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Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
Are you a mama healing from childhood trauma while trying to stop repeating the patterns you grew up with? You’re not alone — and you’re in the right place.
I’m Emily Cleghorn, trauma-surviving mama of two and Trigger Recovery Coach for Mamas. Mamahood After Trauma is where we stop pretending we’re “fine” and start healing out loud.
This podcast explores what happens when your past shows up in your parenting — from parenting triggers and emotional regulation to mom guilt, burnout, maternal…
Episodes
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
When Co-Parenting Feels Chronically Nasty: Finding Your Footing in Family Court
After spending 20 years struggling to recognize what safety felt like, Amy Armstrong began rebuilding her sense of power with an unexpected ally: a pair of…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
The Coping Mechanisms We Developed to Survive — Without Shame
Have you ever been praised for being the strong one, keeping the peace, or getting everything perfect—while privately feeling exhausted by the effort? Maybe…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
Motherhood Changes Your Brain. Why Are We Still Comparing Ourselves to Before?
Episode Description After giving birth in February 2020, Rebekah Duvall found herself facing postpartum mental and physical health challenges just as the world…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
Trauma & Emotional Eating, Detachment, Shutdown
Have you ever mistaken feeling numb for feeling calm? Maybe you’ve found yourself scrolling, overworking, eating, sleeping, or going quiet when you’re…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
Raising Families Starts With Helping Parents Find Their Footing
After 27 years working with young people and 6,500 families, Dr. Jerry Weichman says one of the biggest sources of parental stress is trying to control what…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
Trauma & Stress Illness: When the Body Keeps Score Out Loud
When a crisis finally eases, your body may seem to fall apart—sleep, digestion, pain, or energy can become harder to manage. It’s unsettling when stress may be…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
The Small, Painfully Slow Wins That Make Change Last
At 20, Monica’s eating disorders and suicidal thoughts led her to seek urgent help at her university counseling office. Years later, as a young mother of…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
Trauma & Addiction: What I've Seen, Lived, or Learned
When a coping strategy starts causing harm, it can be frightening to wonder whether you’re addicted—or simply unable to stop. In this episode of Mamahood After…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
Learning Connection by Doing: The Experiential Approach to Healing
After years of childhood abuse and managing seven pillboxes of medication, Thayne Martin says he now lives without them—and credits hands-on experiences that…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
The Mother You're Becoming: You Don't Have to Become Your Mother
Many trauma-surviving mothers are haunted by the fear: "What if I become the person who hurt me?" This episode dives into the heart-wrenching moments when old…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
How Can Mindfulness Help Trauma-Surviving Mamas and Their Children Heal Together?
In this episode of Mamahood After Trauma, host Emily Cleghorn welcomes mindfulness and children's wellness specialist Veronica Moya for an empowering…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
Triggers Aren’t Bad Behavior — They’re Old Stories
In this powerful episode of Mamahood After Trauma, host Emily Cleghorn dives into the challenging moments when a child's tantrum or defiance unexpectedly…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
Why Women Burn Out Faster and How to Restore Your Feminine Energy for Lasting Health
In this powerful episode of Mamahood After Trauma, host Emily Cleghorn welcomes stress management coach and author Lolita Guarin, who shares her transformative…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
What Kids Actually Need From a Healing Mama
In this episode of Mamahood After Trauma, host Emily Cleghorn tackles the vulnerable moment when trauma-survivor mothers wonder if their healing journey is…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
Why Saying “I’m Not Okay” Is the First Step to Better Parenting and Breaking Family Cycles
In this episode of Mamahood After Trauma, host Emily Cleghorn welcomes certified parent coach Latiffe Ghanam for an honest, empowering conversation about…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
Motherhood Was the Mirror That Showed Me My Unhealed Wounds
In this powerful episode, host Emily Cleghorn explores the moments when motherhood unexpectedly brings old wounds and unresolved trauma to the surface, often…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
How Does Childhood Trauma Impact Children’s Weight and Emotional Health?
In this powerful episode, host Emily Cleghorn welcomes Kamy Moussavi, founder of Step Together, to explore the deep connection between childhood trauma and…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
Why Trauma Survivors Parent Differently (And No One Talks About It)
If everyday moments with your kids leave you unexpectedly triggered, overwhelmed, or questioning whether you're failing as a mother, you're not alone. You may…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
Why Saying “You’re Enough” to Yourself Changes Everything in Motherhood
In this powerful episode, host Emily Cleghorn welcomes Jody Hill, a parenting expert and author who transformed childhood wounds into a mission to help parents…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
Saying "No" Without Explaining or Apologizing
In this powerful final episode of her August series, Emily Cleghorn tackles one of the hardest challenges for trauma survivors: saying no. Emily explores why…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
How Can Mothers Heal from Family-of-Origin Trauma and Break the Cycle?
