Infidelity and Betrayal, where I speak to both partners about healing, accountability, and rebuilding trust.👉⁠ ⁠Choosing to Stay After Infidelity and Betrayal⁠⁠Join My NewsletterStay connected through my newsletter, where I share reflections, trauma-informed insights, and updates on upcoming courses, workshops, retreats, and live experiences.👉⁠ ⁠Rooted and Rising Weekly⁠⁠Connect With Me Between EpisodesJoin me on social media for continued conversation, encouragement, and resources between podcast episodes.👉 Instagram:⁠ ⁠@rootedandrising.healing⁠⁠👉 Facebook:⁠ ⁠Rooted and Rising Healing with Hali Roderick⁠⁠👉 Website:⁠⁠ ⁠rootedandrisinghealing.mykajabi.com⁠

August 4th is Intimate Partner Betrayal Awareness Day — a day set aside to say out loud what so many of you have been carrying in silence: that what happened to you was real, that it mattered, and that it deserves to be named.Today I'm sitting down with Andrea Rogers. Andrea is a Board Certified Coach and a Certified Partner Coach with APSATS — that's the Association of Partners of Sex Addict Trauma Specialists. She's also a Brainspotting practitioner, the founder of Fully Alive Coaching, and she works with women using something called the Multidimensional Partner Trauma Model. And Andrea isn't just doing this work from the outside — she's a betrayal trauma survivor herself, which is a big part of why this conversation matters.If you've ever felt like you were "too much" for reacting the way you did, or wondered if you were losing your mind — this conversation is for you.Enjoyed This Episode?If this conversation resonated with you, here are three ways you can support the show:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⁠Leave a Review⁠💬 ⁠Join the Community⁠📲 Share This EpisodeConnect With Me + Continue Your HealingIf today’s episode resonated with you, you don’t have to walk the healing journey after betrayal alone. Here are a few ways to stay connected and continue your healing:Join the ⁠Help Her Heal weekly support group⁠ for men working to rebuild trust and create safety.Sign up for my ⁠Rooted and Rising Healing mailing list⁠ to stay informed of all upcoming resources and events where we can connect. Join me at a Retreat or IntensiveIf you’re craving deeper, in-person support and embodied healing, I’m helping facilitate upcoming experiences created specifically for betrayed partners.If you're ready for a deeper connection with your daughter(s),⁠ ⁠complete this interest list⁠⁠ for more information about my upcoming retreat - Becoming Together: A Mother Daughter Retreat - hosted by myself and my two daughters in Sedona, Arizona on September 8 - 12th.The⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Courage to Thrive Betrayal Trauma Intensive⁠⁠⁠⁠ takes place August 25-28 in Spanish Fork, Utah.⁠Email Hali⁠⁠ to join the⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Interest list for an upcoming course for parents called Intentional Parenting After Betrayal⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, hosted by Hali and her daughter, Morgan Ellsworth. Free Resources & DownloadsAccess free tools, guided practices, and educational resources designed to support nervous system regulation, self-trust, boundaries, and clarity after betrayal. 👉⁠A Mini Guide to Mindful Healing After Betrayal⁠👉⁠Your First Steps to Rising After Betrayal⁠Upcoming Course: Reclaiming You After BetrayalIf you’re ready for deeper guidance in a structured, supportive format, I am offering a course focused on healing after betrayal, rebuilding self-trust, and grounding into your values and identity—without rushing decisions about staying or leaving.This course is ideal for those who want support without individual coaching and at a pace that honors their nervous system. 👉 ⁠Join the Reclaiming You Waitlist!⁠Listen to My Other PodcastIf you are a betrayed partner, I also host a second podcast called ⁠Rooted & Rising Healing After Betrayal,⁠ created specifically for women healing from betrayal trauma.This show offers grounded, trauma-informed conversations, solo reflections, and tools to help you reconnect with yourself, reclaim your voice, and rise with clarity and strength. 👉 ⁠Rooted and Rising Healing After Betrayal⁠Join My NewsletterStay connected through my newsletter, where I share reflections, trauma-informed insights, and updates on upcoming courses, workshops, retreats, and live experiences.👉⁠⁠ ⁠Rooted and Rising Weekly⁠⁠⁠Connect With Me Between EpisodesJoin me on social media for continued conversation, encouragement, and resources between podcast episodes.👉 Instagram:⁠⁠ ⁠@rootedandrising.healing⁠⁠⁠👉 Facebook:⁠⁠ ⁠Rooted and Rising Healing with Hali Roderick⁠⁠⁠👉 Website:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠rootedandrisinghealing.com⁠⁠⁠⁠

