Healing After Betrayal: How to Move from Hurt to Hope with God’s Help
When the Pain of Betrayal Lingers
When we shared our story in Episode 7, so many of you reached out with your own words:
“I’ve been there too.”
“I thought I was over it, but I’m still stuck.”
“How do you move forward after something like this?”
The heartbreak for us wasn’t only in walking through betrayal, it was in realizing how many of you are still living in the aftermath of your own betrayal story.
Because betrayal doesn’t just hurt in the moment. It has a way of following you. The memories replay. The shame sneaks in. The questions whisper: Shouldn’t I be past this by now?
If that’s where you are, this episode is for you.
Healing is not automatic. It’s a process. And while you can’t rush it, you also don’t have to stay stuck.
Healing Is A Choice
In Episode 8: Healing After Betrayal: How to Move from Hurt to Hope with God’s Help, we open up about the process we’ve walked out this past year, what it looked like to intentionally pursue healing instead of waiting for it to “just happen.”
Here’s some of what we talk about:
- The emotional traps of shame, guilt, and victimhood, and why they keep you stuck.
- The role of forgiveness (both others and yourself) in unlocking freedom.
- Why grieving well is part of healing, not a sign of weakness.
- How to give God access to the places no one else sees.
- Practical steps to move from being defined by betrayal to being refined by it.
Because you can’t change what happened. But you can choose how you respond to it.
What to Remember When You’re Healing After Betrayal
If you’ve been betrayed and you’re wondering how to move forward, here are a few truths that have helped us:
Your emotions are valid, but they don’t have to rule you.
Shame, guilt, and hurt are real. Feel them. Voice them. But don’t build your identity around them.
Forgiveness is a decision, not a feeling.
You may not feel ready. You may need to forgive more than once. But forgiveness is the key that unlocks your own healing.
God can heal what you can’t.
There are places in your heart no person can reach. That’s where Jesus steps in, binding up wounds in ways nothing else can.
You are not defined by what was done to you.
Betrayal may be part of your story, but it doesn’t get the final word. With God, even this can become the beginning of something new.
Hear the Full Conversation on Mandate to Multiply
In Episode 8: Healing After Betrayal: How to Move from Hurt to Hope with God’s Help, we walk through:
- The feedback we heard from you, listeners, after Episode 7, and why this follow-up matters.
- The most common struggles people face after betrayal and how to overcome them.
- The practical steps that helped us grieve, forgive, and surrender our pain to God.
- How to let Jesus write the next chapter of your story.
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Final Encouragement
If you’re still stuck in the pain of betrayal, you don’t have to stay there.
Healing is possible. Freedom is possible. And with God, hope is possible… even here, even now.
Because betrayal is not the end of your story. It’s the place God can begin writing a new one.
So, take the next step. Sit with Jesus. Forgive. Surrender. Let Him do the deep work.
Your heart can be healed. Your story can be redeemed.
And your pain can become the pathway to purpose.
Share this episode with someone who’s still carrying the weight of betrayal.
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