The Empowered Divorce Podcast; Navigating Divorce After Betrayal Trauma and Abuse

This episode welcomes guest Brian Wolff, a singer-songwriter based here in Austin Texas who I discovered in the most Austin way possible: playing live at the farmers market on a Saturday morning. One particular song stopped me in my tracks, and I knew I had to have him on.

We talk through two of his songs together, line by line, and explore how they connect to the work ...

What does it cost you to stay? What does it cost you to leave? And what happens when you have been stuck in that question so long you have stopped trusting yourself entirely?

In this Summer Song Series episode, Amie is joined by her friend and former client Elizabeth Garnett to talk about a song Elizabeth wrote from the deepest part of her own healing journey. Stay ...

There is a moment in healing that does not get talked about enough — the moment you realize you are not just grieving the relationship. You are grieving yourself. The version of you that existed before the lies, before the walking on eggshells, before you started shrinking to make room for someone who was never going to show up the way you needed.

This week's Summer Son...

This is a re-airing of Part 2 of the Victim → Chooser series, where I continue the framework for understanding the emotional and cognitive stages of healing after betrayal, abuse, and relational trauma.

In Part 1, I walked through the Victim and Emerger stages. In this episode, I move into the deeper reclamation process and what it actually loo...

This episode is a re-airing of a previously recorded two-part series on shifting from a victim mindset into a chooser mindset after betrayal, abuse, and relational trauma.

I’m bringing this one back because this framework has been coming up more with clients lately, especially those navigating divorce, post-separation abuse, and the early rebuilding st...