You’re Not Just Hurt. You’re Grieving the Person You Thought You Knew.

8 weeks, together, plus a private session — for betrayal, in marriage or in any close relationship.

A Grief Circle for the Loss Betrayal Leaves Behind

You’re Not Just Hurt. You’re Grieving the Person You Thought You Knew.

8 weeks, together, plus a private session — for betrayal, in marriage or in any close relationship.

Betrayal is a death of sorts — the death of the story you believed you were living, the trust you didn’t know could be broken, the version of someone you loved. This circle is a place to grieve that loss honestly, without rushing toward forgiveness before you’re ready.

You Might Belong Here If…

You keep replaying the moment you found out, and you can’t seem to stop.

You feel like you’re grieving someone who is still right in front of you.

You don’t know whether to stay or go — and the grief makes it hard to think clearly either way.

You feel a strange shame, like the betrayal was somehow your fault.

“I specialize in affair recovery as a marriage coach, and I am also a Certified Grief Coach — I named this truth on my own practice long ago: an affair is a grief. This circle honors that grief fully, whatever you decide to do next.”

How the Circle Works

Weeks 1–2

Being Witnessed

You tell your story, fully, without anyone trying to fix it or rush you past it. Just being truly heard begins the healing.

Weeks 3–5

Moving Through, Not Around

Guided grief and somatic practices — drawn from my Certified Grief Yoga® training — to help the grief move through your body, not just your mind.

Weeks 6–7

Finding the Light Again

Gently, without ever rushing you, we turn toward what it means to carry this loss and still find moments of light, connection, and life.

Week 8

Carrying It Forward, Together

We close as a circle — with what you’ll carry forward, and the truth that you never have to carry it alone again.

Bonus

Your Private Session

A private session just for you — to talk honestly about the specifics of your betrayal, whatever decision you’re weighing about the relationship, or anything too raw to say out loud in the group just yet.

Small group of 6–10, virtual, 90-minute sessions, weekly for 8 weeks — plus one private one-on-one session, just for you.

“The light was never extinguished in you. It lives within your loss — waiting to be found. And you don’t have to find it alone.”

— Debbie Rivera

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You Don’t Have to Walk Through This Alone.

Reach out with any question, or claim your place in the next circle — no pressure, just an open door.

Join This Circle

Small group. Private. Held with care.