Life’s a Blog: Rebuilding After Betrayal
Life doesn’t fall apart at 50. It gets real.
After a 24-year marriage ended in betrayal, I found myself starting over in a way I never expected. This podcast is where I talk about that. The truth of it. The grief, the anger, the healing, and everything that comes with rebuilding a life when the one you knew is gone.
I talk about relationships that look solid but aren’t. The disappointment when people don’t show up the way they said they would. The work it takes to stop chasing, set boundaries, and finally choose yourself.
There’s a lot out there about dating, confidence, and “moving on.” This isn’t that. This is about doing the real work so you don’t repeat the same patterns.
If you’re over 40, over 50, divorced, starting again, or just tired of pretending you’re fine, you’ll get it.
We’ll get into:
- betrayal and what it actually does to you
- healing without shortcuts
- dating later in life
- learning to be on your own without feeling alone
- recognizing red flags and trusting yourself again
- building a life that finally feels like yours
Most episodes are just me. Some include conversations. All of it is honest.
Because starting over isn’t the end of your story. It’s where you finally start living it.
New episodes weekly.
Episodes
34 episodes
Trauma Bonds, Toxic Love & Learning To Be Alone
This week, I share one of the most emotionally eye-opening weekends I’ve had in years. What started as a simple weekend at the trailer with an old friend helping rebuild my deck turned into deep conversations about love, trauma bonds, emotional...
Healing Means Refusing To Let The Past Define You
May 14th used to feel cursed for me. It is the date that marks what would have been my 32nd wedding anniversary, the betrayal that ended that “forever,” and the strange reality that my ex later died on the same day, at the same time as our firs...
No Caller ID: The Moment You Realize They Never Chose You
I had a late-night realization that surprised me: I was trying to force myself to be unhappy, even though I could feel real happiness and gratitude underneath the chaos. That moment opened a bigger door, what happens when we finally sit still l...
How Comfort Keeps You Stuck In The Wrong Relationship
In this episode of Life A Blog, Trina asks a question that doesn’t come with an easy answer: are you comfortable… or are you actually happy?What looks stable on the outside can feel empty on the inside, and sometimes we stay far...
I Turned On Temptation Island For A Nap And Got A Life Lesson
In this episode of Life A Blog, Trina reflects on a week that left her physically exhausted and emotionally open—and how an unexpected moment on a reality show sparked a much deeper realization: the bare maximum is the bare minimum.
Outdoor Guru Paul LaFrance Explains Why Great Design Starts With Your Story
Your home can be more than a place you sleep and store your stuff. It can be the place that helps you recover. We sit down with outdoor designer and TV personality Paul LaFrance to talk about the idea he keeps coming back to: “investing in rest...
Belle Burden's 'Strangers' And How It Explains Betrayal Trauma For What It is
In this episode of Life A Blog, Trina dives into the memoir Strangers by Belle Burden—and what begins as hesitation turns into something deeply personal and unexpectedly relatable. From the outside, the story may look differen...
What Love On The Spectrum Teaches About Honest Connection
In this episode of Life A Blog, Trina lets go of the outline and speaks from exactly where she is—raw, reflective, and in the middle of real change. What begins with watching Love on the Spectrum turns into something much deep...
Discovering Your Life's Purpose
In this episode of Life A Blog, Trina explores something many people quietly struggle with but rarely say out loud—what happens to your purpose when the roles you built your life around begin to change?From time spent with her c...
What the Dark Knight of the Soul Actually Feels Like
In this episode of Life A Blog, Trina opens up about a week that felt heavy in a way that didn’t quite make sense. On paper, everything is moving forward—but emotionally, something deeper is being processed. What unfolds is a raw and h...
Normal Is Overrated, But Dysfunction Is Exhausting
In this episode of Life A Blog, Trina reflects on a week filled with quiet realizations—about relationships, patterns, and what it really means to understand yourself when the noise finally settles. What starts as a simple decision to ...
The Road to Happiness: Boundaries and Peace
In this episode, I talk about happiness and what it really looks like after betrayal, grief, community conflict, and years of hard lessons. A weekend spent learning to make sourdough becomes the perfect metaphor for growth. You cannot rush the ...
The Power of Being Alone After a Breakup
The quiet after a breakup is not peaceful. It is loud. When the phone stops buzzing and the routines disappear, you are left with one uncomfortable question: am I enough without being chosen?In this solo episode, we break down what it re...
How Trusting My Instincts Reshaped Leadership And Love
Betrayal does not just break your heart. It messes with your reality. This episode starts at that moment when you finally stop questioning yourself and start trusting what you know.I talk about when a shiny partnership lost its shine. Th...
Choose Yourself: Building A Deeper Well Of Joy
A quiet house in the woods can change everything. We arrive in Lambton Shores sore, stressed, and carrying months of noise, then watch how stillness, light, and a few small rituals turn chaos into clarity. From hot lemon water to running the st...
Rebuilding Self Trust After Toxic Patterns
What if the closure you’ve been chasing is the very thing keeping you stuck? This week, I trade emotional autopsies for clarity and walk through the ten practical steps that helped me rebuild self-trust after years of confusing intensity with i...
How To Spot And Stop One-Sided Relationships
What if the exhaustion you’re feeling isn’t burnout—it’s imbalance? Today I get honest about one-sided relationships: how they sneak up on us, why resentment is a boundary signal, and how to choose mutuality without turning your life into a ser...
Becoming Wild: Where the Broken Parts Set You Free
In this episode, I reflect on finally watching Wild after reading the book years ago and why its message landed differently in this season of my life. We talk about brokenness that becomes freeing, choosing peace over proximity, loneli...
Saying No Is Not Rejection, It’s Clarity
If your life feels loud but strangely empty, this conversation is a reset button. We talk about the quiet kind of no—the one that arrives after you add up the cost of your time, your energy, and your values. Not the dramatic refusal, but the st...
When Tradition Shifts, What Stays Is Love
The quiet moments at year’s end can be the loudest teachers. Closing the season, we sift through honest reflections on family, boundaries, and the surprising clarity that arrives when the lights go out and the noise falls away. From navigating ...
Radical Acceptance In A Snowy Season
In this episode, we reflect on radical acceptance during a snowy holiday week, tracing how clarity can exist without closure and how the body registers truth as a small release. Through divorce, loss, music, and daily boundaries, we practice na...
When Clarity Arrives, Love Stops Pretending
What if the real difference between a draining relationship and a steady one isn’t love at all—but capacity? We explore the quiet shift from chemistry to consistency, from managing someone’s storms to honoring your own nervous system, and why s...
Saving Myself From Self-Sabotage
A single question in a quiet therapy room flipped my life from autopilot to honest: do you want to die or thrive? From that moment, I had to confront a pattern I’d dressed up as kindness—overgiving to be chosen, staying silent to keep the peace...
From All Too Well To Self-Worth: Real Lessons On Love, Loss, And Starting Over
What if one of the hardest year of your life handed you the clearest rules for love, work, and self-worth? That’s the heart of this story—ten relationship lessons pulled from a messy, honest season and held up to the mirror of All Too Well. We ...
How Naming Your Past Helps You Stop Repeating It
We trace how childhood patterns shape adult relationships and why familiarity can feel safer than health. We break down trauma bonding and triangulation, then share practical steps to set boundaries, widen our circle, and choose relationships t...