Wednesday 7am&7pmET

FLAUNT! Find Your Sparkle & Create a Life You Love After Infidelity or Betrayal

with Lora Cheadle, JD, CHt

Heal From Betrayal, Reclaim Your Power & Thrive!

Infidelity changes everything—but it doesn’t get to define you. This podcast is for women who refuse to stay stuck in heartbreak and are ready to rise, reclaim their power, and rebuild a life even greater than before. Here, we go beyond traditional recovery, cutting through the misinformation and outdated advice to deliver real strategies for healing, self-reclamation, and stepping into sovereignty.

Join Lora Cheadle, someone who has walked this path and emerged stronger, as she guides you through legal, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual insights designed to help you break free from self-doubt, restore your confidence, and rewrite your future—on your terms.

You are not broken—you are being broken open. It’s time to stop merely surviving and start reclaiming everything you were meant to be.

Go to www.BetrayalRecoveryGuide.com and download your free Betrayal Recovery Roadmap & Tool Kit!

Join Lora’s Facebook Group, Affair Recovery For Women: Betrayed to Brilliant – Flourish After Betrayal, for support, inspiration, and a community of others who have been where you’re at right now.

Lora Cheadle is a betrayal recovery advocate, coach, attorney, and TEDx speaker who helps women move beyond healing and into full transformation after infidelity. More than just recovery, her work is about guiding women to come back home to themselves—reclaiming everything they let go of along the way, breaking free from repeating patterns, and stepping into a life of confidence, clarity, and joy. Through energetic, emotional, and ancestral healing, along with legal guidance to navigate the practical complexities of infidelity and relationship transitions, she empowers women to rise, rebuild, and create a future on their terms.

After being shattered by her husband’s fifteen years of infidelity, Lora knows firsthand that betrayal doesn’t have to be the end—it can be the beginning of something greater. Her unique approach blends deep emotional healing with tangible legal and life strategies, ensuring that women don’t just survive betrayal, but use it as a catalyst to build the secure, sovereign, and fulfilling lives they deserve.

As the founder of Life Choreography Coaching & Advocacy, Lora provides comprehensive, on-demand legal, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual support, so women have the real-time tools and guidance to navigate every stage of their journey. She believes that infidelity doesn’t have to mean losing everything—it can be the key to reclaiming more than they ever imagined.

Learn More at: www.LoraCheadle.com

Broadcasts Weekly Wednesday 7am/7pmET

Lora’s  Theme~ Betrayal Recovery

Wednesday 7am/7pmET

Infidelity, Trauma & the Nervous System: Why Healing Is So Complex (and What Actually Works)

Infidelity is rarely simple—and healing from it isn’t either.

In this grounded, deeply human conversation, Lora sits down with trauma therapist Dr. Monique Thompson to explore the real complexity behind betrayal, relationships, and recovery. This is not a conversation about quick fixes, blame, or black-and-white answers. It’s about understanding what’s actually happening beneath the surface—neurologically, emotionally, and relationally.

Together, they unpack how trauma lives in the body, why you can look “fine” while your nervous system is in distress, and how early experiences—even preverbal ones—shape the way we connect, react, and make decisions in relationships.

They also explore the truth about infidelity: it’s not always clear-cut, it’s not always intentional in the way we think, and it’s never just about the moment it happened. Betrayal often uncovers deeper layers—identity, attachment, self-worth, and long-standing patterns that were already in motion.

This episode is a powerful reminder that healing requires slowing down, tending to yourself, and getting the right support. Whether you stay, leave, or don’t yet know what you want, there is no one “right” path—only your path.

If you’ve been trying to make sense of what happened, or wondering why this feels so overwhelming, this conversation will help you understand why—and what actually helps.

Top 3 Takeaways

1. Infidelity is complex and rarely black-and-white. It often reflects deeper patterns, trauma, and unmet needs that existed long before the relationship.
2. Trauma is not just emotional—it is biological. You can appear functional on the outside while your nervous system is in a state of stress or survival.
3. Healing requires support, not isolation. Whether through therapy, coaching, or a team approach, having guidance helps you regulate, process, and make aligned decisions.

Pull Quotes
“You can look fine on the outside—and still have a nervous system that thinks it’s in a war zone.”

