Rebuilding Trust with Carol The Coach

Carol Juergensen Sheets
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This podcast is dedicated to the couples who have experienced partner betrayal because of problematic sexual behavior, sex addiction or infidelity. Carol Juergensen Sheets aka Carol the Coach will be using these episodes to expose you to important thought leaders in this field. She will also expose you to teachings that she has found to be helpful in restoring your relationship. Watching these videos will remind you that you have a friend, an ally and an advocate for restoration in your coupleship!

  1. Sep 24

    How To Calm Your Body After Betrayal with Teresa Zuvela

    “Almost every woman that I’ve ever talked to knew something was going on… But they didn’t have words for it.” When a woman discovers her partner's betrayal, everyone wants her to decide something. Stay or go. Forgive or not. Tell the kids or wait. But in those first weeks and months her body is in shock: racing thoughts, no sleep, checking his phone at 2 a.m., swinging between numbness and rage. Many partners say they feel like they're going crazy. Teresa Zuvela, LMHC, CSAT, CPTT, has spent more than 25 years working with women in exactly this place. Her new book, The Body Knew First: A Nervous-System Guide to Steadying Yourself After Betrayal Trauma, explains why betrayal is first a nervous system event, before it is a relationship decision, and why steadying the body has to come first. Carol and Teresa talk about what the body is trying to communicate, why urgency is not the same as readiness, and practical ways to calm the system enough to think clearly. The book is the first stage of Teresa's five-stage Woodland Pathways Model: Stabilize, Clarify, Reclaim, Integrate, and Live Well. Help Them Heal: https://sexhelpwithcarolthecoach.com Teresa Zuvela: Email: teresa@livingwellpublishing.org Phone: 253-344-3012 Counseling practice Education and free workshops Free Stabilization Guide Book on Amazon YouTube: @LivingWellInstituteCoachTeresa Instagram: @woodland_pathways_counseling Facebook: Woodland Pathways Counseling LinkedIn: Teresa Zuvela

  2. Sep 7

    How Women Can Trust Themselves Again: with Denise Hayden-Hawkins

    “If you’re stuck in self-doubt, this is for you.” Many women reach a point in life where they no longer recognise themselves. They have spent years as the wife, the mother, the professional, the one who holds everything together for everyone else, and somewhere along the way the woman underneath those roles went quiet. In today's episode, my conversation with Denise Hayden-Hawkins will explore what it takes to hear that woman again. Whether you’re a betrayed partner, someone struggling with sex addiction, or a professional in the field looking to better serve your clients, this episode is for you! Help Them Heal: https://sexhelpwithcarolthecoach.com Denise Hayden-Hawkins: Website: denisehh.com Instagram: instagram.com/inneraligncoach Facebook: facebook.com/InnerAlignCoach LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/denisehaydenhawkins Email: dhaydenhawkins@yahoo.com Phone: 07886019486 (UK)

  3. Sep 2

    Mindfulness and Meditation | The Key to Your Recovery: with Wendy Conquest

    “We are literally rewiring our brain circuitry to be able to have the brain function differently.” In today's episode of The Rebuilding Trust Podcast, I’m sitting down with Wendy Conquest to discuss mindfulness and meditation to explore how it can help sex addicts, betrayed partners, and anyone stuck in shame or reactivity find more calm, clarity, and self-awareness. Whether you’re a betrayed partner, someone struggling with sex addiction, or a professional in the field looking to better serve your clients, this episode is for you! Help Them Heal: https://sexhelpwithcarolthecoach.com Wendy Conquest: https://wendyconquest.com

  4. Jul 29

    Befriending Your Inner Self for Lasting Recovery with Jenna Riemersma

    In this episode of Rebuilding Trust, I’m joined by Jenna Riemersma, who shares a simple IFS-based approach to stop fighting your inner parts and start healing from the inside out. In this episode, we talk about how the “notice, know, need” framework can help turn shame, self-criticism, and inner conflict into compassion and growth. Links: https://sexhelpwithcarolthecoach.com https://jennariemersma.com https://ifs-institute.com/practitioners/all/15433

  5. Jul 20

    The Missing Piece in Betrayal Trauma Recovery with Cristina Wehner

    In this episode, I'm joined by Cristina Wehner to discuss how therapy intensives can help couples and individuals move through betrayal trauma more effectively than traditional weekly therapy. We explore why creating a safe, uninterrupted space can accelerate healing, the role of disclosure and psychoeducation, and how this model benefits both clients and clinicians. Whether you're recovering from betrayal or you're a therapist looking to expand your practice, this conversation offers practical insights into a different approach to healing. https://www.hopeandfreedom.net/about-cristina-wehner https://www.linkedin.com/in/cristina-marie-wehner-32271582/