There's a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from loving someone's potential. You keep showing up for who they could be while quietly absorbing who they actually are — and somewhere in there, you start to disappear.In this episode, we reframe overfunctioning not as a generosity problem or a character flaw, but as a way of keeping hope alive so that grief stays at arm's length. We explore why grief can feel more dangerous than effort — because effort feels active and hopeful and in our control, while grief feels like giving up. We look at the difference between potential and patterns, and why the more honest question isn't whether someone is capable of meeting a need, but whether they do, consistently, over time, including under stress. Finally, we talk about what it looks like to stop — to grieve the relationship you hoped for so you can see the one you actually have, to tell the difference between deserving to have a need met and believing you have to earn the right to ask, and to step out of the audition altogether. Because you don't earn love by disappearing. Recognizing what you deserve starts the moment you stop trying to earn it.Enjoyed This Episode?If this conversation resonated with you, here are three ways you can support the show:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Leave a Review💬 Join the Community📲 Share This EpisodeConnect With Me + Continue Your HealingIf today’s episode resonated with you, you don’t have to walk the healing journey after betrayal alone. Here are a few ways to stay connected and continue your healing:Join me at a Retreat or IntensiveIf you’re craving deeper, in-person support and embodied healing, I’m helping facilitate upcoming experiences created specifically for betrayed partners.If you're ready for a deeper connection with your daughter(s), ⁠complete this interest list⁠ for more information about my upcoming retreat - Becoming Together: A Mother Daughter Retreat - hosted by myself and my two daughters in Sedona, Arizona on September 8 - 12th.Complete this⁠⁠⁠ Interest list for an upcoming course for parents called Intentional Parenting After Betrayal⁠⁠⁠⁠, hosted by Hali and her daughter, Morgan Ellsworth. The⁠ ⁠⁠Courage to Thrive Betrayal Trauma Intensive⁠⁠⁠ takes place August 25-28 in Spanish Fork, Utah.Free Resources & DownloadsAccess free tools, guided practices, and educational resources designed to support nervous system regulation, self-trust, boundaries, and clarity after betrayal.👉⁠⁠A Mini Guide to Mindful Healing After Betrayal⁠⁠👉⁠⁠Your First Steps to Rising After Betrayal⁠⁠Upcoming Course: Reclaiming You After BetrayalIf you’re ready for deeper guidance in a structured, supportive format, I am offering a course focused on healing after betrayal, rebuilding self-trust, and grounding into your values and identity—without rushing decisions about staying or leaving.This course is ideal for those who want support without individual coaching and at a pace that honors their nervous system.👉⁠ ⁠Join the Reclaiming You Waitlist to be the first to Register!⁠⁠Listen to My Other PodcastIf you are still in your relationship—or in the process of discerning whether you want to stay—I invite you to also follow my podcast, Choosing to Stay After Infidelity and Betrayal, where I speak to both partners about healing, accountability, and rebuilding trust.👉⁠ ⁠Choosing to Stay After Infidelity and Betrayal⁠⁠Join My NewsletterStay connected through my newsletter, where I share reflections, trauma-informed insights, and updates on upcoming courses, workshops, retreats, and live experiences.👉⁠ ⁠Rooted and Rising Weekly⁠⁠Connect With Me Between EpisodesJoin me on social media for continued conversation, encouragement, and resources between podcast episodes.👉 Instagram:⁠ ⁠@rootedandrising.healing⁠⁠👉 Facebook:⁠ ⁠Rooted and Rising Healing with Hali Roderick⁠⁠👉 Website:⁠⁠ ⁠rootedandrisinghealing.mykajabi.com⁠

Have you been doing all the healing work, the books, the journaling, the prayer, the deciding to trust again, and your body still won't settle? You're exhausted but can't rest. You're holding everything together on the outside while bracing for the next blow on the inside. If that's you, this episode is a reminder: there is nothing wrong with you.In this episode, I talk about survival mode after betrayal: what happens in the body and nervous system when trauma keeps us in a prolonged state of high alert, and why it so often hides behind competence and caretaking. We explore hypervigilance, the exhaustion you can't rest your way out of, the numbness that can settle in even when life looks good, and the real physical toll of living in chronic stress.Most importantly, we talk about why you can't simply think your way out of