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You'll discover where you really are in your healing journey, begin to ask the questions that will move you forward and build your own 30-Day Heart Reset Map. No matter where you are at in your journey, in your marriage or even with God - this is for you!!!!
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Are you waiting until you feel stronger, calmer, or more sure about your marriage before you take a next step in healing after the betrayal?
Do you feel too tired, angry, or confused to pray "the right way" right now?
Have you wondered whether God is waiting for you to get yourself together first?
You'll Walk Away With...
This is the final Monday Heart Check before The Heart Reset After Betrayal, my free live workshop on Tuesday, October 6. Over the last two weeks, we've talked about survival mode and the shift from "How can I fix this?" to "What kind of person am I going to be?" Last Thursday, I shared how my pain kept my head down until God lifted it, and I left you with a question: if I don't have to fix myself, what is my part in healing?
Today, I talk about the step that comes before that answer: simply coming to God as you are. We look at Jesus' invitation to the weary and burdened, the honest prayer of Psalm 13, and why the rest Jesus promises is found in walking with Him, not in having it all together first. Then I give you this week's practice: two minutes a day of honest conversation with God, ending with "Here I am, Lord. I'm coming to You."
If you're new here, start with Episodes 66 and 67 on survival mode, then Episodes 68 and 69, so the workshop builds on what you've already heard.
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You'll discover where you really are in your healing journey, begin to ask the questions that will move you forward and build your own 30-Day Heart Reset Map. Whether he's doing the work or not, this is for you! S
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He's apologized and he's doing the work to rebuild trust, so why do you still feel so angry, guarded, or cold?
Do you find your mind stuck on the whys: why he did it, where God was, and how you ended up here?
Have you started to believe that after betrayal, the only person you can really trust is yourself?
You'll Walk Away With…
Over the past few weeks, we've explored how survival mode shows up after betrayal, the four ways we survive broken trust, and, on Monday, the shift from "How can I fix this?" to "What kind of person am I going to be?"
In this episode, I continue the story I started on Monday about realizing I didn't want to be angry anymore. I share how I became so fixed on my pain and my broken heart that I couldn't see God or myself clearly, and how the Psalms helped lift my head again. Once I saw God as my helper and protector, I began to remember who I still was: His daughter, still wearing a crown I couldn't see.
If you're new here, start with Episodes 66 and 67 on survival mode, then listen to Episode 68 before this one.
RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED
📖 Ephesians 4:26
🎙️ Episode 57: 5 Truths About Who You Are That Betrayal and Infidelity Cannot Touch
📚 Renovation of the Heart by Dallas Willard
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DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for informational and encouragement purposes only and is not a substitute for professional therapy or counseling. If you are in crisis please reach out to a licensed mental health professional.
How many times this week have you asked yourself, "How do I fix this?"
Do you find yourself solving, researching, or replaying conversations, but still not moving forward?
Are you tired of circling around the same blame, toward him or toward yourself?
YOU'LL WALK AWAY WITH...
RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED
🗓️ Free live workshop: The Heart Reset After Betrayal. Tuesday, October 6, 2pm PST. Get unstuck from survival mode with a 30-day reset map. REGISTER HERE!
📖 Proverbs 4:23
🎙️ Episode 66: Stuck After Betrayal? Here's How Survival Mode Really Shows Up
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DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for informational and encouragement purposes only and is not a substitute for professional therapy or counseling. If you are in crisis please reach out to a licensed mental health professional.
Since the betrayal in your marriage came out - have you been scrolling for hours, cleaning at midnight, or checking his phone one more time, and wondered why you can't stop?
When friends and family check in with you, do you say "I'm fine" so everyone else is "fine" while your own heart feels heavier every week?
Are you past the initial shock of finding out about your husband's infidelity but still struggle to pick up all the pieces?
