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October 23, 2025 51 mins

Have you spent years doing everything “right”? Building your career, caring for others, keeping things together and still feel like something is off? 

Maybe it’s a quiet ache you can’t shake. 

That pull between might not be burnout at all. It might be a kind of betrayal you didn’t know you were carrying.

In this episode, I sit down with Lora Cheadle, author, speaker, and betrayal recovery coach. Lora’s story began with infidelity but led her deeper into the world of nervous system regulation, and the rebuilding of her self-worth. Lora brings a lived understanding of how our bodies often speak the truth before we can put them into words.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

  • How societal expectations and perfectionism can cause emotional exhaustion and disconnection, especially in high-achieving women.
  • What happens to your nervous system when you live in survival mode for too long and how self-betrayal becomes a coping mechanism.
  • How to tell when your burnout symptoms are signs of deeper misalignment
  • What your body is communicating through tension, fatigue, and restlessness.
  • How expectation management can shift long-standing relationship dynamics
  • Simple somatic tools to support nervous system balance and recovery.
  • Ways to rebuild trust with yourself through internal validation instead of outside approval

This conversation is a gentle invitation to pause, breathe, and remember that you’re not broken. You’re human and you’re learning, healing, and coming home to yourself, one sensation at a time.

Here’s to honoring what your body already knows,

Laurie


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