Mamahood After Trauma

Mamahood After Trauma A healing space for trauma-surviving mamas.

Led by Emily Cleghorn, Mamahood After Trauma offers trauma-informed support to help you feel safe, break cycles, and create the motherhood you choose.

There comes a point in healing where more awareness isn't the answer.Not because awareness isn't valuable.It is.Understa...
06/23/2026

There comes a point in healing where more awareness isn't the answer.

Not because awareness isn't valuable.

It is.

Understanding your triggers, your patterns, and your nervous system can be life-changing.

But eventually, many trauma-surviving mamas reach a place where they’re asking:

“Okay… but how do I actually do this differently when the hard moment comes?”

That’s where deeper support matters.

Because healing isn't just about knowing what happened.

It’s about learning how to respond, repair, reconnect, and build new patterns in real time.

If you saw yourself in these signs, it may be a sign that you’re ready for the next stage of your journey.

💛 The Rising Room: Regulation Pathway is now open.

A deeper support space for mamas who are ready to move beyond awareness and start building regulation skills in everyday motherhood.

Founding member pricing is available through July 3.

06/23/2026

You don't have to be fully healed to break the cycle. 💜

You just have to be willing.

Apologizing after rupture, repairing instead of pretending, learning to regulate — that is what cycle breaking actually looks like.

Listen to this week's episode now. 🎙️

06/22/2026

You can know exactly WHY you react the way you do…

…and still find yourself reacting in ways you wish you wouldn’t.

You can understand your triggers.
Know your patterns.
Recognize your nervous system responses.

And still feel stuck in the moment.

Because awareness and regulation are different skills.

Awareness helps you understand what’s happening.

Regulation helps you build the capacity to respond differently.

That’s why I created the Rising Room: Regulation Pathway.

Not as another place to collect information.

But as a space to practice, build skills, and receive support while navigating real motherhood.

💛 Founding member pricing is open now at 75% off through July 3.

Link in bio to join.

06/19/2026

Healing can feel incredibly lonely.

Especially when you're trying to parent differently than you were parented.

Especially when you're carrying wounds most people can't see.

Especially when you're doing everything you can to break cycles for your children.

The truth is, healing was never meant to happen in isolation.

We need spaces where we can be honest.
Spaces where we don't have to explain ourselves.
Spaces where we can learn, grow, struggle, and heal alongside others who understand.

That's why I created the Rising Room.

💛 The free community is already open for trauma-surviving mamas who want support, encouragement, and connection on their healing journey.

And soon, I'll be sharing something special for mamas who are ready for a deeper level of support inside that community.

I can't wait to tell you more.

In my recent conversation with Jessica Danel on the Mamahood After Trauma podcast, we explored the often-overwhelming jo...
06/19/2026

In my recent conversation with Jessica Danel on the Mamahood After Trauma podcast, we explored the often-overwhelming journey of receiving multiple diagnoses for your children. Jessica's daughter was born with a serious heart condition called tetralogy of Fallot, requiring open-heart surgery, and was later diagnosed with cerebral palsy, autism, and an intellectual disability. Her son was diagnosed with Asperger's.

This experience highlights the immense emotional and practical weight parents carry when navigating the medical and educational systems. It's a path of constant adaptation, advocacy, and learning—often while processing your own trauma and grief for the life you might have envisioned. It’s a powerful reminder that a mother’s strength is often forged in the very moments that threaten to break her.

Some stories don't fit neatly into a box.This week on the Mamahood After Trauma podcast, I'm joined by Jessica Danel, au...
06/18/2026

Some stories don't fit neatly into a box.

This week on the Mamahood After Trauma podcast, I'm joined by Jessica Danel, author of Bucket List from a Redneck Girl, for a conversation about resilience, motherhood, trauma, and finding humor in life's hardest moments.

