187. Who Am I? Finding Yourself After Divorce & Betrayal Trauma

187. Who Am I? Finding Yourself After Divorce & Betrayal Trauma

From The Empowered Divorce Podcast; Navigating Divorce After Betrayal Trauma and Abuse by Amie Woolsey Certified Brainspotting Practitioner; APSATS-CPC, ICF-PCP,

April 2, 2026 · 32 min

About this episode

This episode discusses how to rebuild your identity after divorce and betrayal trauma, emphasizing the importance of self-relationship.

If you've ever stood in the middle of your new life after divorce and genuinely not known who you are anymore, this episode is for you. Losing yourself in a marriage built on betrayal is not a character flaw — it's what happens when you spend years trying to be enough for someone who was never fully honest with you. In this episode, I walk through what it actually looks like to rebuild your identity after divorce, not by performing a new version of yourself, but by slowly coming back to the one that was always there. I share my own experience of losing myself so completely that my own parents didn't recognize me, and how I started finding my way back through small intentional choices that had nothing to do with anyone else's approval. I also introduce my seven levels of intimacy framework and show you how to flip those inward — because the most important relationship you will ever rebuild after divorce is the one you have with yourself. This is the foundation. Everything else, including dating again, gets built on top of this. ______________ Intimacy Within Self Paced Course - START TODAY! https://intimacywithin.amiewoolsey.com/intimacy-within-page ✨ WORK WITH AMIE + NEXT STEPS…

People in this episode

Host: Amie Woolsey

Topics covered

  • identity after divorce
  • betrayal trauma
  • self-discovery
  • rebuilding self-esteem
  • intimacy with self

Keywords

  • divorce
  • betrayal trauma
  • identity
  • self-improvement
  • intimacy
  • healing

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