A deeply personal betrayal once altered the course of Dr. Debi Silber's life. Rather than simply move past it, she made a decision: to understand betrayal on a deeper, more scientific level than anyone had before. That decision became a PhD in Transpersonal Psychology and three groundbreaking discoveries: that betrayal is its own distinct type of trauma; that it produces a specific, measurable cluster of symptoms now known as Post Betrayal Syndrome^®;  and that recovery follows a universal, predictable path — The Five Stages of Betrayal Recovery™ — since validated across more than 100,000 people in over 50 countries.

That research became The PBT^®;  Institute, the world's leading organization devoted to betrayal research, education, and transformation. Over the next decade, Dr. Debi trained and certified more than 100 practitioners worldwide, hosted the podcast From Betrayal to Breakthrough through nearly 500 episodes and a top-1% global ranking, delivered two TEDx talks with over 2 million combined views, appeared on FOX, CBS, and The Dr. Oz Show, authored nine books — including 2 #1 international bestsellers — and founded National Forgiveness Day (celebrated every year on Sept. 1st).

Today, after marrying her husband…again, splitting time between the East and West Coasts with their four grown children, partners, grandson, and both homes full of dogs, Dr. Debi, at 60, is living exactly what her research once mapped for other people:  Stage 5. That's the chapter Living the Stage 5 Life exists to share — not just the research, but the proof that it works, and that it's never too late to rebuild.

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