What if the deepest betrayal you’ve ever experienced wasn’t a sign of your weakness, but the very initiation you needed into your most powerful transformation?

In this raw and deeply personal episode of The Femme Cast, I pull back the curtain on one of the most painful chapters of my life: discovering infidelity, staying longer than I “should have,” and carrying the crushing shame that came with both. Not just the shame of being betrayed, but the insidious shame of staying—even when my intuition was screaming at me to leave.

For years, I hid my story. I cringed at the thought of admitting how long I stayed. I ignored the signs, made excuses, and silenced my inner voice because saying it out loud would mean I could no longer pretend it wasn’t happening. I was humiliated by what others might think, and even more devastated by what I thought it meant about me.

But here’s what I’ve learned on the other side: betrayal isn’t proof of your unworthiness. It’s often the wake-up call you didn’t know you needed. It reveals the ways you’ve been betraying yourself, teaches you radical self-trust, and sets you up for a chapter of life you could never step into otherwise.

In this episode, I share:

🎤 How I moved through the shame of staying as long as I did (and falling for the lies).
🎤 Why betrayal can be the catalyst for building unshakeable self-trust.
🎤 The real reason you don’t leave until you’re ready—and why that’s okay.
🎤 How to stop blaming yourself and finally release the shame that keeps you stuck.
🎤 Why staying may have been exactly what you needed to walk away empowered, never looking back.

If you’ve ever asked yourself, “Why did I stay so long?” or felt the weight of embarrassment for not leaving sooner, this conversation will set you free. You’ll walk away with a fresh perspective that allows you to let yourself off the hook, see your strength through the pain, and embrace betrayal as the portal to your becoming.

Because healing doesn’t happen when society tells you to leave—it happens when you’re ready to step into a life where you will never again abandon yourself.

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