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Healing with WORTH
by Healing With WORTH
Heal from betrayal with WORTH. Each week we interview therapists, talk about healthy tools of recovery, and hear women's stories of hope. Our Christ-centered focus combines the science of recovery with the healing power of God.We are a safe place for you to learn, grow, and find the strength you need to move forward and feel peace again. Questions? Email us [email protected]
Episodes
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Small Steps to Stabilization - Reclaiming Your Emotional Capacity
In this episode, Marquelle and Lauren teach how emotional resilience grows through small, steady practices that calm the nervous system after betrayal trauma. They explore grounding tools, brief check‑ins, and pockets of safety that help lower overwhelm, along with the challenges of...
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Your Body Isn't Broken: Understanding Desire After Sexual Betrayal
n this episode, Marquelle and Lauren unpack why sexual intimacy often becomes confusing, painful, or unsafe for women after years of pornography use or betrayal in a marriage. They explore the unequal sexual starting point many wives unknowingly enter, how objectification distorts connection, and...
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You Are Not His Accountability Partner_ Honoring Capacity, Boundaries, and Healing.wav
In this episode, Markell and Lauren explain why wives aren’t meant to be their husbands’ accountability partners, how trauma limits emotional capacity, and how clear boundaries and small grounding practices help women protect their healing while encouraging healthier responsibility in recovery.
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The Second Betrayal - When Support Systems Fail
In this episode, Marquelle Brown and Heidi Davies-Case unpack the “second betrayal” — the pain that comes when support systems misunderstand or minimize betrayal trauma. They share personal experiences, explain how gaslighting and blame‑shifting fracture identity, and teach the skills women need…
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Owning Your Own Story with Special Guest Cody Hawes
In this episode, Marquelle and Lauren are joined by Cody Hawes, MSW, LCSW. They discuss how owning your own story can help you reclaim agency, rebuild self-trust, and anchor to Christ.
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From Intrusive Lies to Restored Truth
In this episode, Marquelle and Lauren explore how intrusive and automatic thoughts shape emotions, identity, and healing after betrayal trauma. They explain how noticing and questioning these thoughts reduces additional suffering and restores a sense of agency. Through personal stories and...
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From Triggered to Grounded: Visualization Tools That Can Help
In this episode of Healing with WORTH, Markell and Lauren explore how visualization can support women healing from betrayal trauma. They share how mental rehearsal strengthens boundaries, interrupts old patterns, calms the nervous system, and helps you show up with clarity instead of reactivity....
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Surrender, Acceptance, and the Slow Work of Healing After Betrayal
In this episode, Marquelle and Lauren explore how surrender and acceptance become essential tools for women navigating betrayal trauma. They talk about releasing what isn’t ours to carry, taking ownership of our own healing and safety, and letting others—including a spouse—be responsible for…
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Conceal, Don’t Feel: What Frozen Teaches Us About Betrayal Trauma
In this episode, Marquelle Brown gently unpacks the emotional landscape of betrayal trauma through the metaphor of Frozen, exploring Elsa’s “conceal, don’t feel” mindset, Anna’s persistent reaching out, and the deep need for safety, support, and emotional regulation. She reflects on how…
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Shattered Spirit
In this episode of Healing with Worth, Marquelle shares the powerful story behind her book, Shattered Spirit, and opens up about her personal journey through betrayal trauma, domestic violence, and the long road to healing. Together, Marquelle and Maurice discuss the emotional, psychological, and...
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Navigating the Summer w/ Betrayal Trauma
Summer can be both a blessing and a challenge—especially for women navigating betrayal trauma. In this episode of the Healing With Worth podcast, Marquelle and Lauren explore the unique pressures that summer brings, from disrupted routines and increased responsibilities to feelings of exhaustion,...
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Navigating Grief
In this episode of Healing with Worth, Marquelle and Lauren explore the grief cycle, the emotional impact of betrayal and loss, and the ways we can become stuck in fretting, rumination, and endless “what if” thinking. Together, they discuss how grief affects both the mind and body, why trying to...
