417: How Unhealed Betrayal Impacts Your Business Performance
Episode Description
If you’re in business—whether you’re running your own company, leading a team, or working within an organization—this episode is for you. Dr. Debi Silber dives deep into how unhealed betrayal isn’t just a personal issue—it has direct, tangible consequences on your professional performance, leadership, confidence, decision-making, and success.
In this eye-opening solo episode, Dr. Debi unpacks how betrayal silently sabotages your ability to lead, sell, build, and succeed—years or even decades after the betrayal occurred. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, executive, or employee, you’ll gain powerful insights on how trauma is showing up in your business (often without you realizing it) and what you can do to change that.
What You’ll Learn
- Why betrayal impacts more than just your relationships—it affects your performance at work
- How shattered trust leads to overthinking, indecision, micromanagement, and burnout
- The hidden link between betrayal and stress-related illnesses, brain fog, insomnia, and more
- Why unresolved emotional pain leads to undercharging, people-pleasing, and poor boundaries
- How healing restores your confidence, clarity, energy, and ability to lead and grow
- The business case for understanding the 5 Stages from Betrayal to Breakthrough
Key Topics Covered
- The ripple effect of betrayal in business settings
- How betrayal affects your ability to trust yourself, your team, and leadership
- The emotional and physiological toll of carrying unhealed trauma into the workplace
- Signs betrayal is hurting your performance (and that of your employees)
- Indecision, overthinking, and poor boundaries: where they really come from
- Why burnout and reactive decision-making are often symptoms of a deeper wound
- The cost of unaddressed trauma on productivity, visibility, and financial success
- What happens when you heal—and how it elevates every part of your professional life
Quotes from the Episode
- “If you don’t trust the person you trusted most—and then you stop trusting yourself—how do you trust a boss, a coworker, or a collaborative partner?”
- “You can be showing up to a meeting, making decisions, promoting your brand… but if you’re carrying unhealed betrayal, you’re not showing up fully.”
- “Burnout, poor boundaries, fear of visibility—these aren’t business problems. They’re symptoms of a personal wound that hasn’t healed yet.”
Resources & Links
- Learn more about the PBT Institute
- What Stage Are You In? Find out here
- Want to bring the 5 Stages of Healing into your organization? Contact us about corporate programs
- Explore our flagship program Reclaim
- Become a Certified PBT® Coach/Practitioner
Take Action
Ask yourself: Where has betrayal impacted my business, my confidence, or my ability to lead and grow?
Once you’re aware of it—you can finally begin to change it. And when you heal, every part of your life and business transforms.