survival mode, and why true healing has to include the body, not just the mind or the will. I'll share gentle, practical ways to begin signaling safety to your nervous system, along with an honest reminder about when it's time to lean on a trauma-informed professional.If you've felt broken for not "getting over it" faster, this one is for you.Enjoyed This Episode?If this conversation resonated with you, here are three ways you can support the show:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Leave a Review 💬 Join the Community 📲 Share This Episode Connect With Me + Continue Your HealingIf today’s episode resonated with you, you don’t have to walk the healing journey after betrayal alone. Here are a few ways to stay connected and continue your healing:Join me at a Retreat or IntensiveIf you’re craving deeper, in-person support and embodied healing, I’m helping facilitate upcoming experiences created specifically for betrayed partners.If you're ready for a deeper connection with your daughter(s), sign up for my upcoming retreat - Becoming Together: A Mother Daughter Retreat - hosted by myself and my two daughters in Sedona, Arizona on September 8 - 12th.Complete this⁠⁠⁠ Interest list for an upcoming course for parents called Intentional Parenting After Betrayal⁠⁠⁠⁠, hosted by Hali and her daughter, Morgan Ellsworth. The⁠ ⁠⁠Courage to Thrive Betrayal Trauma Intensive⁠⁠⁠ takes place August 25-28 in Spanish Fork, Utah.Free Resources & DownloadsAccess free tools, guided practices, and educational resources designed to support nervous system regulation, self-trust, boundaries, and clarity after betrayal.👉⁠⁠A Mini Guide to Mindful Healing After Betrayal⁠⁠👉⁠⁠Your First Steps to Rising After Betrayal⁠⁠Upcoming Course: Reclaiming You After BetrayalIf you’re ready for deeper guidance in a structured, supportive format, I am offering a course focused on healing after betrayal, rebuilding self-trust, and grounding into your values and identity—without rushing decisions about staying or leaving.This course is ideal for those who want support without individual coaching and at a pace that honors their nervous system.👉⁠ ⁠Join the Reclaiming You Waitlist to be the first to Register!⁠⁠Listen to My Other PodcastIf you are still in your relationship—or in the process of discerning whether you want to stay—I invite you to also follow my podcast, Choosing to Stay After Infidelity and Betrayal, where I speak to both partners about healing, accountability, and rebuilding trust.👉⁠ ⁠Choosing to Stay After Infidelity and Betrayal⁠⁠Join My NewsletterStay connected through my newsletter, where I share reflections, trauma-informed insights, and updates on upcoming courses, workshops, retreats, and live experiences.👉⁠ ⁠Rooted and Rising Weekly⁠⁠Connect With Me Between EpisodesJoin me on social media for continued conversation, encouragement, and resources between podcast episodes.👉 Instagram:⁠ ⁠@rootedandrising.healing⁠⁠👉 Facebook:⁠ ⁠Rooted and Rising Healing with Hali Roderick⁠⁠👉 Website:⁠⁠ ⁠rootedandrisinghealing.mykajabi.com⁠

When betrayal scrambles your sense of what's real, clarity can feel impossible. In this episode, I sit down with coach and master NLP practitioner Betsy Pake to talk about how women find their way back to their own truth when everything feels overwhelming. Betsy works with women navigating the painful question of whether to stay in or leave a marriage, and she brings a refreshingly non-prescriptive approach: the goal isn't to be told what to do, it's to reconnect with what you already know. Whether you're deep in the fog or just starting to come up for air, this conversation offers honest, grounded encouragement for taking the next small step.Connect with Betsy Pake: www.betsypake.comwww.instagram.com/betsypakeUse code "rooted" for 50% off The Bridge. Betsy’s self paced program for women in her first steps of clarity. https://betsypake.com/the-bridge/Enjoyed This Episode?If this conversation resonated with you, here are three ways you can support the show:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Leave a Review 💬 Join the Community 📲 Share This Episode Connect With Me + Continue Your HealingIf today’s episode resonated with you, you don’t have to walk the healing journey after betrayal alone. I create trauma-informed resources, conversations, and learning experiences to support individuals and couples navigating infidelity, betrayal trauma, and relational repair.Here are a few ways to stay connected and continue your healing:Join me at a Retreat or IntensiveIf you’re craving deeper, in-person support and embodied healing, I’m helping facilitate upcoming experiences created specifically for betrayed partners.If you're ready for a deeper connection with your daughter(s), ⁠sign up