Mamahood After Trauma | Trauma Informed Parenting, Emotional Regulation for Moms
Aug 4, 2026 · 34 min · 13 segments
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 normal that we stop noticing the…
Emily CleghornHost
I didn't ask for it, and if I'm being really brutally honest, there have been moments where I've been downright pissed off about it, like ticked right off.
Because when you've spent your whole life learning how to push through, slowing down can feel incredibly uncomfortable.
But then there's other times where slowing down means confronting the things that you've been able to avoid while you were busy being productive, helpful, needed, strong, and everything to everyone else.
We're going to talk about what happens when your body starts sending you signals that you've been ignoring, why trauma survivors can particularly feel disconnected from those signals, and what it looks like to stop treating your body like an obstacle that's getting in the way of your life, and start treating it like the messenger it's always been.
Your body is not, has not, has never been betraying you when it forces you to slow down.
One of the things I've been thinking a lot about lately is how easy it is to believe that if we're functioning, we're fine.
If we're getting the kids where they need to go, if we're making dinner, we're answering the emails, we're showing up for work, we're paying the bills, we're taking care of everybody, we're checking things off the never-ending list, and from the outside, everything looks okay.
I didn't ask for it, and if I'm being really brutally honest, there have been moments where I've been downright pissed off about it, like ticked right off.
Because when you've spent your whole life learning how to push through, slowing down can feel incredibly uncomfortable.
But then there's other times where slowing down means confronting the things that you've been able to avoid while you were busy being productive, helpful, needed, strong, and everything to everyone else.
We're going to talk about what happens when your body starts sending you signals that you've been ignoring, why trauma survivors can particularly feel disconnected from those signals, and what it looks like to stop treating your body like an obstacle that's getting in the way of your life, and start treating it like the messenger it's always been.
Your body is not, has not, has never been betraying you when it forces you to slow down.
One of the things I've been thinking a lot about lately is how easy it is to believe that if we're functioning, we're fine.
If we're getting the kids where they need to go, if we're making dinner, we're answering the emails, we're showing up for work, we're paying the bills, we're taking care of everybody, we're checking things off the never-ending list, and from the outside, everything looks okay.
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