In this episode of Mamahood After Trauma, host Emily Cleghorn welcomes Dr. Monique Thompson, a licensed professional counselor and trauma-informed life coach…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
Energetic Overdraft: The Price of Being the Strong One
In this episode of Mamahood After Trauma, host Emily Cleghorn introduces the powerful concept of "energetic overdraft" — the exhausting cycle of giving more…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
The Untold Impact of Unhealed Trauma on Motherhood and How to Begin the Healing Journey
In this powerful episode, host Emily Cleghorn welcomes Ranae Van Roekel, a trauma survivor, advocate, and founder of Connecting to Cope. Ranae courageously…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
Why Boundaries Aren’t Mean — They’re Medicine
In this powerful episode, host Emily Cleghorn explores why boundaries feel so threatening to trauma survivors. She explains that people-pleasing is a survival…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
When Your Husband Walks Out and Your House Looks Like a Tornado Hit It — Now What?
In this powerful episode of Mamahood After Trauma, host Emily Cleghorn welcomes J. Rosemarie Francis — mom, grandmother, author, and host of the Solo Moms Talk…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
My Body Forced Me to Slow Down
You're functioning. You're getting things done. You're taking care of everyone. But your body is exhausted. For many trauma survivors, survival mode becomes so…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
When Love Hurts: Identifying the Subtle Signs of Abuse and Finding Your Way Back
In this powerful episode, host Emily Cleghorn welcomes Amanda Scott, author and trauma recovery advocate, who survived 17 years in an abusive marriage. Amanda…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
The Hidden Pieces of You: How Trauma Changes Self-Perception and How to Heal It
In this powerful episode, host Emily Cleghorn explores how trauma reshapes self-perception and buries the truest parts of who we are. She gently guides mothers…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
Why Flexible Childcare Hours Are a Game-Changer for Moms Recovering from Trauma
In this empowering episode, host Emily Cleghorn welcomes Antoinette Elliott, mother and owner of ALC Elite Childcare in Suncrest, Georgia. Antoinette shares…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
From Meltdowns to Makeovers: Healing Motherhood Without Losing Your Mind
In this powerful episode of Mamahood After Trauma, host Emily Cleghorn speaks directly to mothers navigating the intersection of trauma recovery and…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
The Untold Emotional Toll of Premature Birth and How to Rebuild After Trauma
In this powerful episode of Mamahood After Trauma, host Emily Cleghorn welcomes Paula Yost — attorney, therapist, mother, and author — who shares her…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
How Do You Grieve the Loss of Your Old Self While Healing from Trauma?
In this powerful episode, host Emily Cleghorn explores one of healing's most overlooked challenges — grieving the person you once were. Emily compassionately…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
When “Good Enough” Is More Than Enough: Parenting Through Postnatal Challenges and ADHD
In this inspiring episode of Mamahood After Trauma, host Emily Cleghorn welcomes life coach Emily Beacher, who shares her profound healing journey through…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
Rediscovering Yourself When Survival No Longer Defines You
In this episode of Mamahood After Trauma, host Emily Cleghorn explores one of healing's most profound challenges: identity reconstruction. Emily vulnerably…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
When Life Feels Like a Storm: Building Your Shelter Through Trauma Recovery
In this powerful episode, host Emily Cleghorn welcomes trauma recovery expert Tori Janae, who shares her remarkable journey from a childhood shaped by…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
Mama, You’re Not Messing Up: Embracing Imperfection After Trauma
In this powerful episode, host Emily Cleghorn — trauma survivor and cycle breaker — tackles the relentless self-doubt that haunts mothers healing from trauma…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
How Can Healing from Trauma Help You Reclaim Your Voice as a Single Mama?
