From Betrayal To Breakthrough

We've arrived at the beginning of the end — in the best possible way . This episode kicks off the final five-episode arc of From Betrayal to Breakthrough , and Dr. Debi is taking us back to where it all started.     In this deeply personal solo episode, Dr. Debi shares the real story behind why she started this podcast almost 500 episodes ago — and it's not the reason most people assume. She opens...

What if you were never broken to begin with, just disconnected from who you already are?   In this episode, Dr. Debi sits down with Michele Alexandria, intuitive coach and personal development guide, for a conversation built around a single reframe: we're never broken, we just forgot who we are. Michele traces how that forgetting starts almost from birth, one of the first words most of us hear is...

In this episode, Dr. Debi sits down with Nathan Crane, health researcher, healer, and founder of The Awakened Process, for a conversation on addiction, the nervous system, and what it actually takes to come back to love after betrayal. Nathan shares his own story, homelessness, addiction, and suicidal ideation as a teenager, and the moment a family in Montana took him in and loved him unconditiona...

In this episode, Dr. Debi sits down with Dr. Karen Kramer, executive coach, hypnotherapist, and intuitive strategist with nearly 35 years in leadership development, for a conversation about what happens when something we've built, a relationship, a career, a version of ourselves, simply stops fitting. Dr. Karen introduces the idea that growth often arrives as a quiet mismatch long before it arrive...

In this episode, Dr. Debi sits down with Dr. John Demartini, human behavior expert, educator, and author of 40 books, for a conversation that challenges one of the most common assumptions after betrayal: that someone else did this to you. Dr. Demartini opens with a reframe that ruffles feathers on purpose , nobody actually betrays you, betrayal is what happens when you expect someone to live insid...

In this episode, Dr. Debi sits down with Dov Baron, five time Top 30 Global Leadership Guru, two time Inc. Magazine top leadership speaker, and the preeminent expert on creating cultures of belonging, for a wide ranging conversation on identity, survival, belonging, and the courage it takes to question everything you think you know about yourself. Dov opens up about the free climbing accident in 1...

In this episode, Dr. Debi sits down with Lee Harris, spiritual leader, author, channeler, and musician, for a wide ranging conversation on betrayal, surrender, forgiveness, and what it actually takes to find your way back to yourself. Lee opens up about his own experience of betrayal by someone he trusted deeply, and how that experience became a rubber meets the road moment for who he really was....

In this episode, Dr. Debi sits down with Stacie Shifflett, founder of Modern Consciousness, to explore what it takes to move from anger and betrayal into clarity, intention, and joy. After her 28 year marriage imploded, Stacie refused to simply drift like a leaf bumping along the current. Instead she threw herself into over a decade of personal development, working with figures like Tony Robbins a...

What happens when the life that looked perfect from the outside was hiding a secret that would eventually send your husband to prison for 45 years?   In this episode, Dr. Debi sits down with Venus Morris Griffin, author and real estate professional, to explore what it takes to survive generational trauma, recognize abuse you were conditioned not to see, and rebuild an entirely new life for yoursel...

Forgiveness is one of the most charged words in the English language. For many people who have been through betrayal, just hearing it brings up anger, resistance, or the feeling that forgiving means letting someone off the hook. In this solo episode, Dr. Debi Silber clears the air on what forgiveness actually is and what it absolutely is not, and makes the case for why it may be the most powerful...

When we talk about healing from betrayal, we almost always focus on the emotional and psychological side. But what about the body? In this solo episode, Dr. Debi Silber gets personal about her own health journey, including a series of illnesses that became a wake-up call, and shares why physical health, nutrition, fitness, and lifestyle are not optional extras in betrayal recovery. They are founda...

What if grief was not something to get over, but a bridge that leads you to your greatest transformation? In this powerful episode of From Betrayal to Breakthrough , Dr. Debi Silber sits down with Rosalind Price, known as The Grief Gangstress, for an honest, deeply human conversation about cumulative loss, the 5 grief archetypes, and how navigating grief with strategic intention can lead to profou...

What if the stories you've been telling yourself about your betrayal — about who you are, what you're capable of, and whether you can heal — aren't facts at all? What if they're just beliefs? And what if beliefs can change?   In this powerful episode, Dr. Debi sits down with Nir Eyal, bestselling author of Beyond Belief , Indistractable , and Hooked , for a conversation that will fundamentally shi...