for my upcoming retreat⁠ - Becoming Together: A Mother Daughter Retreat - hosted by myself and my two daughters in Sedona, Arizona on September 8 - 12th.Complete this⁠⁠⁠ Interest list for an upcoming course for parents called Intentional Parenting After Betrayal⁠⁠⁠⁠, hosted by Hali and her daughter, Morgan Ellsworth. The⁠ ⁠⁠Courage to Thrive Betrayal Trauma Intensive⁠⁠⁠ takes place August 25-28 in Spanish Fork, Utah and offers a structured, trauma-informed space to understand betrayal trauma, regulate your nervous system, and rebuild self-trust.Free Resources & DownloadsAccess free tools, guided practices, and educational resources designed to support nervous system regulation, self-trust, boundaries, and clarity after betrayal.👉⁠⁠A Mini Guide to Mindful Healing After Betrayal⁠⁠👉⁠⁠Your First Steps to Rising After Betrayal⁠⁠Upcoming Course: Reclaiming You After BetrayalIf you’re ready for deeper guidance in a structured, supportive format, I am offering a course focused on healing after betrayal, rebuilding self-trust, and grounding into your values and identity—without rushing decisions about staying or leaving.This course is ideal for those who want support without individual coaching and at a pace that honors their nervous system.👉⁠ ⁠Join the Reclaiming You Waitlist to be the first to Register!⁠⁠Listen to My Other PodcastIf you are still in your relationship—or in the process of discerning whether you want to stay—I invite you to also follow my podcast, Choosing to Stay After Infidelity and Betrayal, where I speak to both partners about healing, accountability, and rebuilding trust.👉⁠ ⁠Choosing to Stay After Infidelity and Betrayal⁠⁠Join My NewsletterStay connected through my newsletter, where I share reflections, trauma-informed insights, and updates on upcoming courses, workshops, retreats, and live experiences.👉⁠ ⁠Rooted and Rising Weekly⁠⁠Connect With Me Between EpisodesJoin me on social media for continued conversation, encouragement, and resources between podcast episodes.👉 Instagram:⁠ ⁠@rootedandrising.healing⁠⁠👉 Facebook:⁠ ⁠Rooted and Rising Healing with Hali Roderick⁠⁠👉 Website:⁠⁠ ⁠rootedandrisinghealing.mykajabi.com⁠

Bitterness after betrayal is one of the most misunderstood parts of the healing journey. In today’s episode, I sit down with Tesa Saulmon, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Certified Sex Addiction Therapist, and founder of Root to Bloom Therapy, to have an honest, compassionate conversation about what bitterness really is, why "just forgive" can actually cause harm, and what the path from resentment to empowerment genuinely looks like.About Our Guest: Tesa Saulmon, LMHC, CSAT, CCPS is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Certified Sex Addiction Therapist, and founder of Root to Bloom Therapy based in Pensacola, Florida. Tesa works with betrayed spouses, betraying partners, and couples navigating the painful aftermath of betrayal using trauma-informed care and faith-integrated support that honors the real complexity of healing. She provides therapy throughout Florida via telehealth and travels for therapeutic disclosures and intensives.Connect with Tesa:WebsiteFree Resources & Worksheets InstagramYouTubeFacebookEmail: [email protected] This Episode?If this conversation resonated with you, here are three ways you can support the show:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Leave a Review 💬 Join the Community 📲 Share This EpisodeConnect With Me + Continue Your HealingIf today’s episode resonated with you, you don’t have to walk the healing journey after betrayal alone. Here are a few ways to stay connected and continue your healing:Join me at a Retreat or IntensiveIf you’re craving deeper, in-person support and embodied healing, I’m helping facilitate upcoming experiences created specifically for betrayed partners.If you're ready for a deeper connection with your daughter(s), ⁠complete this interest list⁠ for more information about my upcoming retreat - Becoming Together: A Mother Daughter Retreat - hosted by myself and my two daughters in Sedona, Arizona on September 8 - 12th.If you and your partner are ready to move beyond survival mode and reconnect on a deeper level, the Rise and Renew Couples Retreat offers an immersive healing experience in Costa Rica from July 30 - August 3. Complete this⁠⁠⁠ Interest list for an upcoming course for parents called Intentional Parenting After Betrayal⁠⁠⁠⁠, hosted by Hali and her daughter, Morgan Ellsworth. The⁠ ⁠⁠Courage to Thrive Betrayal Trauma Intensive⁠⁠⁠ takes place August 25-28 in Spanish Fork, Utah.Free Resources & DownloadsAccess free tools, guided practices, and educational resources designed to support nervous system regulation, self-trust, boundaries, and clarity after betrayal.