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"Weather Checking" Pt 2
In this episode of Healing with Worth, Marquelle and Lauren continue the conversation on weather checking by exploring how to identify the long-term emotional climate in a marriage. They discuss the difference between temporary conflicts and ongoing patterns of behavior, how to recognize red…
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The Performance Trap
What happens when the person you trusted most seems perfect on the outside, only for hidden struggles to come to light? In this episode of Healing with Worth, Marquelle and Lauren explore the pain and confusion that can follow betrayal, the pressure many women feel to change themselves in order…
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"Weather Checking" & Betrayal Trauma
In this episode of Healing with Worth, Marquelle and Lauren explore the concept of “weather checking” in relationships—learning how to recognize emotional patterns, assess safety, and respond with wisdom instead of fear or reactivity. Using the metaphor of weather versus climate, they discuss how...
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Somatic Exercises & Betrayal Trauma
In this episode of the Healing with Worth Podcast, Marquelle Brown and coach Heidi Davies explore how somatic exercises and polyvagal theory can help women heal from betrayal trauma, regulate their nervous systems, and reconnect with themselves. Through honest conversation and personal…
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New Beginnings
In this episode, we dive into the power of new beginnings and what it really looks like to move forward when you feel stuck in the past. Drawing on teachings about Christ as the source of renewal, this conversation explores how to anchor your healing in your identity, your values, and your…
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Neurodivergence in Adults
In this episode of Healing With Worth, Marquelle and Lauren sit down with psychologist and energy healing coach Dr. Nicole Parkes to explore what it’s like for adults to discover autism or ADHD later in life—and the complex emotions that often come with it. Together, they talk about masking,...
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Bitterness & Betrayal Trauma
In this episode of Healing with Worth, Marquelle and Lauren talk about the bitterness that can slowly build after betrayal trauma, especially when the hurt, broken trust, and questions don’t just go away. They talk about how resentment can show up at different points in the healing process, why...
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Body Image Part 2
This episode is a real and honest conversation about learning to accept our bodies as they are—imperfect, changing, and human—and choosing to treat them with kindness instead of criticism. We talk about how easy it is to compare ourselves to unrealistic standards, turn against our own bodies, and...
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Body Image Part 1
In this episode of Healing With Worth, Marquelle and Lauren dive into the sensitive topic of body image, especially in the context of betrayal trauma, pornography, and cultural pressures. They talk about how body image struggles can develop across different seasons of life, from adolescence to...
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Rebuilding Trust
In this episode of Healing with Worth, Marquelle and Lauren talk about the difficult space many women face during betrayal trauma recovery—when a husband is working on his recovery and becoming safer, but the fear of being hurt again still lingers. They discuss the challenge of learning to trust...
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Shame, Labels, & How To Navigate It
In this episode of Healing With WORTH, hosts Marquelle and Lauren talk about how shame and harmful labels can affect healing from betrayal trauma and addiction. They discuss how shame often leads people to believe painful messages. They explain the difference between shame-based thinking and...
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God's Will & God's Way
In this episode of Healing With Worth, Marquelle and Lauren talk about seeking God’s will and following God’s way while navigating betrayal trauma. They discuss how trauma can make it difficult to hear the Spirit, trust yourself, and know what decisions to make. Through personal experiences and...
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Celestial Orientation
In this episode of Healing With WORTH, Marquelle and Lauren discuss the powerful concept of “Celestial Orientation” and what it means to keep Christ at the center during painful and confusing seasons of life. They explore why women often keep trying in incredibly hard relationships, how focusing…
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Ecosystems & Betrayal Trauma
In this episode of Healing With Worth, hosts Marquelle and Lauren explore the powerful metaphor of ecosystems, comparing betrayal trauma recovery to nurturing a greenhouse or stabilizing a fish tank. When trust is shattered and your world feels uprooted, it can leave your inner environment…
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Staying Grounded While Waiting
In this episode of Healing With Worth, Marquelle and Lauren talk about what it’s like to live in the “messy middle” of betrayal trauma—when you’re working hard on your healing, but your spouse feels stuck, inconsistent, or emotionally unsafe. They share what this season can really feel like: the...
