The Body’s Response to Betrayal: Why You Can’t Sleep, Eat, or Think Clearly
with Filipa Bellette
Infidelity doesn’t just affect your heart—it impacts your body, mind, and energy in profound ways. In this episode, betrayal recovery coach and somatic attachment therapist Lora Cheadle sits down with functional medicine expert Filipa Bellette to explore the connection between burnout, betrayal trauma, and body-based healing. Learn why chronic stress, exhaustion, and even autoimmune issues often accompany betrayal—and discover practical, science-backed tools to help you reclaim your health, energy, and emotional stability.
Top 3 Takeaways:
Betrayal Trauma & Burnout Are Linked – Many women mistake betrayal trauma for burnout, but the emotional devastation of infidelity triggers deep physiological responses that deplete your energy, gut health, and mental clarity.
Your Body Holds the Key to Healing – If you feel exhausted, anxious, or stuck in obsessive thought loops, your dopamine levels and nervous system regulation may be the root cause. Learn how nutrition, functional medicine, and somatic healing can restore balance.
You Can’t Heal in a Toxic Environment – Whether staying or leaving, true recovery requires a supportive environment. Learn how to identify hidden stressors, rebuild your nervous system, and protect your health as you navigate infidelity recovery.
Ready to heal your body and mind after betrayal? Download your free Betrayal Recovery Toolkit at BetrayalRecoveryGuide.com and book a complimentary 30-minute consultation with Lora today!
About Filipa:
Filipa Bellette is Co-Founder of multi award-winning health practice Chris & Filly Functional Medicine - and author of Ending Body Burnout. She is an accredited Clinical Nutritionist, Functional Medicine Practitioner, Coach & Trauma Therapist. She is also a PhD Scholar & regularly featured in the media, such as the Today Show, nine.com.au, Forbes and Body+Soul.
Together with her husband Chris Bellette, Filipa has worked with over 2,500+ burned-out clients in the past combined 25+ years. Their practice is best known for ending body burnout (for good!) in “busy” people with energy, mood & gut issues, with their ROOT-root-cause approach. They were awarded as the Tasmanian State Winner & National Finalist for the Telstra Best of Business Awards 2022, as well as Winner for the Australian Women’s Small Business Champion Awards 2022.
Filipa’s own passion for helping “busy” people have more energy, productivity and connection, came from her own personal experience of body burnout, after juggling the demands of business, family, and her failing health.
Website - www.chrisandfilly.fm
FaceBook - https://www.facebook.com/chrisandfilly
Instagram - @chrisandfilly_fm
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/filipa-bellette-73339019/
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If you’re ready to Rise Up & Reign as the creator and queen of your life, let’s talk. I will walk by your side and give you the perspective, permission, and wisdom needed to turn your betrayal experience into something constructive, empowering, and transformative in all the right ways.
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About Lora:
Lora Cheadle is a betrayal recovery coach, attorney, and TEDx speaker who helps women heal from betrayal on an energetic, emotional, and ancestral level—while also providing legal guidance to help them navigate the practical complexities of infidelity and relationship transitions. She empowers women to rise from the ashes, reclaim their identity and self-worth, break free from repeating patterns, and step into their power with confidence, clarity, and grace.
After being shattered by her husband's fifteen years of infidelity, Lora knows firsthand what it takes to transform devastation into an invitation for healing, freedom, and joy. Her unique approach blends deep emotional healing with tangible legal and life strategies, guiding women beyond betrayal into lives of unapologetic confidence and purpose.
As the founder of Life Choreography Coaching & Advocacy, Lora provides comprehensive legal, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual support on demand. She believes that infidelity doesn’t have to be the end of the dream you poured your heart and soul into—it can be the beginning of a life filled with sovereignty, connection, and joy.
Licensed to practice law in California and Colorado, Lora is also a trauma-aware coach, clinical hypnotherapist, somatic attachment therapist, and advanced integrated energy practitioner. She is certified in yoga, mindfulness, group fitness, and personal training, bringing a holistic perspective to healing.
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.
Based in Colorado, Lora is an adventure-seeker who loves travel, a great book, and saying yes to life’s magic.
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