Mother Mayhem: For Daughters of Narcissistic or Emotionally Limited Mothers

• 108. The Unthinkable Mother Wound: Healing from Maternal Sexual Abuse

  Listener Note: This episode includes references to sexual trauma, emotional abuse, and boundary violations. Please take care of your nervous system and step away if you need to. You’re allowed to choose what you hold, and when.Some daughters have lived through what many would call unthinkable: sexual abuse at the hands of their mothers. It’s a reality too painful to name, let alone process but that doesn’t make it any less real. And if we want true healing for all daughters, we have to talk about the truths most people can’t hold.In this powerful two-part episode, This week we talk to a daughter who has survived covert sexual trauma from her mother. Through her story, we begin to unpack the complex ways that maternal sexual abuse can occur.I'll talk about:What covert sexual trauma is and how it differs from more overt forms of abuseHow maternal sexual abuse distorts a daughter’s sense of self, safety, and bodily autonomyWhy daughters struggle with shame, confusion, and isolation around these experiencesHow survivors can begin to reclaim their truth, their body, and their storyWhy this episode, and this conversation, is a long-overdue step in healing the most silenced woundsWhether this is your experience or not, listening with care will help deepen your understanding of the many forms the mother wound can take—and what it looks like to hold space for daughters living through the darkest parts of itVisit MayhemDaughters.com for more information about joining group, our online community, or to share your story with the show.

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• 107. What If I See Her? Navigating Hypervigilance After Going No Contact with a Narcissistic Mother

  What happens when you’ve gone no contact with your narcissistic mother… but your body still doesn’t feel safe?This week, we hear from a daughter who has done all the right things. She’s named the abuse, set boundaries, gone to therapy, built a support network… and yet she still lives in fear of accidentally running into her mother.Together, we explore what it means to feel stuck in trauma responses even after estrangement, and how daughters of narcissistic or emotionally limited mothers can begin to trust their bodies, honor their fear, and create protection without self-abandonment.Why going no contact doesn’t always mean your nervous system feels safeThe difference between trauma brain and trauma wisdomWhat to do if you run into your narcissistic parent in publicHow to make a realistic safety plan without shameThe cost of avoidance—and how to choose it consciouslyWhy messy, imperfect reactions are actually protectionYou’ve gone low or no contact and still feel like your mother has a hold on youYou’re a high-functioning daughter who feels like you “should be over it”You’re tired of being hypervigilant, but scared to let your guard downYou’ve ever walked through a store scanning the aisles—just in caseYou want support that honors your head work and your heart work

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• 106. Longing for Love, Afraid to Be Seen: How Childhood Trauma Shapes Adult Relationships

  Why do relationships feel so confusing and hard?If you grew up with a narcissistic or emotionally limited mother, you may have learned to associate closeness with danger and distance with safety. This week,, we're talking about relational trauma, attachment wounds, and how childhood trauma shapes the way you show up in adult relationships.We'll explore:What relational trauma actually means and how it differs from single-event traumaHow disorganized attachment can leave you stuck in a painful push-pull cycleWhy your nervous system reacts to love, intimacy, and connection as threatsWhat it looks like to relate from survival mode, and how to begin shifting out of itWhy healing relational trauma requires relationship and how to do that without overwhelming yourselfGentle, trauma-informed steps to stretch your capacity for safe, connected relationshipsWhether you’re someone who over-functions in relationships, avoids intimacy altogether, or struggles to trust your own feelings, I get it.  You’re protecting yourself in the only way your system knows how. Resources:Listen to Episode 105 first: Why You Feel This Way: Trauma, the Nervous System, & the Healing Journey

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• 105. Why You Feel This Way: Trauma, the Nervous System, and the Healing Journey

  This week, we’re moving beyond the trauma  buzzwords to explain why you feel the way you do and what it really means to begin healing from relational trauma.You’ll learn:What trauma looks like for daughters of narcissistic and emotionally limited mothersThe everyday symptoms of complex trauma (even if you’ve never been diagnosed)How the nervous system responds to childhood trauma and why it’s not your faultA five-phase healing framework that honors your pace and nervous system capacityWhy this work starts with your relationship to yourself, before anything elseWhether you’re just starting your trauma recovery journey or deep in the process, this episode offers clarity, compassion, and a way forward.

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• 104. “Was It Really That Bad?”: Remembering Childhood Trauma Later Doesn’t Make It Less Real

  If you’ve ever felt like your anxiety is “too much” or your grief is “too messy,” you belong here.Today, meet a daughter of a covertly narcissistic mother who didn’t begin to connect the dots until after her mother’s death. What follows is an honest, layered conversation about complex grief, panic attacks that don’t seem to make sense, and the painful tug-of-war between loyalty and truth.Together, we explore:Why panic in adulthood is often a trauma memory, not a present problemThe link between narcissistic mothers and hypervigilant nervous systemsHow “should” becomes a survival strategy and why it now feels like self-betrayalWhat it means to grieve a mother who was never emotionally safeHow memory reconsolidation happens even after a parent's deathWhy waking up to your story years later doesn’t mean the trauma wasn’t realIf you were the daughter who raised yourself, who became the emotional caretaker in childhood, or who still feels guilty for feeling relief after loss, this conversation will help you feel less alone, less crazy, and more understood.Grief isn’t linear. Panic isn’t random. And your healing gets to make sense to you, even if no one else understands it yet.🔹 Join Mayhem Daughters, our private community for daughters of narcissistic or emotionally limited mothers: [Insert link]🔹Bring it to Group. Tuesday Group is at noon PST. Thursday Group is at 3:30 PST

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