Finding Purpose Through Pain: How Kylene Turned Trauma Into Her Calling

So many ambitious women feel trapped in jobs that drain their soul, wondering what’s next. What if the very experiences that hurt you most are pointing you toward your calling?

In today’s episode of The Ambitious Chick Podcast, I’m joined by Kylene Terhune, a betrayal recovery coach who guides women healing from the shock and trauma of discovering their partner’s addiction. Kylene’s path wasn’t a straight line — from fitness to functional medicine, to ultimately finding the niche that chose her.

We dive into:
✅ How trauma impacts not just our health, but our confidence and business
✅ Why healing your own story can reveal the niche you’re meant to serve
✅ The bold step that attracted Kylene’s first clients (and why it went viral)
✅ Lessons every new coach can apply to build a business with authenticity.

📝 Show Notes: If you’ve ever felt like you’ve lived “10 different lives” and still haven’t found your thing, this episode will remind you that nothing is wasted — every chapter can lead you closer to your true work.

• [1:50] Kylene shares her journey from fitness to functional medicine to betrayal recovery coaching

• [8:40] How personal pain revealed the niche that truly aligned with her calling

• [12:45] Trauma and healing: the connection between nervous system health and business success

• [19:10] The fear (and freedom) of sharing her story publicly on social media

• [29:15] Helping women reclaim their voice, boundaries, and self-trust

• [38:40] Advice for women who feel called to start a business but don’t know where to begin

• • [46:00] Why imperfect action beats waiting for perfection every time

  
  

  Kylene works as a Betrayal Recovery coach supporting women who have discovered their husband is a porn or sex addict. She helps her clients with a unique, whole body approach that involves the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual aspect of the individual. This work includes functional lab work, nutrition, lifestyle, emotional work, nervous system support and trauma processing to assist women in feeling more complete, grounded, safe, independent and confident in their health and in their bodies.

• 👉 Connect with Kylene:

  Instagram & TikTok: @KyleneTerhewn

  
  👉Connect with Tamara: Find out what you are made to do

  https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamarawamsley/

  https://www.tiktok.com/@tamarawamsley

  https://www.youtube.com/@tamara_wamsley