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
46 episodes
Why Wasn’t I Chosen? Choosing Yourself After Rejection, Betrayal and Heartbreak
Sometimes the hardest part of heartbreak isn’t losing someone. It’s wondering why they didn’t choose you.In this episode of Life’s a Blog, Trina talks about a conversation with a friend that brought up rejection, betrayal, bound...
Betrayal Trauma & Starting Over: Trusting Yourself After a Toxic Relationship
What happens when your desire to move forward becomes bigger than your fear?In this episode of Life’s A Blog, Trina gets personal about betrayal trauma, silent abuse, leaving a marriage, what our children learn by watching us lo...
How To Stop Building A Museum For Your Mistakes
Your brain can turn one bad morning into a full disaster trilogy by lunch and I just proved it. My Meta Business Suite gets hacked and someone burns about $1,000 on ads I didn’t create, in a language I don’t speak, selling scissors I don’t even...
What Dolly Parton Taught Me About Love, Boundaries and Starting Over
Dolly Parton’s death made me rethink a moment I witnessed at CMA Fest — and what I completely misunderstood about a woman who was still excited about what came next.From Dolly’s marriage to Carl Dean and the story behind Light of a C...
Starting Over Without Starting From Zero
I’ve started over more times than I ever expected to.After a 22-year marriage. After loss. After another relationship ended. After leaving homes I had poured myself into. And now, once again, I’m unpacking boxes and trying to make a plac...
The Red Flags You Ignore Become Your Teacher
What if the red flags that changed your life were not only in other people, but in the ways you learned to cope, stay quiet, overgive, or hold on too long? We go straight into the uncomfortable truth: some of the biggest warning signs we face a...
The Mistakes I Made After Betrayal Trauma—and How I Forgave Myself
What happens after betrayal trauma, when the relationship ends but the pain follows you into every part of your life?In this deeply honest episode of Life’s a Blog, I share the mistakes I made after my separation—the drinking, i...
Happiness Starts When You Tell The Whole Truth
Are you missing the life you had, or the version of it you created in your mind?In this episode of Life’s a Blog, I’m talking about what it really takes to create a happier version of yourself after betrayal, heartbreak, grief a...
Learning to Trust Happiness Again
After years of surviving betrayal, grief, financial stress, and starting over, why can peace feel so uncomfortable? In this deeply personal episode of Life's a Blog, I share how the unexpected success of my magazine made me realize I w...
10 Signs You're Finally Through the Hard Part of Betrayal Trauma
After betrayal, heartbreak, or divorce, nobody tells you when you've finally turned the corner. There isn't a finish line. One day you're replaying every conversation and searching for answers. The next, you realize their name no longer control...
When Regret Becomes Wisdom: Healing, Growth & Why the Ride Was Worth the Fall
Have you ever laid awake at night wondering what would have happened if you had made a different choice?In this deeply personal episode of Life's a Blog, Trina Stewart explores the regrets that shape our lives and the lessons they leave ...
When Looking Back Stops Serving You
This week on Life's a Blog, I'm sharing a conversation that made me stop and think about grief, healing, attachment, and what it really means to move forward.Sometimes what feels like loneliness isn't loneliness at all. Sometime...
From Survival Mode To Perspective With The Body Keeps The Score
Trauma doesn’t just sit in the past like a story you can close. It lives in the body, in the nervous system, and in the reflexes that fire before you can think. We’re talking about what The Body Keeps the Score helped me see this week while I w...
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...
My Wedding Anniversary Became The Day He Died
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.
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...
What Happens When Your Old Life Falls Apart
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 ...
Boundaries Don't Create Loneliness, They Reveal It
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...