Pissed, Passive, or Potent? How to Reclaim Your Power After Betrayal

Pissed, Passive, or Potent? How to Reclaim Your Power After BetrayalYou Didn’t Choose the Betrayal—But You Do Get to Choose Who You Become After

When betrayal hits—whether it’s infidelity, abandonment, or a deep rupture of trust—the impact is more than emotional. It’s existential. Suddenly, everything you thought you knew about your relationship, your identity, and your future is blown apart.

It’s normal to react. You might find yourself pissed (and rightfully so), raging against your partner, the affair partner, or the injustice of it all. Or you might swing the other way and go passive, shutting down, numbing out, avoiding conflict, and whispering “whatever” through clenched teeth.

But there’s a third way—a path of reclamation, soul alignment, and deep, embodied healing. That way is potency.

 

What Does It Mean to Be Potent?

Potency is the power of presence. It’s being fully awake, aware, and grounded in your ability to choose who you want to be—even in the face of chaos. It’s not about pretending everything’s okay or spiritually bypassing your pain. It’s about standing in the fire and refusing to burn yourself down.

 

Why Pissed & Passive Don’t Work Long-Term

Pissed:

Feels powerful in the moment—but drains your energyCreates more chaos in relationships and often leads to regretKeeps you stuck in blame, unable to move forward

Passive:

Avoids confrontation—but silences your truthFeels safe—but leads to resentment and disconnectionDisempowers you from getting what you actually want

Neither is wrong. They’re normal trauma responses. But they aren’t sustainable. And they don’t lead to healing.

 

How to Cultivate Potency Instead

Here are five real steps you can take, starting today, to embody potency instead of reacting from pain.

1. Breathe First, Act Later

Potency requires pause. When you feel yourself heating up (pissed) or shutting down (passive), take a breath. Just one deep breath to connect your body and mind can shift you into awareness. Potent women respond, they don’t react.

Try this: Place one hand on your heart and the other on your belly. Inhale for 4 counts, hold for 4, exhale for 6. Repeat 3 times.

2. Name What You’re Feeling Without Becoming It

You can be furious without being a furious person. You can be hurt without collapsing into helplessness. Potency is saying: “Right now, I feel intense grief and anger” instead of unconsciously acting from those emotions.

Pro tip: Use the phrase “Part of me feels…” to give yourself space and perspective.

3. Claim Your Identity—Before the World Does

When you’re stuck in pain, it’s easy to let the betrayal define you. But you get to decide: Who do I want to be in this moment? Who do I want to be remembered as?

Journal Prompt: If my gravestone said “She was…”, what would I want it to say?

4. Take the Next Kindest Step

Potency doesn’t mean you have to solve everything at once. It means you stay conscious. What’s the next kindest thing you can do—for yourself, your body, your soul? Sometimes it’s setting a boundary. Sometimes it’s eating a meal. Sometimes it’s taking a walk.

Mantra: “I don’t need to fix everything. I only need to choose my next step.”

5. Choose Who You Are Becoming—Daily

Potency is a practice. It’s the sacred art of aligning with your highest self, again and again, even when you fall. It’s not about perfection. It’s about power, presence, and possibility.

Ask yourself: How would the future me—the healed, sovereign, radiant version of me—respond right now?

Remember This:

You didn’t choose the betrayal, but you do get to choose what you make of it.

You can choose to be pissed. You can choose to be passive. Or you can choose to be potent. To rise. To love. To lead yourself forward with grace, grit, and soul.

And when you do? That’s where the magic lives.

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