  6. Jul 8

    Understanding Compulsive Sexual Behavior with Dr. Robert Hudson

    In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Robert Hudson to explore compulsive sexual behavior (CSB), its impact on intimate relationships, and the clinical realities that are so often hidden beneath secrecy and shame. Drawing from his new book, *Treating Compulsive Sexual Behavior and Its Impact on Relationships: A Clinical Guide*, Dr. Hudson helps us understand why CSB is frequently misunderstood as simply a moral failing or lack of willpower. Instead, we discuss how it is often rooted in trauma, attachment difficulties, emotional dysregulation, shame, and complex relational dynamics. Together, we examine the profound impact CSB can have on betrayed partners, couples, and families. We talk about betrayal trauma, the role of secrecy, and why genuine healing requires much more than simply stopping the behavior. Dr. Hudson also shares the importance of trauma-informed, non-pathologizing approaches to treatment, the role of accountability in recovery, and practical therapeutic tools that clinicians can use for assessment, cycle mapping, stabilization, and couples work. Whether you're a clinician, someone in recovery, a betrayed partner, or simply looking to better understand the psychological and relational dimensions of compulsive sexual behavior, I hope this conversation offers insight, encouragement, and practical guidance for the journey toward healing. Website: https://relationship-recovery.co.uk/ LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-robert-hudson-a19ba91a/

  7. Jun 26

    Learn About Michelle May's Braving Model with Michelle Mays

    The Second Edition of The Betrayal Bind came out March 3 and expands the attachment based Braving Model even further. One of the core things explored are the six attachment-based coping strategies that emerge after betrayal. Understanding that these behaviors are driving by attachment needs is vital for both betrayed partners, their significant others and the helping professionals who support them. Michelle Mays is a Licensed Professional Counselor and expert in treating sexual betrayal and trauma. She is the founder of the Relational Recovery Institute and the creator of the Braving Hope® Coaching program for individuals recovering from betrayal trauma. Michelle has created a new attachment-based approach called The Braving Model™ to address the devastating dilemma that betrayed partners face when their significant other is unsafe to connect to, yet connection is the key to healing. Michelle is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Supervisor in both Virginia and Washington DC, and a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist and Supervisor. She was trained by Pia Mellody in the Post Induction Therapy model for treating developmental trauma and is a Certified Professional Coach. Contact Info www.michellemays.com www.relationalrecovery.com https://www.facebook.com/OfficialMichelleMays/ https://www.instagram.com/michellemays_/ https://www.youtube.com/c/MichelleMaysChannel

  8. Jun 19

    Beyond Sobriety-The Neuroscience of Addiction with Chris Chandler

    Many betrayed partners are told that recovery requires sobriety, accountability, disclosure, and empathy, but they are not always given a clear understanding of what is happening in the addicted brain or why meaningful change takes time. In this conversation, Chris Chandler brings a neuroscience-based lens to compulsive sexual behavior, drawing from his clinical work with thousands of men, his collaboration with Dr. Patrick Carnes on Fulbright-supported sexual addiction research, and his role with the American Foundation for Addiction Research. Chris will explain how attachment wounds, trauma, shame, and nervous system dysregulation can shape maladaptive coping strategies long before adulthood. Using a simple model of the brainstem, limbic system, and prefrontal cortex, he will help partners understand why early recovery often requires intense stabilization, structure, repetition, and community before deeper emotional and relational healing becomes possible. This discussion will also explore Carnes’ view of recovery as a long-term process: the first one to two years often focus on sobriety, honesty, accountability, and behavioral stabilization, which can then open the door to deeper attachment work, grief, empathy, intimacy, and relational repair. The goal is not behavior management alone, but restored connection. Contact Info: Website: www.breathtobones.com Schedule a Consultation with Chris: https://breath-to bones.cal.com/chris/consultation

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This podcast is dedicated to the couples who have experienced partner betrayal because of problematic sexual behavior, sex addiction or infidelity. Carol Juergensen Sheets aka Carol the Coach will be using these episodes to expose you to important thought leaders in this field. She will also expose you to teachings that she has found to be helpful in restoring your relationship. Watching these videos will remind you that you have a friend, an ally and an advocate for restoration in your coupleship!

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