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 mental health, and breaking generational cycles.
Each week, you’ll get honest conversations, trauma-informed education, and practical tools to help you:
✨ Understand your parenting triggers and respond instead of react
✨ Regulate your emotions when motherhood feels overwhelming
✨ Heal unprocessed childhood, emotional, or birth trauma
✨ Build resilience and trust yourself as a mom
✨ Create a more connected relationship with yourself and your children
Whether you’re struggling with yelling, feeling touched out and overwhelmed, experiencing trauma resurfacing in motherhood, or simply wanting to parent differently than you were parented — this show is here to support your healing journey.
This isn’t about becoming a perfect mom.
It’s about becoming a more present, connected, and confident one — while healing the parts of yourself that were never meant to be carried alone.
🎧 Subscribe and join the cycle-breaking journey.
Learn more at mamahoodaftertrauma.ca/podcast
Want to be a guest on Mamahood After Trauma? Send Emily Cleghorn a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/riseandshinewithemilyc
Episodes
Nov 8, 2023
Nov 8, 2023
1 min
Welcome to the Mamahood After Trauma Podcast!
My name is Emily Cleghorn and I’m your host on this journey. I created this show to give mamas navigating triggers from childhood a place to break free from trauma and gain the tools they need to become the mama they needed growing up.
Each week on the show, you’ll meet another mama who has turned her pain into purpose and begun to pay it forward for other trauma survivors. We talk about different healing modalities and we share our stories.
We don’t sugarcoat things here— healing trauma in the midst of parenting is hard and it can be incredibly isolating but it doesn’t have to be. Allow myself and my guests to come alongside you to lift you up when you’re feeling defeated.
Listen now wherever you get your podcasts and come back every Tuesday for a fresh episode.
🎁 Ready to break free from the chaos and unlock peace in your motherhood journey?
Start with my free guide, Unlocking Peace, designed to help you take the first step toward calm and connection.
👉 Download it for free today: https://mamahoodaftertrauma.ca/guide
Want to be a guest on Mamahood After Trauma? Send Emily Cleghorn a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/riseandshinewithemilyc
Nov 7, 2023
Nov 7, 2023
34 min
So often we think that in our parenting journey, it's all about our child and that the behaviour of our child has nothing to do with us--sometimes this is true... but most of the time it isn't, especially if we have unhealed trauma. In this episode, Emily is joined by Hypnosis expert, Kate Semeniuk to discuss how the beliefs we hold about ourselves and our life experience are playing out inside of how we parent our children.
🎁 Ready to break free from the chaos and unlock peace in your motherhood journey?
Start with my free guide, Unlocking Peace, designed to help you take the first step toward calm and connection.
👉 Download it for free today: https://mamahoodaftertrauma.ca/guide
Want to be a guest on Mamahood After Trauma? Send Emily Cleghorn a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/riseandshinewithemilyc
Oct 31, 2023
Oct 31, 2023
44 min
Do you suffer each month with a painful cycle? Do you know that your trauma could be the root cause? Do you also know that you can reclaim your health while also eliminating pain from your monthly cycle? In this episode, Emily is joined by Isabella Thor who shares her passion for healing your body with food and eliminating pain from your monthly cycle.
🎁 Ready to break free from the chaos and unlock peace in your motherhood journey?
Start with my free guide, Unlocking Peace, designed to help you take the first step toward calm and connection.
👉 Download it for free today: https://mamahoodaftertrauma.ca/guide
Want to be a guest on Mamahood After Trauma? Send Emily Cleghorn a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/riseandshinewithemilyc
Oct 24, 2023
Oct 24, 2023
54 min
Have you kept your traumatic experiences to yourself because of the gaslighting and manipulation by others? Or maybe fear that you're making it worse than it was? A trauma survivor's search for validation can be incredibly lonely. In this episode, Emily is joined by Dana Diaz who shares her discovery that she was searching in the wrong place for validation.
🎁 Ready to break free from the chaos and unlock peace in your motherhood journey?
Start with my free guide, Unlocking Peace, designed to help you take the first step toward calm and connection.