👉⁠⁠A Mini Guide to Mindful Healing After Betrayal⁠⁠👉⁠⁠Your First Steps to Rising After Betrayal⁠⁠Upcoming Course: Reclaiming You After BetrayalIf you’re ready for deeper guidance in a structured, supportive format, I am offering a course focused on healing after betrayal, rebuilding self-trust, and grounding into your values and identity—without rushing decisions about staying or leaving.This course is ideal for those who want support without individual coaching and at a pace that honors their nervous system.👉⁠ ⁠Join the Reclaiming You Waitlist to be the first to Register!⁠⁠Listen to My Other PodcastIf you are still in your relationship—or in the process of discerning whether you want to stay—I invite you to also follow my podcast, Choosing to Stay After Infidelity and Betrayal, where I speak to both partners about healing, accountability, and rebuilding trust.👉⁠ ⁠Choosing to Stay After Infidelity and Betrayal⁠⁠Join My NewsletterStay connected through my newsletter, where I share reflections, trauma-informed insights, and updates on upcoming courses, workshops, retreats, and live experiences.👉⁠ ⁠Rooted and Rising Weekly⁠⁠Connect With Me Between EpisodesJoin me on social media for continued conversation, encouragement, and resources between podcast episodes.👉 Instagram👉 Facebook👉 Website

Most women healing from betrayal are told to think their way through it. But what if finding yourself again requires going somewhere deeper than your mind?In this episode, host Halle Roderick sits down with embodied integration coach Natasha Ramlall to explore why healing from betrayal is just as much a somatic process as it is a mental or emotional one — and what that actually looks like in practice.If you've been working hard to heal but still feel disconnected from yourself, this episode will help you understand why — and what to do about it.Connect with Natasha Ramlall: Natasha works with high-functioning, capable women who feel the ground cracking beneath them after a difficult life transition or an awakening to a mismatched life. As an Embodied Integration Coach, she guides you back into a deeper experience of your human-ness to heal, expand and evolve from an Identity Rupture and navigate the space between who you were and who you are becoming. Return to your body with her free Guided Audio or learn more at humanistcoaching.caConnect With Me + Continue Your HealingIf today’s episode resonated with you, you don’t have to walk the healing journey after betrayal alone. I create trauma-informed resources, conversations, and learning experiences to support individuals and couples navigating infidelity, betrayal trauma, and relational repair.Here are a few ways to stay connected and continue your healing:Join me at a Retreat or IntensiveIf you’re craving deeper, in-person support and embodied healing, I’m helping facilitate upcoming experiences created specifically for betrayed partners.If you're ready for a deeper connection with your daughter(s), ⁠complete this interest list⁠ for more information about my upcoming retreat - Becoming Together: A Mother Daughter Retreat - hosted by myself and my two daughters in Sedona, Arizona on September 8 - 12th.If you and your partner are ready to move beyond survival mode and reconnect on a deeper level, the Rise and Renew Couples Retreat offers an immersive healing experience in Costa Rica from July 30 - August 3. Complete this⁠⁠⁠ Interest list for an upcoming course for parents called Intentional Parenting After Betrayal⁠⁠⁠⁠, hosted by Hali and her daughter, Morgan Ellsworth. The⁠ ⁠⁠Courage to Thrive Betrayal Trauma Intensive⁠⁠⁠ takes place August 25-28 in Spanish Fork, Utah.Free Resources & DownloadsAccess free tools, guided practices, and educational resources designed to support nervous system regulation, self-trust, boundaries, and clarity after betrayal.👉⁠⁠A Mini Guide to Mindful Healing After Betrayal⁠⁠👉⁠⁠Your First Steps to Rising After Betrayal⁠⁠Upcoming Course: Reclaiming You After BetrayalIf you’re ready for deeper guidance in a structured, supportive format, I am offering a course focused on healing after betrayal, rebuilding self-trust, and grounding into your values and identity—without rushing decisions about staying or leaving.This course is ideal for those who want support without individual coaching and at a pace that honors their nervous system.👉⁠ ⁠Join the Reclaiming You Waitlist to be the first to Register!⁠⁠Listen to My Other PodcastIf you are still in your relationship—or in the process of discerning whether you want to stay—I invite you to also follow my podcast, Choosing to Stay After Infidelity and Betrayal, where I speak to both partners about healing, accountability, and rebuilding trust.👉⁠ ⁠Choosing to Stay After Infidelity and Betrayal⁠⁠Join My NewsletterStay connected through my newsletter, where I share reflections, trauma-informed insights, and updates on upcoming courses, workshops, retreats, and live experiences.👉⁠ ⁠Rooted and Rising Weekly⁠⁠Connect With Me Between EpisodesJoin me on social media for continued conversation, encouragement, and resources between podcast episodes.👉 Instagram👉 Facebook👉 Website

