Healing the Mother Wound: How to Stop Parenting from Survival Mode with Emily Cleghorn
Unlearn The Crap & Level Up Your Soul is Calling
Release Date: 10/30/2025
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info_outlineParenting from survival mode is not love, it’s trauma reenactment. In this raw and hopeful episode, Emily Cleghorn, founder of Mamahood After Trauma and bestselling author, shares how she stopped parenting from reactivity, healed her nervous system, and began mothering from peace. We talk about how unprocessed trauma lives in the body, what overwhelm really looks like, and why self-awareness is a muscle you can strengthen every day. Together we unlearn the cultural silence around pain and reclaim compassion — for ourselves and the generations after us.
Grab Emily’s free Unlocking Peace Guide at mamahoodaftertrauma.ca.
Explore Kathy’s world and books at kathybaldwin.me.
Unlearn the Crap and Level UP: Your Soul Is Calling and How I Unlearned My Crap are available on Amazon and in bookstores.
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🔥 Title/Theme
Healing the Mother Wound: How to Stop Parenting from Survival Mode
🎙️ Key Highlights
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Guest’s “Crap to Unlearn”: Living from survival mode, confusing hypervigilance for love, parenting from fear instead of peace.
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Kathy’s tie-in: How unprocessed trauma becomes physical illness and generational repetition — and why awareness is the first step to freedom.
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Notable facts: Emily is founder of Mamahood After Trauma, host of the Mamahood After Trauma Podcast, and bestselling author of Rising from the Ashes and Breaking Free.
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Relatable signs: Snapping at your kids, chronic overwhelm, gut issues, people-pleasing, pretending everything’s fine while feeling empty inside.
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Myths challenged: “What happens at home stays at home,” “We don’t talk that way,” “Kids are resilient no matter what happens,” “Peace must be earned.”
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Guest freebie/CTA: Free Unlocking Peace Guide — seven-page download with emotional regulation tools at mamahoodaftertrauma.ca.
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Audience action step: Notice your next big reaction, pause, ask “What was that about?” and let the truth rise instead of pushing it down.
💡 Memorable Quotes
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“Peace isn’t a luxury. It’s your birthright.” — Kathy
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“Trauma is what happens inside you when you face pain alone.” — Emily
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“Self-awareness is a muscle; reflection is how you strengthen it.” — Emily
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“We perform to survive, but healing starts when we stop pretending everything’s fine.” — Kathy
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“When you challenge everything, you can change anything.” — Kathy