In this episode of Mamahood After Trauma, host Emily Cleghorn welcomes Joni Woods — trauma survivor, single mother, and author — for an honest and uplifting…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
Why You Don’t Have to Be Perfect to Raise Emotionally Healthy Kids
In this powerful episode, host Emily Cleghorn dismantles the damaging myth that cycle breakers must be fully healed before they can raise healthy children…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
When Life Throws Curveballs: How One Mama Found Hope and Humor Amidst Heartbreak and Healing
In this powerful episode, host Emily Cleghorn welcomes Jessica Danel, whose journey through motherhood reads like a testament to unbreakable resilience…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
How to Stop Trauma from Coloring Your Child’s Every Move and Start Parenting with Peace
In this powerful episode, host Emily Cleghorn explores how unresolved trauma shapes the lens through which mothers perceive their children's behavior. She…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
Breaking the Algorithm: Reclaiming Parenting Power in a Digital World
In this empowering episode of Mamahood After Trauma, host Emily Cleghorn welcomes physician and digital wellbeing researcher Dr. Sanjita Setia for a vital…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
Rewiring Motherhood: How to Break Free from Unconscious Trauma Loops
In this powerful episode, host Emily Cleghorn — trauma survivor and cycle breaker — tackles one of the most painful realizations in parenting after trauma…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
Reclaiming Your Body’s Wisdom: Healing Trauma and Thriving in Perimenopause
In this episode of Mamahood After Trauma, host Emily Cleghorn welcomes Jenny C. Cohen, a women's wellness expert whose path was shaped by infertility, her…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
When Your Toddler’s Tantrum Feels Like a Trauma Flashback (And What to Do About It)
In this powerful episode, trauma recovery coach and host Emily Cleghorn tackles one of motherhood's most challenging realities: parenting while still healing…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
The Most Empowering Practices for Healing Pleasure After Toxic Relationships
In this episode of Mamahood After Trauma, host Emily Cleghorn welcomes Dr. Jordin Wiggins, naturopathic doctor and founder of The Pleasure Collective. Drawing…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
The Most Compassionate Path to Healing Shame and Embracing Motherhood
In this powerful episode of Mamahood After Trauma, host Emily Cleghorn opens up about one of motherhood's most unspoken struggles: shame. Drawing from her own…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
How Can Hypnotherapy Unlock Healing from Trauma in Motherhood?
In this episode of Mamahood After Trauma, host Emily Cleghorn welcomes hypnotherapist and mother Alix to explore the transformative power of Rapid…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
The Most Empowering Way for Moms to Separate Identity from Trauma Responses
In this powerful episode, host Emily Cleghorn addresses the shame and self-judgment trauma-surviving mothers experience when their nervous systems become…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
Exploring Rapid Resolution Therapy and Mindfulness: A Fast-Track Approach to Healing Trauma for Busy Moms
In this episode of Mamahood After Trauma, host Emily Cleghorn welcomes Mary, a certified mindfulness trainer and Rapid Resolution Therapy (RRT) specialist…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
The Most Powerful Survival Strategy Mothers Can Transform for True Peace
In this episode of Mamahood After Trauma, host Emily Cleghorn explores the deeply rooted pattern of hyper-awareness and self-blame that many trauma survivors…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
Understanding and Healing Childhood Trauma’s Hidden Influence on Adult Relationship Patterns and Beliefs
In this powerful episode, host Emily Cleghorn welcomes licensed marriage and family therapist Kayla to explore how trauma profoundly influences our…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
The Most Powerful Way to Untangle Shame in Motherhood After Trauma
In this powerful episode of Mamahood After Trauma, host Emily Cleghorn explores how shame rooted in childhood trauma follows survivors into motherhood. Drawing…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
The Most Powerful Journey from Binge Eating to Healing After Trauma
In this powerful episode of Mamahood After Trauma, host Emily Cleghorn welcomes eating disorder recovery coach and author Ronnie Robinson, who shares her…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
Rage, Overwhelm, Shutdown: Unlocking the Hidden Emotions Behind Parenting Challenges
In this powerful episode, host Emily Cleghorn explores the deeply connected emotions of rage, overwhelm, and shutdown, revealing how these feelings often stem…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
Exploring Trauma Awareness and Healing Through Creativity in Motherhood
In this episode of Mamahood After Trauma, host Emily Cleghorn welcomes Devorah Brinkerhoff, who shares her powerful journey of trauma healing—sparked by…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
The Most Compassionate Guide to Healing Emotional Reactivity After Trauma
In this episode of Mamahood After Trauma, host Emily Cleghorn reassures listeners who feel overly sensitive or reactive that these responses stem from the…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
The Most Powerful Ways Maternal Mental Health Transforms Families
In this episode of Mamahood After Trauma, host Emily Cleghorn welcomes Kate Kripke, a clinical social worker and mother, who shares her journey from childhood…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
The Greatest Unspoken Truths About Grief in Motherhood
In this powerful episode, host Emily Cleghorn shines a light on the hidden grief of motherhood — the quiet, unexpected emotional waves that leave mothers…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
The Hidden Struggles of Motherhood: Why Matrescence Matters
In this powerful episode, host Emily Cleghorn welcomes clinical psychologist Dr. Angele Close to explore the transformative concept of matrescence — the…
- Mamahood After Trauma | Healing Childhood Trauma, Parenting Triggers & Emotional Regulation for Moms
The Hidden Messages Behind Your Anger: A Guide for Healing Moms
In this powerful episode, host Emily Cleghorn tackles one of motherhood's most misunderstood emotions — anger. Emily compassionately explains how…