How to Handle Triggers After an Affair: Healing the Deeper Emotional Pain
How to Handle Triggers After an Affair: Healing the Deeper Emotional Pain
When someone cheats, the pain runs deep—and the emotional triggers after an affair can feel overwhelming, even paralyzing.
In this episode, Nicola Beer explains why just managing or avoiding triggers isn’t enough. She explores how childhood wounds, past betrayals, and deeply held beliefs about self-worth can all be reignited after infidelity. This episode is for anyone asking:
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How do I handle the emotional triggers after infidelity?
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Why can’t I stop thinking about the betrayal?
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Will I ever feel like myself again?
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Am I weak for staying or broken for hurting this much?
You’ll learn:
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Why handling triggers after infidelity requires looking beneath the surface
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How emotional pain from childhood and past relationships resurfaces after betrayal
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The powerful metaphor of the loaded gun (from Dr. Gabor Maté)
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Common fears and beliefs that keep you stuck in emotional turmoil
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Practical strategies to release emotional pain from betrayal
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The importance of feeling your feelings and reclaiming your self-worth
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How to recognize if you're stuck in fear or victim mode—and how to shift
Whether you're the one betrayed or the partner who cheated, this episode offers a trauma-informed, healing-focused path forward—helping you stop replaying the past and start rebuilding emotional safety from the inside out.
🎁 Get Nicola's free Affair Recovery Pack and Masterclass at:
👉 www.nicolabeer.com/gift
Includes a calmness meditation, clarity questions, and step-by-step tools to heal, rebuild trust, and release emotional triggers.
