Life’s a Blog: Rebuilding After Betrayal

Send us Fan Mail Everyone seems to be trying to decipher Taylor Swift’s “Patient Zero” video. That car scene? It was so my life. After a 24-year relationship, I understand how gaslighting can leave you questioning yourself and accepting blame that was never yours to carry. Rereading a message from my ex-husband’s girlfriend helped me see those years differently. I also share why my last partner’s...

Send us Fan Mail 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, boundaries and the things women sometimes tolerate while waiting for someone’s actions to finally match their words. She shares why a small incident with an o...

Send us Fan Mail 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 love, and rebuilding trust in yourself after life pulls the carpet out from underneath you. She also shares why, after experiencing both death and betrayal...

Send us Fan Mail 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 own. Then my camera is stolen out of my car. Then the magazine I publish shows up a full week late. Real problems, real stress, real conse...

Send us Fan Mail 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 Clear Blue Morning to my own experiences with betrayal, control, motherhood and starting over at 53, I’m talking about the difference between loving s...

Send us Fan Mail 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 place I never imagined living in feel like mine. But this time I realized something: I’m not actually starting over. I’m starting from experience. Th...

Send us Fan Mail 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 are our own, especially when we are still healing. I share the moments that finally made me ask, “What red flags have I ignored in my own li...

Send us Fan Mail 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, isolation, overspending, unhealthy relationships, risky business partnerships, anger, and desperate need for other people to understand my pain. I spent y...

Send us Fan Mail 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 and major life changes. Not the fake “everything is fine” version. The real version who has been hurt, disappointed and exhausted, but still wants more fr...

Send us Fan Mail 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 was still living in survival mode. We explore trauma through the insights of Gabor Maté, discuss why we wait for apologies that may never come,...

Send us Fan Mail 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 controls your mood. In this episode of Life's a Blog , I share the ten signs that convinced me I was finally moving through th...

Send us Fan Mail 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 behind. From relationships and marriage to missed opportunities, intuition, grief, addiction, family, and second chances, Trina shares her o...

Send us Fan Mail 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. Sometimes it's grief. Sometimes it's missing the people who loved us. And sometimes it's learning that we don't need updates a...

Send us Fan Mail 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 watched someone I care about hit a breaking point, and why that kind of moment is heartbreaking not because someone is “weak,” but because i...

Send us Fan Mail 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 betrayal, autism, attachment, and why so many of us return to relationships that slowly destroy our peace. We talk honestly about divorce,...

Send us Fan Mail 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 first dance. From a trailer, with my life rebuilt piece by piece, I tell the story of what that kind of loss does to your memory, your body, an...

Send us Fan Mail 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 long enough to name the hurt, stop performing strength, and let solitude do its quiet work. I talk through the messy middle of healing after...

Send us Fan Mail 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 longer than we should—not because we’re fulfilled, but because it’s familiar. Through raw reflection, past blog entries, and deeply personal experiences...

Send us Fan Mail 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. What starts as background noise turns into something more. A mirror. A reminder of what it actually feels like when people show up with intention ver...

Send us Fan Mail 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 different… wealth, status, a life built with privilege. But beneath that surface is something universal: betrayal, disorientation, and the quiet unraveling of a lif...

Send us Fan Mail 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 deeper: a realization about love, intention, and what it actually means to show up for another person. Through moments from the show, Trina unpacks the kind of...

Send us Fan Mail 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 children, to reflecting on past relationships, to conversations with a close friend, this episode unpacks the shift that happens when being a wife, a mom,...

Send us Fan Mail 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 honest reflection on guilt, solitude, and what it actually feels like to move through what many call the “dark night of the soul.” This episode expl...

Send us Fan Mail 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 walk away from a “normal” connection turns into something deeper: questioning what normal even means, and whether it’s ever truly aligned with who...

Send us Fan Mail 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 rise. You cannot resurrect what collapsed. You feed what’s healthy and discard what’s toxic. Living alone in my little house in the woods h...