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
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Episodes
Tuesday Sep 26, 2023
Tuesday Sep 26, 2023
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
Wednesday Sep 20, 2023
Wednesday Sep 20, 2023
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
Tuesday Sep 12, 2023
Tuesday Sep 12, 2023
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
Tuesday Sep 05, 2023
Tuesday Sep 05, 2023
You've got the desire to create change in your life but you aren't sure how to make it happen. This episode is just for you! In this episode, Emily is joined by Carrie Schmidt to discuss how to overcome childhood trauma by up-leveling your level of consciousness. Carrie shares the process she has used to change her own life and how she's helped her clients create massive transformations. Learn more about Carrie here: carrie-schmidt.com
🎁 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
Tuesday Sep 05, 2023
Tuesday Sep 05, 2023
You know that you want your children's childhood to be different and much more positive than your growing-up experience, but how do you make that a reality?
In this episode, Emily is chatting with Karen Robinson about overcoming her traumatic childhood using routine in her day.
🎁 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
Tuesday Sep 05, 2023
Tuesday Sep 05, 2023
As mamas, we want the best for our littles. That often means that we give until our cups are depleted and we're left wondering what our purpose is.
In this episode, Emily along with guest, Michelle discusses why connection is so important!
🎁 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
Tuesday Sep 05, 2023
Tuesday Sep 05, 2023
We'd like to believe that our trauma only impacts one or two areas of our lives but this just isn't true. In fact, it's like a spider spinning a web and it covers just about every area of our lives.
In this episode, Emily is sharing 3 ways that your trauma is impacting you and that just might surprise you.
🎁 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
Tuesday Sep 05, 2023
Tuesday Sep 05, 2023
Does money overwhelm you? In this episode of the Mamahood after Trauma Podcast, we’re talking all about money. Money is tricky to navigate in this stage of young kids and transitioning from just focusing on meeting your own needs to now having someone else to also provide for-- especially if you weren’t taught how to navigate it growing up. Sarah Roller is a financial coach who is passionate about helping new parents gain control of their money as they transition into this new and hectic phase of life.
🎁 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
Monday Apr 03, 2023
Monday Apr 03, 2023
In this episode of the Mamahood after Trauma podcast, Emily is sharing 6 ways that you can honour yourself.
🎁 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
Saturday Apr 01, 2023
Saturday Apr 01, 2023
In this of the Mamahood after Trauma Podcast, we're having a conversation with Melissa Rohlfs about feeling good without relying on food. We'll discuss what it means to stop feeding your feelings and what you can do instead. Melissa Rohlfs is a certified holistic health and life coach helping busy women find freedom and feel at peace with food, their bodies and their lives. She is committed to empowering women to break free from dieting, emotional eating and self-image issues so they can ditch the diet mentality, and feel empowered in their own skin. She teaches women how to find freedom from the struggle with food. Connect with Melissa on IG: @free2b_coaching Website: free2bcoaching.com Connect with the show on IG: @emily.mamadhoodaftertraumaBecome a Mamahood after Trauma Inner Circle member: https://mamahoodaftertrauma.ca/inner-circle
🎁 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