What does it look like when a mother and daughter do the healing work together? In this special episode, I'm joined by my daughters to pull back the curtain on the Becoming Together Mother-Daughter Retreat, an intimate gathering just outside Sedona, Arizona, designed for moms and daughters who are both actively doing their personal growth work and ready to bring it into their relationship.We talk about the heart behind this retreat, who it's truly for (and who it isn't), what makes it different from a conference or a girls' trip, and why the stunning off-the-grid location near Sedona, AZ is part of the healing itself. Plus, my girls weigh in on all of it. If you're a mother or daughter who feels the pull to go deeper in your relationship while honoring your own becoming — this episode is for you.If you're ready for a deeper connection with your daughter(s),⁠⁠ ⁠complete this interest list⁠⁠⁠ for more information about my upcoming retreat - Becoming Together: A Mother Daughter Retreat - hosted by myself and my two daughters near Sedona, Arizona on September 8 - 12th.Check out Mataia's Podcast: ⁠Good Day with Tay⁠Check out Morgan's Podcast: ⁠Healing Betrayed Families⁠Connect With Me + Continue Your HealingIf today’s episode resonated with you, you don’t have to walk the healing journey after betrayal alone. I create trauma-informed resources, conversations, and learning experiences to support individuals and couples navigating infidelity, betrayal trauma, and relational repair.Here are a few ways to stay connected and continue your healing:Complete this⁠⁠⁠ Interest list for an upcoming course for parents called Intentional Parenting After Betrayal⁠⁠⁠⁠, hosted by Hali and her daughter, Morgan Ellsworth. Sign up for my ⁠Rooted and Rising Healing mailing list⁠ to stay informed of all upcoming resources and events where we can connect. Join me at a Retreat or Intensive⁠The Rise and Renew Couples Retreat in Costa Rica⁠, happening July 30 - August 3, offers a more spacious, restorative experience focused on slowing down, reconnecting with your spouse, and healing in the presence of nature and supportive community. The ⁠Revive and Thrive Somatic Intensive⁠ for women takes place October 6-9 in Spanish Fork, Utah and offers a structured, trauma-informed space to understand betrayal trauma, regulate your nervous system, and rebuild self-trust.Listen to My Other PodcastIf you are still in your relationship—or in the process of discerning whether you want to stay—I invite you to also follow my podcast, Choosing to Stay After Infidelity and Betrayal, where I speak to both partners about healing, accountability, and rebuilding trust.👉⁠ ⁠Choosing to Stay After Infidelity and Betrayal⁠⁠Join My NewsletterStay connected through my newsletter, where I share reflections, trauma-informed insights, and updates on upcoming courses, workshops, retreats, and live experiences.👉⁠⁠ ⁠Rooted and Rising Weekly⁠⁠⁠Connect With Me Between EpisodesJoin me on social media for continued conversation, encouragement, and resources between podcast episodes.👉 Instagram:⁠⁠ ⁠@rootedandrising.healing⁠⁠⁠👉 Facebook:⁠⁠ ⁠Rooted and Rising Healing with Hali Roderick⁠⁠⁠👉 Website:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠rootedandrisinghealing.mykajabi.com⁠⁠

This question has the power to change how you show up in your healing:"What message does the way I show up in my relationship give to my husband about the status of the relationship?"If you're healing from betrayal trauma, the honest answer to that question might be uncomfortable. In this episode of Rooted and Rising Healing, we're talking about one of the most important — and most misunderstood — pieces of betrayal recovery: learning to say what you mean, mean what you say, and actually follow through.This is not about being harsh or issuing ultimatums. This is about becoming a woman whose words carry the full weight of her truth.If you've ever said something in anger and not followed through, stayed quiet while resentment built, or wondered why he doesn't take your words seriously — this episode will help you understand what's happening and what to do about it.This episode is for you if:You find yourself saying things out of fear or anger but not following throughYou've been suppressing your pain to keep the peace — and you're exhaustedYou confuse boundaries with rules and feel powerless when he