The Empowered Divorce Podcast; Navigating Divorce After Betrayal Trauma and Abuse

144. Rejecting Self Rejection


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I diving deep into one of the most painful emotional experiences—rejection—and how it uniquely impacts women healing from betrayal trauma, emotional abuse, and divorce. This isn’t just about getting ghosted or overlooked. For betrayed women, rejection is a body-level experience, echoing decades-old wounds and signaling danger to the nervous system—even when there’s no immediate threat.If the thought of dating again terrifies you… if you shrink yourself to avoid conflict… if you find yourself over-giving, over-performing, or preemptively rejecting yourself—this episode is for you.I’ll walk you through the neuroscience, the trauma patterns, and the deeper truths about why rejection hits so hard and how you can begin to change your relationship with it, gently and powerfully.

  • Why rejection isn’t just emotional

  • What self-rejection looks like (and how to stop doing it)

  • Why avoiding rejection keeps you stuck in isolation—not safety

  • How to heal rejection through micro-exposures, nervous system regulation, and daily self-validation


    This is about learning to stay with yourself—no matter who stays or leaves.✨ Want to go deeper?

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