Jessica shares her journey through:
✨ NICU stays and medical trauma
✨ Parenting children with additional needs
✨ Losing a business she built from the ground up
✨ Marriage through life's unexpected challenges
✨ Learning to laugh even when life feels impossibly hard

What struck me most about this conversation is Jessica's willingness to tell the truth about how messy, complicated, and unpredictable life can be.

Because sometimes healing isn't about having a perfect story.

Sometimes it's about surviving the chapters you never saw coming and continuing to move forward anyway.

🎧 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts.

What if the biggest impact of trauma isn't just how you react...But how you interpret what you see?A child's meltdown ca...
06/17/2026

What if the biggest impact of trauma isn't just how you react...

But how you interpret what you see?

A child's meltdown can feel like disrespect.
A boundary push can feel like defiance.
A moment of independence can feel like rejection.

In this week's podcast episode, we're exploring how trauma can shape the lens through which we view our children—and how healing helps us see them more clearly.

This conversation might completely change the way you understand your parenting triggers.

🎧 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts.

When people talk about trauma healing, they often focus on awareness.And awareness matters.But what many trauma-survivin...
06/17/2026

When people talk about trauma healing, they often focus on awareness.

And awareness matters.

But what many trauma-surviving mamas are really looking for is support with the everyday realities of healing while parenting.

Not just understanding the trigger.

Learning what to do after it.

Not just recognizing the shame.

Learning how to recover from it.

Not just identifying old patterns.

Learning how to create new ones.

Because cycle breaking doesn't happen in perfect conditions.

It happens in ordinary moments.

And those moments deserve support.

💛 Which of these feels most relevant for you right now?

And if you've been wishing for deeper support in this work, keep an eye on this space. Something special is coming June 22.

Well… I have some news. 💜After a lot of reflection, conversations, research, and a little bit of “am I really doing this...
06/17/2026

Well… I have some news. 💜

After a lot of reflection, conversations, research, and a little bit of “am I really doing this at 37?” 😂 I have officially been accepted into the Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology program at Yorkville University.

And honestly? This feels like a full-circle moment.

When I was a little girl, I knew I wanted to help “kids like me” someday. Kids who were growing up with parents who were carrying their own pain and didn’t have the tools to break those cycles.

I didn’t know what that would look like then.
I didn’t know it would look like becoming a teacher.
I didn’t know it would look like becoming a mom and being forced to face my own healing.
I didn’t know it would look like writing books, starting a podcast, building Mamahood After Trauma, and walking alongside thousands of mothers as they navigate their own healing journeys.

But here we are.

Over the last several years, I’ve built a foundation around trauma recovery, motherhood, and breaking generational cycles. This next step is about adding another layer of education, clinical training, and professional growth so I can continue expanding the ways I support individuals and families impacted by trauma.

I’ve always been someone who follows the vision and figures out the path along the way. 😂 Some people might call that impulsive… I call it being willing to take the next step even when I don’t have every detail mapped out.

So here’s to the next chapter.

More learning.
More growth.
More serving.
And apparently… more papers and textbooks. 😂

Thank you to everyone who has supported me, encouraged me, read my books, listened to my podcast, shared my work, or simply cheered me on.

This next chapter is going to be a big one. 💜

06/12/2026

Have you ever found yourself thinking:

"I know better than this."

"I've done the healing work."

"So why did I react like that?"

The answer isn't that you don't know enough.

For many trauma-surviving mamas, the challenge isn't a lack of awareness—it's that your nervous system responds faster than your thinking brain.

When your body senses a threat (even if it's not actually dangerous), it automatically shifts into protection mode.

That's why you can understand gentle parenting, understand trauma, and still find yourself reacting in ways you wish you hadn't.

Healing isn't about knowing more.

It's about building the capacity to stay connected when your nervous system wants to protect you.

And that capacity is built through support, practice, and repetition—not shame.

💛 The free Rising Room community is open now for mamas who want support on their healing journey.

And something exciting is coming soon for those ready to go deeper.

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