When trust is shattered, so is your ability to think clearly, speak confidently, and feel safe expressing yourself. In this powerful episode, Dr. Debi Silber sits down with Stanford University lecturer, communication expert, and bestselling author Matt Abrahams to explore how to reclaim your voice — even when fear, brain fog, and self-doubt have taken over.   Matt is the host of the globally renow...

What if the intuition you silenced to survive your betrayal is the very thing that can guide you out of it?     In this episode, Dr. Debi sits down with Dallisa Hocking — fifth-generation psychic medium and energy architect — to explore what happens to our intuitive sense when trust is shattered. Whether you intentionally shut it down to avoid confrontation or inadvertently turned it off just to g...

What does NASA, the military, and healing from betrayal have in common? More than you might think. In this powerful episode, Dr. Debi Silber sits down with mindset strategist and engineer John Mollura — whose career took him from high-stakes aerospace missions to coaching high performers — to talk about the one thing that determines whether we move forward or stay stuck: how we use our minds.   Jo...

Guest: Guy Kawasaki — Chief Evangelist, Canva · Author · Host of Remarkable People   What happens when one of Silicon Valley's most trusted voices—the man who helped launch the Macintosh and now serves as Chief Evangelist for Canva—sits down to talk about betrayal, broken trust, and what it takes to live with integrity? You get a conversation that's honest, provocative, and deeply human.   In this...

Today is the day. The State of Betrayal Report — the most comprehensive research publication on betrayal recovery ever produced — is live. And I wanted the people who have been on this journey with me to hear about it here first, not through a social post or an email.   In this solo episode, Dr. Debi Silber walks you through everything the research found: the behavioral impact data, the physical a...

Guest: Mariana Alessandri, PhD — existentialist philosopher, author, and self-described "defender of dark moods"   If you've ever been told to "choose happy," "stay positive," or "look on the bright side" while your world was falling apart — this episode is for you.   Dr. Debi Silber sits down with philosopher Mariana Alessandri to explore why our society's obsession with toxic positivity is actua...

Guest: Liane Marie Lambert — intuitive guide, energy alchemist, and transformation coach helping people move from karmic cycles into conscious, high-vibration living.   What if everything you've been through wasn't happening to you — but for you? In this episode, Dr. Debi sits down with Liane Marie Lambert to explore some of the most profound (and often misunderstood) truths about betrayal, karma,...

What do the Olympic Games and betrayal recovery have in common? More than you'd think. In this powerful episode, Dr. Debi sits down with former Olympian and transformational speaker Cherita O'Dell — who represented Barbados in the long jump at the 1996 Atlanta Centennial Games — for a conversation that is equal parts raw, inspiring, and deeply practical.   Cherita's Olympic story isn't the one you...

If you've been feeling like you're losing hope, hitting setbacks, or struggling to set boundaries — this episode is for you. Dr. Debi Silber is pulling straight from her recent coaching sessions to shine a spotlight on three of the most common themes she's seeing right now. And here's the thing: none of them mean you're failing. In fact, they're all part of the healing process.   In this episode,...

Guest: Dr. Sandra Scheinbaum, Founder & CEO of the Functional Medicine Coaching Academy (FMCA)   From Betrayal to Breakthrough with Dr. Debi Silber   Episode Overview   What does it take to reinvent yourself — not once, but multiple times? In this warm and inspiring conversation, Dr. Debi Silber welcomes her dear friend Dr. Sandra Scheinbaum, a clinical psychologist, functional medicine expert, an...

After recovering from pneumonia, Dr. Debi returned to her microphone with a packed day — five podcast interviews across five completely different audiences. What she discovered was striking: no matter the industry, background, or life stage, three core wounds from betrayal kept surfacing in every single conversation.   In this episode, Dr. Debi covers:   Why she did five back-to-back podcast inter...

What happens when you hand the microphone to your daughter and tell her to ask whatever she wants — no prep, no filters?   That's exactly what this episode is. My daughter Camryn sat down with me for a conversation I didn't see coming, asking questions designed to draw out the side of Dr. Debi that doesn't always show up in research discussions or keynote stages — the personal, the raw, the real....