doesn't follow themYou're ready to stop reacting and start responding from a regulated, grounded placeYou want to rebuild your voice, your self-trust, and your sense of personal power after betrayalConnect With Me + Continue Your HealingIf today’s episode resonated with you, you don’t have to walk the healing journey after betrayal alone. I create trauma-informed resources, conversations, and learning experiences to support individuals and couples navigating infidelity, betrayal trauma, and relational repair.Here are a few ways to stay connected and continue your healing:Join me at a Retreat or IntensiveIf you’re craving deeper, in-person support and embodied healing, I’m helping facilitate upcoming experiences created specifically for betrayed partners.If you're ready for a deeper connection with your daughter(s), ⁠complete this interest list⁠ for more information about my upcoming retreat - Becoming Together: A Mother Daughter Retreat - hosted by myself and my two daughters in Sedona, Arizona on September 8 - 12th.Email Hali⁠ to join the⁠⁠⁠ Interest list for an upcoming course for parents called Intentional Parenting After Betrayal⁠⁠⁠⁠, hosted by Hali and her daughter, Morgan Ellsworth. Free Resources & DownloadsAccess free tools, guided practices, and educational resources designed to support nervous system regulation, self-trust, boundaries, and clarity after betrayal.👉⁠⁠A Mini Guide to Mindful Healing After Betrayal⁠⁠👉⁠⁠Your First Steps to Rising After Betrayal⁠⁠Upcoming Course: Reclaiming You After BetrayalIf you’re ready for deeper guidance in a structured, supportive format, I am offering a course focused on healing after betrayal, rebuilding self-trust, and grounding into your values and identity—without rushing decisions about staying or leaving.This course is ideal for those who want support without individual coaching and at a pace that honors their nervous system.👉⁠ ⁠Join the Reclaiming You Waitlist to be the first to Register!⁠⁠Listen to My Other PodcastIf you are still in your relationship—or in the process of discerning whether you want to stay—I invite you to also follow my podcast, Choosing to Stay After Infidelity and Betrayal, where I speak to both partners about healing, accountability, and rebuilding trust.👉⁠ ⁠Choosing to Stay After Infidelity and Betrayal⁠⁠Join My NewsletterStay connected through my newsletter, where I share reflections, trauma-informed insights, and updates on upcoming courses, workshops, retreats, and live experiences.👉⁠ ⁠Rooted and Rising Weekly⁠⁠Connect With Me Between EpisodesJoin me on social media for continued conversation, encouragement, and resources between podcast episodes.👉 Instagram:⁠ ⁠@rootedandrising.healing⁠⁠👉 Facebook:⁠ ⁠Rooted and Rising Healing with Hali Roderick⁠⁠👉 Website:⁠⁠ ⁠rootedandrisinghealing.mykajabi.com⁠

What does hiking the Grand Canyon have to do with healing after betrayal? Everything. This week, your host takes you on a trail and shares the raw, powerful lessons mother nature herself taught her about recovery — and why your healing journey is less like a destination and more like the most important hike of your life. After spending the weekend hiking the Grand Canyon, your host, Hali Roderick, couldn't stop drawing parallels between the trail and the healing journey. From the fierceness of the canyon itself to the woman who simply said "I'm right here, Mia" — this episode is full of truth, tenderness, and trail wisdom that will meet you exactly where you are today.Connect With Me + Continue Your HealingIf today’s episode resonated with you, you don’t have to walk the healing journey after betrayal alone. I create trauma-informed resources, conversations, and learning experiences to support individuals and couples navigating infidelity, betrayal trauma, and relational repair.Here are a few ways to stay connected and continue your healing:Join me at a Retreat or IntensiveIf you’re craving deeper, in-person support and embodied healing, I’m helping facilitate upcoming experiences created specifically for betrayed partners.⁠⁠Register for my 90-minute Zoom workshop⁠⁠ called Boundaries That Build Safety: Reclaiming Your Power After Betrayal. Happening Thursday, April 30th at 6 PM Pacific Time.Email Hali⁠ to join the⁠⁠⁠ Interest list for an upcoming course for parents called Intentional Parenting After Betrayal⁠⁠⁠⁠, hosted by Hali and her daughter, Morgan Ellsworth. The ⁠⁠Courage to Thrive Betrayal Trauma Intensive⁠⁠ takes place August 25-28 in Spanish Fork, Utah and offers a structured, trauma-informed space to understand betrayal trauma, regulate your nervous system, and rebuild self-trust.Free Resources & DownloadsAccess free tools, guided practices, and educational resources designed to support nervous system regulation, self-trust, boundaries, and clarity after betrayal.