About Monique
Dr. Monique Thompson, DHA, LPC, LPC-S, is an EMDR-trained trauma and infidelity recovery therapist based in Dallas with over 24 years of experience in private practice. She specializes in helping individuals and couples heal from betrayal, restore trust, and rebuild their lives with clarity and confidence by integrating faith, neuroscience, and psychology.

Dr. Thompson is the bestselling author of Infidelity Recovery Workbook for Couples: Tools and Exercises to Rebuild Your Relationship, a practical and compassionate guide for couples navigating the aftermath of infidelity. In addition to her clinical work, she has served for over 21 years as a consultant with SMU’s Perkins School of Theology and is an Associate Faculty member at the University of Phoenix, where she has been nominated Faculty of the Year for four consecutive years (2020–2023).

A dedicated mentor and leader in her field, Dr. Thompson has supervised and supported the licensure of 13 LPC interns over the past 15 years. She is also a respected voice in her local community in Little Elm, Texas, where she is known not only as a clinician and author, but as a committed mother and engaged community member.

Learn More at: https://doctormoniquethompson.com/home

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Resources & Links

• Download your free Betrayal Recovery Guide: it’s linked in the show notes www.betrayalrecoveryguide.com
• Book your $97 Intro Session: https://introductorysession.com
• Learn more about Rise & Reign: https://loracheadle.com/rise-and-reign
• Follow on YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook @loracheadle

About Lora:

Lora Cheadle, JD, CHt is a betrayal recovery coach, attorney, TEDx speaker, and author of FLAUNT! and It’s Not Burnout, It’s Betrayal.

After uncovering her husband’s 15-year affair, she turned her own pain into purpose—helping high-achieving women reclaim their identity, power, and joy.

A trauma-aware coach, somatic therapist, and former attorney, Lora blends legal insight with emotional and spiritual healing for full-spectrum recovery.

She is the author of FLAUNT! Drop Your Cover and Reveal Your Smart, Sexy, & Spiritual Self (an International Book Awards Finalist and Tattered Cover Bestseller) and It’s Not Burnout, It’s Betrayal: 5 Tools to FUEL UP & Thrive. She also hosts the podcast FLAUNT! Create a Life You Love After Infidelity and Betrayal. Learn more at www.loracheadle.com and follow me across all social!

Special Offers from Our Sponsors!

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Are you ready to Rise, Reclaim, and Reign as the Queen of Your Life? Infidelity may have shaken your world, but it does not define you. You are powerful. You are worthy. And you are more than capable of creating a future filled with confidence, clarity, and joy.

I’m here to walk beside you, giving you the perspective, permission, and proven tools to transform betrayal into your greatest awakening. Whether through one-on-one coaching or my on-demand Affair Recovery Programs, you’ll gain the guidance and support to untangle yourself from the past, reclaim your power, and step boldly into your next chapter.

Your transformation starts now! Learn more at www.AffairRecoveryForWomen.com and visit www.LoraCheadle.com for even more resources and inspiration.

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Books By Lora

• International Book Award, Finalist Motivational Self-Help, 2021
• Tattered Cover Bestseller, 2019

Have you spent your life playing by the rules, only to realize those rules weren’t made for you? What if you could break free—from expectations, from betrayal, from the roles you were taught to play—and reclaim your true self?

FLAUNT! is your guide to stripping away societal conditioning, healing from the heartbreak of betrayal, and rediscovering the fierce, confident woman you were born to be. With humor, wisdom, and powerful, actionable steps, Lora Cheadle empowers you to rise above the narratives that have confined you and boldly choreograph a life that is smart, sexy, spiritual, and uniquely your own.

It’s time to stop living for others and start living for you.

Buy Now on Amazon, or wherever books are sold.

It’s Not Burnout, It’s Betrayal: 5 Tools to FUEL UP & Thrive 

Burnout isn’t just exhaustion—it’s a betrayal of your time, energy, and trust. This essential guide redefines burnout, exposing its hidden roots and equipping individuals, teams, and leaders with five powerful tools to reclaim their passion, purpose, and well-being.

If you’re ready to break free from burnout and step into a life of clarity, confidence, and fulfillment, this book is your roadmap.

Available now on Amazon. Download your free guide, BURNOUT UNCOVERED: Fostering Candid Conversations for Teams at www.ItsNotBurnoutItsBetrayal.com.

Learn more at www.loracheadle.com and follow me across all social!