About this episode
JJ Flizanes interviews coach Lori Shelley about navigating life after betrayal and the importance of proper support during healing.
Register for the next free 14 Day Manifestation Challenge which starts April 1st. http://jjflizanes.com/14day In this episode, JJ sits down with returning guest Lori Shelley, a coach who helps women navigate the emotional and practical aftermath of betrayal. Lori shares her background—from 12 years in financial planning (including training leadership), to 13 years at home raising her kids, to 13 years in HR—and how her own life experience led her to coaching women in midlife who are rebuilding after major relationship disruption. Lori opens up about discovering her husband's long-term deception through what's often called "drip disclosure"—learning the truth in pieces over time—and how that process created intense nervous-system dysregulation: depression, short temper, feeling worse as she approached home, and eventually rage that didn't match the partial information she had. She explains how a formal therapeutic disclosure helped bring alignment between what she felt and what was actually happening—creating clarity, validation, and a turning point for healing. Together, JJ and Lori discuss why the right support matters. Lori describes the difference between approaches that frame…
People in this episode
Host: JJ
Guest: Lori Shelley
Topics covered
- betrayal
- emotional healing
- coaching
- relationships
- support systems
Keywords
- manifestation
- deception
- therapeutic disclosure
- betrayal trauma
- 12-step groups
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Products: 14 Day Manifestation Challenge
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