👉⁠A Mini Guide to Mindful Healing After Betrayal⁠👉⁠Your First Steps to Rising After Betrayal⁠Upcoming Course: Reclaiming You After BetrayalIf you’re ready for deeper guidance in a structured, supportive format, I am offering a course focused on healing after betrayal, rebuilding self-trust, and grounding into your values and identity—without rushing decisions about staying or leaving.This course is ideal for those who want support without individual coaching and at a pace that honors their nervous system.👉 ⁠Join the Reclaiming You Waitlist to be the first to Register!⁠Listen to My Other PodcastIf you are still in your relationship—or in the process of discerning whether you want to stay—I invite you to also follow my podcast, Choosing to Stay After Infidelity and Betrayal, where I speak to both partners about healing, accountability, and rebuilding trust.👉 ⁠Choosing to Stay After Infidelity and Betrayal⁠Join My NewsletterStay connected through my newsletter, where I share reflections, trauma-informed insights, and updates on upcoming courses, workshops, retreats, and live experiences.👉 ⁠Rooted and Rising Weekly⁠Connect With Me Between EpisodesJoin me on social media for continued conversation, encouragement, and resources between podcast episodes.👉 Instagram: ⁠@rootedandrising.healing⁠👉 Facebook: ⁠Rooted and Rising Healing with Hali Roderick⁠👉 Website:⁠ ⁠rootedandrisinghealing.mykajabi.com

There’s a question I hear from betrayed women all the time:“Why can’t I just think my way out of this?” “I understand what happened.” “I know it wasn’t my fault.” “I’ve talked about it a hundred times…”So why does it still hurt?Why do you still feel triggered? Why does your body still feel like it’s living in the aftermath?In this episode of the Rooted & Rising Healing Podcast, we explore one of the most important truths of betrayal recovery:Betrayal trauma is not just an emotional wound. It is a nervous system wound.Trauma doesn’t live only in the story.Trauma lives in the body.Connect With Me + Continue Your HealingIf today’s episode resonated with you, you don’t have to walk the healing journey after betrayal alone. I create trauma-informed resources, conversations, and learning experiences to support individuals and couples navigating infidelity, betrayal trauma, and relational repair.Here are a few ways to stay connected and continue your healing:Join me at a Retreat or IntensiveIf you’re craving deeper, in-person support and embodied healing, I’m helping facilitate upcoming experiences created specifically for betrayed partners. Register for my 90-minute Zoom workshop called Boundaries That Build Safety: Reclaiming Your Power After Betrayal. Happening Thursday, April 30th at 6 PM Pacific Time.Email Hali⁠ to join the⁠⁠⁠ Interest list for an upcoming course for parents called Intentional Parenting After Betrayal⁠⁠⁠⁠, hosted by Hali and her daughter, Morgan Ellsworth. The ⁠Courage to Thrive Betrayal Trauma Intensive⁠ takes place August 25-28 in Spanish Fork, Utah and offers a structured, trauma-informed space to understand betrayal trauma, regulate your nervous system, and rebuild self-trust. Free Resources & DownloadsAccess free tools, guided practices, and educational resources designed to support nervous system regulation, self-trust, boundaries, and clarity after betrayal. 👉A Mini Guide to Mindful Healing After Betrayal👉Your First Steps to Rising After BetrayalUpcoming Course: Reclaiming You After BetrayalIf you’re ready for deeper guidance in a structured, supportive format, I am offering a course focused on healing after betrayal, rebuilding self-trust, and grounding into your values and identity—without rushing decisions about staying or leaving.This course is ideal for those who want support without individual coaching and at a pace that honors their nervous system. 👉 Join the Reclaiming You Waitlist to be the first to Register!Listen to My Other PodcastIf you are still in your relationship—or in the process of discerning whether you want to stay—I invite you to also follow my podcast, Choosing to Stay After Infidelity and Betrayal, where I speak to both partners about healing, accountability, and rebuilding trust. 👉 Choosing to Stay After Infidelity and BetrayalJoin My NewsletterStay connected through my newsletter, where I share reflections, trauma-informed insights, and updates on upcoming courses, workshops, retreats, and live experiences. 👉 Rooted and Rising WeeklyConnect With Me Between EpisodesJoin me on social media for continued conversation, encouragement, and resources between podcast episodes. 👉 Instagram: @rootedandrising.healing 👉 Facebook: Rooted and Rising Healing with Hali Roderick 👉 Website: ⁠rootedandrisinghealing.mykajabi.com