👉 Download it for free today: https://mamahoodaftertrauma.ca/guide
Want to be a guest on Mamahood After Trauma? Send Emily Cleghorn a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/riseandshinewithemilyc
Oct 17, 2023
Oct 17, 2023
11 min
In this episode, Emily is decoding the mystery behind how trauma really impacts your body as a survivor.
🎁 Ready to break free from the chaos and unlock peace in your motherhood journey?
Start with my free guide, Unlocking Peace, designed to help you take the first step toward calm and connection.
👉 Download it for free today: https://mamahoodaftertrauma.ca/guide
Want to be a guest on Mamahood After Trauma? Send Emily Cleghorn a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/riseandshinewithemilyc
Oct 12, 2023
Oct 12, 2023
33 min
Being a parent can push you to your breaking point and you don't know how you will keep going. Rach was there. In this episode, Emily is joined by Rach Wilson a mama of 2 neurodiverse littles. Tune in to hear Rach's story and how she and her family made it through one of the most challenging seasons.
🎁 Ready to break free from the chaos and unlock peace in your motherhood journey?
Start with my free guide, Unlocking Peace, designed to help you take the first step toward calm and connection.
👉 Download it for free today: https://mamahoodaftertrauma.ca/guide
Want to be a guest on Mamahood After Trauma? Send Emily Cleghorn a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/riseandshinewithemilyc
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Oct 3, 2023
Oct 3, 2023
33 min
Congratulations!! You did it! You had your baby! You're a mama! It's everything you dreamed of... or is it? Everyone is so focused on that sweet little babe and you feel forgotten in the midst of the healing. In this episode, Emily is joined by Postpartum Wellness coach Arielle Martone as they have a very open & honest conversation about bridging the gap between the physical healing after baby and the emotional healing that also needs to take place.
🎁 Ready to break free from the chaos and unlock peace in your motherhood journey?
Start with my free guide, Unlocking Peace, designed to help you take the first step toward calm and connection.
👉 Download it for free today: https://mamahoodaftertrauma.ca/guide
Want to be a guest on Mamahood After Trauma? Send Emily Cleghorn a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/riseandshinewithemilyc
Sep 26, 2023
Sep 26, 2023
15 min
In this episode, Emily shares 3 keys or lessons she's learned in her journey rising from the ashes of her childhood trauma and how they can help you too.
🎁 Ready to break free from the chaos and unlock peace in your motherhood journey?
Start with my free guide, Unlocking Peace, designed to help you take the first step toward calm and connection.
👉 Download it for free today: https://mamahoodaftertrauma.ca/guide
Want to be a guest on Mamahood After Trauma? Send Emily Cleghorn a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/riseandshinewithemilyc
Sep 20, 2023
Sep 20, 2023
17 min
As a trauma survivor, you were likely taught that feeling your feelings wasn't safe and a key to healing is learning how to feel your feelings in a safe and controlled way so that you're able to process them. In this episode, Emily is joined by Sarah Vallely who shares about how trauma survivors can begin their journey of becoming more self-aware to aid in their healing journey.
🎁 Ready to break free from the chaos and unlock peace in your motherhood journey?
Start with my free guide, Unlocking Peace, designed to help you take the first step toward calm and connection.
👉 Download it for free today: https://mamahoodaftertrauma.ca/guide
Want to be a guest on Mamahood After Trauma? Send Emily Cleghorn a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/riseandshinewithemilyc
Sep 12, 2023
Sep 12, 2023
19 min
So often when we embark on a healing journey, we don't know what to do first. In this episode, Emily is joined by Jen Rafferty from the Empowered Educator to discuss why self-regulation is key to healing and reclaiming your voice as well as your sense of agency.
🎁 Ready to break free from the chaos and unlock peace in your motherhood journey?
Start with my free guide, Unlocking Peace, designed to help you take the first step toward calm and connection.
👉 Download it for free today: https://mamahoodaftertrauma.ca/guide
Want to be a guest on Mamahood After Trauma? Send Emily Cleghorn a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/riseandshinewithemilyc