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Red Flags You Shouldn't Ignore
In this episode of Healing With WORTH, Marquelle and Lauren are joined by Maurice Harker, Director of Life Changing Services and founder of WORTH, to discuss the subtle and often overlooked red flags that may signal pornography use or other secretive sexual behaviors in a marriage. Using…
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Triggers, Flashes, & Alarms
In this episode of Healing with WORTH, Marquelle and Lauren explore how triggers, flashes, and alarms show up in the body after betrayal trauma and why those reactions can feel so intense and overwhelming. They break down what is happening in the nervous system, how past experiences get activated...
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Neurodiversity, Betrayal Trauma, and Healing
In this episode of Healing With Worth, Marquelle and parent coach Liz Covington explore how neurodiversity can impact marriage and healing after betrayal trauma. Together, they discuss rigidity, sensory differences, emotional regulation, addiction, and how neurodivergent traits can affect…
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Joy Tools
When life feels upside down, joy can feel impossible. In this episode, hosts Marquelle and Lauren discuss finding joy through Christ amidst betrayal trauma, opposition, and loss. Through gospel teachings, personal experience, and practical tools, they offer reassurance that healing is possible…
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Peace Tools
In this episode of Healing With Worth, hosts Marquelle and Lauren offer guidance and hope for women navigating betrayal trauma—especially during the holidays and as the new year approaches. They explore how daily anchoring and renewal routines can help rebuild peace, energy, and emotional…
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Learning to Discern the Source of Your Thoughts
In this episode of Healing With Worth, Marquelle and Lauren talk with Maurice Harker, Director of Life Changing Services and Founder of Worth. They discuss how to handle intrusive thoughts that often come with betrayal trauma. They also talk about how to recognize when the adversary is…
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You Are Not Alone
In this episode we talk about what it feels like to be lonely and how to find real connection again. We share personal experiences and simple ways to build closeness with yourself, with others, and with God. This honest and comforting conversation reminds you that you are never truly alone.
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Unpacking Resentment in Betrayal Trauma
Healing from Betrayal: Understanding and Managing ResentmentIn this episode of 'Healing With Worth,' hosts Naomi and Marquelle dive deep into the complex emotion of resentment that often accompanies betrayal trauma. They discuss how resentment is intertwined with grief, pain, and a sense of...
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Creating Safe Intimacy with Maurice Harker
Navigating Betrayal Trauma: Essentials of Boundaries and IntimacyIn this episode of Healing With Worth, host Marquelle, along with guest Maurice Harker, founder of the Worth Program, delve into the intricate aspects of boundaries and intimacy in the recovery from betrayal trauma. They explore the...
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Emotional Differentiation and Healthy Boundaries in Relationships
Emotional Differentiation and Healthy Boundaries in RelationshipsIn this episode of Healing With Worth, hosts Naomi and Marquelle discuss emotional differentiation in relationships, particularly in the context of betrayal trauma. They share personal experiences and strategies for managing one’s…
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Rediscovering You after Betrayal Part 2
Rediscovering Yourself After Betrayal: Part 2In this episode of Healing With Worth, hosts Naomi and Marquelle continue their discussion on rediscovering yourself after betrayal trauma. They emphasize the importance of trust in oneself and in Christ, noting that the healing process takes time and...
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Rediscovering You After Betrayal Part 1
Rediscovering Yourself After Betrayal TraumaIn this episode of 'Healing With Worth', hosts Naomi and Marquelle delve into the journey of self-discovery following betrayal trauma. They discuss the emotional impact of Discovery Day (D-Day) and the stages of healing, including dealing with initial...