🗓️ SIGN UP FOR THE FREE LIVE WORKSHOP: The Heart Reset After Betrayal! Tuesday, October 6, 2pm PST. Get unstuck from survival mode with a 30-day reset map. REGISTER HERE FOR FREE!
🎙️ Episode 66: Stuck After Betrayal? Here's How Survival Mode Really Shows Up - the heart check that goes with this episode
📖 Proverbs 4:23 "Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life." - the image of being the keeper of our vineyard/garden
🎙️35 | What Has the Storm of Betrayal and Broken Trust Left Behind in Your Heart?
🎙️36 | Why I Still Can't Forgive: 8 Hidden Layers of Loss After Betrayal and Broken Trust
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DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for informational and encouragement purposes only and is not a substitute for professional therapy or counseling. If you are in crisis please reach out to a licensed mental health professional.
Have you been wondering how much longer this pain is going to last?
Do you want to feel "normal" again, even though you're not sure what that means anymore?
Have you noticed some days feel better than others, but underneath it, you still feel stuck?
YOU'LL WALK AWAY WITH...
You will be introduced to this week's practice, the Mode Check: Pick a moment to pause and reflect on "Where in my day have I been functioning from survival mode and which one of the four modes seems to my tendency?"
***SOMETHING EXCITING HAPPENING SOON!!!***
Come join us as we will sort through the emotional chaos and confusion together in community with other women navigating betrayal in their marriage.
You will leave with more clarity what your practical next step looks like in your heart healing journey from broken trust and betrayal.
This live workshop will last about 45min and end with 10min of Q&A!
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🫂 Join the Heart Work Healing Circle : a private community for women walking this same road, right now
This podcast is for informational and encouragement purposes only and is not a substitute for professional therapy or counseling. If you're unable to function day to day — unable to work, eat, or sleep for an extended period — or feel unsafe, please reach out to a licensed therapist in addition to any coaching support. If you are in crisis please reach out to a licensed mental health professional.
Do you feel like it's all on you, you are responsible for your healing and moving on after the betrayal in your marriage?
Do you wonder whether loving him again automatically means reconciliation?
Are you confused on what it actually looks like to respond from a place of feeling rooted and grounded in the love of Christ when all you know right now is pain after the betrayal?
Do you wish for a community of others that simply understand because they have been or currently are where you are at?
YOU'LL WALK AWAY WITH...
Today we wrap it all up:
Our unshakable identity in Christ and true authority and choice that comes with it, and what walking it out really entails and most importantly how community is the thing that will really excel the healing journey around the picture that started it all: a woman wearing both a crown and an apron, from 1 Peter 5:5.
Even though we learn to serve and lay down our lives for each other once we are established in our true identity in Christ, loving your husband doesn't automatically mean reconciliation.
We get to follow the same pattern God shows in His own love: desiring reconciliation without demanding it or compromising His standards.
RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED:
***JOIN THE HEART RESET WORKSHOP on October 6th at 5PM EST! ***
📖 1 Peter 5:5 "clothe yourselves with humility" (the servant's apron picture in the Greek)
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This podcast is for informational and encouragement purposes only and is not a substitute for professional therapy or counseling. If you are in crisis please reach out to a licensed mental health professional.
YOU'LL WALK AWAY WITH...
This is the final letter of the CROWN series: N, Never Do It Alone.
The core idea: every practice from this series: Catching a thought, Reviewing it, Owning your response, Walking it out, all of it, gets stronger in community but quietly erodes in isolation, because a false thought left unchallenged in your own head just keeps running on repeat.
New here? This episode caps a five-week series. Start with Episode 56 if you want the full journey from the beginning.
RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED
💌 Subscribe to the Heart Work Love Letter
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This podcast is for informational and encouragement purposes only and is not a substitute for professional therapy or counseling. If you are in crisis please reach out to a licensed mental health professional.
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This is Week 4 of the CROWN series, a deep dive into our identity (Episode 57), authority (Episode 59), choice (Episode 61) as we wrestle through what this all means for us after betrayal in our. marriage.
