The day I first learned of the betrayal, my body went into physical shock. This common response is the body's way of handling heavy burdens, allowing victims time to calm themselves before they react to difficult or stressful situations. After 24 hours, the physical signs of shock were gone. I was left in mental anguish and turmoil. Some victims of betrayal begin picking up the pieces almost immediately, while many others psychologically separate themselves from the betrayal, sometimes consciously, sometimes subconsciously. Betrayal can come at any age, in any package and leaves you bewildered that a person you trusted has broken that trust and left you shattered. Imagine yourself as a dazzling stained-glass window, stunned and shattered by betrayal into a million tiny pieces, bewildered as to how you might find the glue to put your window back together exactly as it was. Betrayal recovery, too, can come at any age and in any package. Betrayal Recovery is your unique process to finding that glue and the support system that will help you re-assemble that stained-glass window...not exactly as it had been, yet even more beautiful and radiant than it was before. Regardless of the details surrounding your trauma or its timeline, this Life Beyond Trauma Conference in October has something for everyone who has ever felt the sting of betrayal and the emotional paralysis that follows. Join us and walk with me as we explore the Journey Steps to Betrayal Recovery. Betrayal and the circumstances surrounding it are so often our "elephant in the room." You are a light for others, but your light can only be illuminated at its brightest when you are free from the pain. Yes, you are a light. Find it and embrace it. You have a purpose and all the tools and resources you need to fulfill that purpose. But you have to decide what to do with those tools and resources. Just as the light is inside of you, so are the answers. Eyes wide open, listen and trust!