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Balancing Self Care and Mom Guilt
The Crucial Role of Self-Care in Healing from Betrayal TraumaIn this episode of Healing With Worth, hosts Naomi and Marquelle discuss the importance of self-care for women dealing with betrayal trauma. They address the common struggle women face in feeling guilty about taking time for themselves,...
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Navigating Family Transitions with Laura Ollinger: part 2
Navigating Post-Divorce Family Dynamics with Laura AllingerIn this episode of Healing With Worth, hosts Naomi and Marquelle continue their conversation with guest Laura Ollinger, exploring the complexities of family relationships post-divorce. Laura shares practical advice on dealing with...
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Navigating Family Transitions with Laura Ollinger: Part 1
Navigating Family Transitions with Laura Allinger - Part 1In this episode of Healing With Worth, hosts Naomi and Marquelle welcome Laura Ollinger, a teen and parent wellbeing coach, to discuss the challenges of navigating separation and divorce when children are involved. Laura shares her…
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Finding Peace and Forgiveness through the Savior
The Journey of Forgiveness: Navigating Betrayal and Healing with Christ's AtonementIn this episode of Healing With Worth, hosts Marquelle and Naomi delve into the complex and often challenging subject of forgiveness, particularly in the context of betrayal trauma. They discuss insights from the...
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Overcoming Hopelessness in Betrayal Trauma
Finding Hope and Healing in the Face of Betrayal TraumaIn this episode of Healing With Worth, hosts Naomi and Marquelle address the topic of hopelessness, especially during tough times. They emphasize the importance of self-care, positive affirmations, and setting boundaries to regain confidence...
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Navigating Divorce and Recovery: Insights and Support for Women
Navigating Divorce and Recovery: Insights and Support for WomenIn this episode of Healing With Worth, hosts Naomi and Marquelle discuss the difficult topic of divorce. They are joined by guest Heidi Davies, who shares her personal experience with divorce after a 17-year marriage marked by her...
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Rebuilding Trust After Betrayal Part 2
Rebuilding Trust After Betrayal Trauma: Key Steps and BoundariesThis episode of the 'Healing With Worth' podcast, hosted by Naomi and Marquelle, explores the complex process of rebuilding trust in a relationship after betrayal trauma. They emphasize the importance of first restoring self-trust,...
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Overcoming Emotional Roadblocks
Overcoming Roadblocks in Betrayal Trauma RecoveryIn this episode of Healing With Worth, hosts Naomi and Marquelle discuss some common obstacles faced during the healing and recovery process from betrayal trauma. They emphasize the importance of self-work, the challenges women face in early...
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Finding Trust After Betrayal
Building Self-Trust After Betrayal TraumaIn this episode of Healing With Worth, hosts Naomi and Markel discuss the important topic of trust in the context of betrayal trauma recovery. They emphasize the need to rebuild self-trust first before working on trusting a partner again. The hosts share...
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WORTH Summit Information
The Betrayal Trauma Summit: Empowering You to HealMarquelle announces the launch of the Betrayal Trauma Summit on March 24th, highlighting an impressive lineup of speakers and topics aimed at addressing the needs of individuals facing betrayal trauma. Key sessions include discussions on...
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Choosing Healing: Forgiveness After Betrayal and Divorce
Navigating Divorce and Forgiveness in Betrayal Trauma RecoveryIn this episode of Healing with Worth, hosts Naomi and Marquelle discuss the complex topics of divorce and forgiveness in the context of betrayal trauma. They offer insights into the emotional hurdles faced by women contemplating or...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Heal from betrayal with WORTH. Each week we interview therapists, talk about healthy tools of recovery, and hear women's stories of hope. Our Christ-centered focus combines the science of recovery with the healing power of God.We are a safe place for you to learn, grow, and find the strength you need to move forward and feel peace again. Questions? Email us [email protected]
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