This week, I make the four points on
why the crown has to come first,
why it isn't the whole picture on its own,
what it looks like to wear both day to day,
and how to ask the same honest question in your own life.
PART 3: RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED
PART 4: CONNECT WITH JULIA AND NEXT STEPS
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This podcast is for informational and encouragement purposes only and is not a substitute for professional therapy or counseling. If you are in crisis please reach out to a licensed mental health professional.
YOU'LL WALK AWAY WITH...
PART 3: RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED
PART 4: CONNECT WITH JULIA AND NEXT STEPS
Next Steps:
This podcast is for informational and encouragement purposes only and is not a substitute for professional therapy or counseling. If you are in crisis please reach out to a licensed mental health professional.
YOU'LL WALK AWAY WITH...
This episode walks through five aspects of owning your response, built around a picture of choosing healthy food over junk food
1) believing that God is good before anything else can change
2) expecting resistance without mistaking it for failure
3) deciding in advance what truth will replace the old thought
4) walking the full Catch/Review/Own process in a real example
5) trusting grace to do the sustaining work instead of white-knuckling through it
This is the third week in our C.R.O.W.N series - start with Episode 57 if you want to start at the beginning!
PART 3: RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED
💌 Subscribe to the Heart Work Love Letter
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This podcast is for informational and encouragement purposes only and is not a substitute for professional therapy or counseling. If you are in crisis please reach out to a licensed mental health professional.
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***TOP 5% GLOBALLY RANKED PODCAST***
Heart Work After Betrayal
For Christian wives rebuilding trust after infidelity
Are you a Christian wife trying to rebuild trust after infidelity? Do you feel alone, triggered, and torn between healing your marriage and protecting your heart?
Have you been asking questions like:
- How do I heal from the pain and broken trust after infidelity?
- How do I rebuild trust after cheating?
- How do I know whether to stay or leave?
- How do I forgive without losing myself?
- How do I find emotional healing and safety again?
- How do I reconnect with God, myself, and my spouse after betrayal?
If that sounds like you, this podcast is for you.
Heart Work After Betrayal is for Christian wives who are married, have walked through infidelity, and want help navigating the pain, confusion, triggers, trauma, and loss of identity that often follow betrayal. Maybe you struggle with intense loneliness because of the broken trust by the one who was supposed to be your partner for life and feel like a rug has been pulled out from under you. Or you feel overwhelmed with the pain but still having to show up either for your kids or at work. Or you feel like you should be further along already since it’s been a few months or even years ago when you found out about the betrayal. This space is here to help you feel seen, supported, and grounded.
I’m Julia Carlton, Relationship Coach and Certified 5 Voices Practitioner. After experiencing the pain of infidelity in my own marriage, I learned that healing after betrayal does not begin by trying to fix everything overnight. It begins by rebuilding trust in yourself, rebuilding your spiritual foundation, and rebuilding relational trust with wisdom, honesty, and emotional safety.
Each week on this Christian marriage podcast, we focus on:
rebuilding trust in yourself after betrayal
rebuilding your spiritual foundation and restoring your identity in Christ
rebuilding relational trust and discerning reconciliation wisely
emotional healing and safety after infidelity
how to trust again after cheating
move towards healing your marriage without ignoring the pain
healthy boundaries, forgiveness, and communication
finding support when you feel alone in betrayal recovery
HEART WORK after Betrayal is about doing the deep heart work required to rebuild trust with yourself and God first, restore identity, walk in forgiveness, and move forward with strength and clarity.
If you are looking for faith-based support after infidelity and want personal help rebuilding trust and discerning your next steps, I also offer private 1:1 Heart Work Coaching for Christian wives healing after betrayal.
Healing is possible. Trust can be rebuilt. Emotional safety can be restored. And if reconciliation is right, a renewed relationship can be pursued with wisdom, faith, and truth.