Life’s a Blog: Rebuilding After Betrayal

Send us Fan Mail 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 really means to be alone after a breakup and why time alone is not a setback, it is strategy. This is a direct conversation about healing after hea...

Send us Fan Mail 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. The therapy sessions that called out the imbalance. The decision to take full ownership of the magazine, not to control it, but to protect it. Equa...

Send us Fan Mail 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 stairs without a limp, the week becomes proof that the body keeps score and peace can help settle it. The boxes get unpacked, the windows flo...

Send us Fan Mail 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 intimacy. From burning a goodbye letter to honoring my first no, I unpack how tolerating misalignment became the pattern—and how choosing pe...

Send us Fan Mail 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 series of ultimatums. From a missed moment with a grieving friend to decades-old friendships that quietly phased out, I trace the pattern of o...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when staying where you are becomes harder than starting over? In this episode of Life's a Blog, I reflect on Cheryl Strayed's Wild and the powerful lessons it offers about healing, self-discovery, loneliness, and finding the courage to begin again. As I prepare for a major life transition and move toward a quieter life by the lake, I'm learning that per...

Send us Fan Mail 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 steady boundary that ends chaos, protects your nervous system, and makes room for peace to be heard. I share the story of leaving harm with c...

Send us Fan Mail 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 a tense holiday plan with compassion to setting firm online boundaries after spotting masked visits from social media, this conversation bl...

Send us Fan Mail After divorce, betrayal, grief, and the death of someone I once loved, I spent years asking the same question: Why? Why didn't he fight for us? Why didn't he choose differently? Why did everything unfold the way it did? The problem was that those questions never brought peace. In this episode, I explore radical acceptance—not the buzzword, but the real-life practice of s...

Send us Fan Mail 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 selective access can be the most loving boundary you set. I share the moments that forced me to stop performing stability and start living i...

Send us Fan Mail 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, and performing worthiness instead of living it. What followed was a raw inventory of relationships, work, and health where self-sabotage...

Send us Fan Mail 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 talk about sending the scary letter to a nit-picky landlord, redefining a business partnership with real roles and real feedback, welcoming...

Send us Fan Mail 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 that feel calm, clear, and steady. • five adjectives that define childhood patterns  • how the nervous system confuses familiar with safe  •...

Send us Fan Mail We trace the slow, steady shift from chasing chaos to standing in calm, from being a placeholder to being whole. A late-night email, a paint can on a patio, and a moonlit drive become proof that quiet closure is still closure. • choosing self-respect when it hurts first • seeing performance and control disguised as confession • breaking trauma loops of being needed over being love...

Send us Fan Mail What if the love you learned was really pressure in disguise? We follow a winding road trip that turns into a reckoning, as I sit with people who knew my parents and finally hear the words I’d been circling for years. My brother’s overdose, the demand to be perfect, and the quiet ways coercive control seeps into families all come into focus—shifting the story from personal failure...

Send us Fan Mail What if the cure you’re chasing is the very thing keeping you stuck? After a breakup layered with the grief of losing my parents, I went looking for control in the only place that felt easy at 1 a.m.: TikTok. The algorithm fed me “get your ex back” hacks, red nail theory confidence boosts, and tidy rules that promised results without real work. I tried some. They gave me motion, n...

Send us Fan Mail In this deeply personal episode, host Trina Stewart opens up about one of the hardest lessons of her life m loving someone lost in addiction, ignoring her intuition, and finding the courage to finally let go. “When You Finally Let Them” explores what happens when love collides with betrayal, and how trusting your gut becomes the ultimate act of self-protection. Through raw storyte...

Send us Fan Mail In this deeply personal episode of Life A Blog , host Trina Stewart opens up about the painful unraveling of a 24-year marriage marked by hidden addictions, betrayal, and the slow erosion of emotional safety. From discovering lies about drug and sex addiction to facing the crushing realization that love alone can’t fix someone else's chaos, Trina shares her raw journey throug...

Send us Fan Mail In this deeply personal episode of Life’s a Blog , Trina takes us to her peaceful trailer on Lake Huron—a place she now calls her little piece of heaven. From reflections on her parents' passing and the healing power of solitude, to raw truths about betrayal, addiction, and starting over, Trina shares what it means to reclaim your story. She opens up about how a simple tablet...

Send us Fan Mail In this deeply personal episode, Trina opens up about a part of her story she hadn’t planned to share so soon — but knew she needed to. Prompted by a friend’s vulnerable question — “How did you deal with the abuse of your ex?” — Trina reflects on the quiet, devastating unraveling of her marriage, the weight of addiction and gaslighting, and the profound betrayal that cost her some...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we dive deep into the world of attachment styles —specifically, the anxious attachment style and how it shapes our relationships. I open up about my own personal journey with attachment wounds, what it’s like to love from a place of fear and longing, and the inner work it’s taken to find more security in love. We’ll explore:  - The roots and signs of anxious attac...

Send us Fan Mail Life can change in an instant. One day you're building a future, raising a family, and believing everything is exactly as it should be. The next, you're questioning everything you thought you knew about love, trust, and yourself. In this first episode of Life's a Blog, I share the story behind the podcast and the journey that led me here. From betrayal and separatio...