Momhood taught me a lot. One of the hardest lessons was realizing that I was teaching people how to treat me by the way I was treating myself. Every time I pushed past my limits, apologized for resting, or made myself the last priority, I was modeling something to my kids.

In this episode, I talk about what it means to prioritize yourself without guilt. Not by quitting your responsibilities. But in small, steady choices that say, I matter too. We explore how childhood trauma responses in adults can make rest feel unsafe, why guilt shows up when you stop overfunctioning, and how to heal your nervous system from trauma so you can parent from regulation instead of survival mode.

⟡QUOTE OF THE EPISODE

“Our actions teach people how to treat us by the way we treat ourselves.”

⟡ ABOUT THE HOST, NAOMI SPARKS

Naomi Sparks is a mom, wife, healing coach, and a cult survivor. She grew up in a tightly controlled religious cult in Northern California and spent years disconnected from her true self. She now helps others heal their nervous system from trauma, rebuild trust in their bodies, and reconnect with who they are beneath survival mode.

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Mom guilt has followed me through so many moments of motherhood. It shows up when I rest, when I set boundaries, when I enjoy my life, and when I admit that motherhood can feel overwhelming. In this episode, I talk about why mom guilt is not always the truth. Often, it is a nervous system response rooted in childhood trauma, survival patterns, and the waysmany of us learned to earn love through self-sacrifice.

⟡QUOTE OF THE EPISODE

“Needing rest doesn’t make you a bad mom. It makes you human.”

⟡ ABOUT THE HOST, NAOMI SPARKS

Naomi Sparks is a mom, wife, healing coach, and a cult survivor. She grew up in a tightly controlled religious cult in Northern California and spent years disconnected from her true self. She now helps others heal their nervous system from trauma, rebuild trust in their bodies, and reconnect with who they are beneath survival mode.

→ Website| theunapologetictruthh.com

→ IG | @theunapologetictruthh⁠

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Mom guilt can feel instant and overwhelming. It shows up when you rest. When you set boundaries. When you enjoy your life.

In this episode, I explain why mom guilt is not a sign that you are doing motherhood wrong. It is a learned nervous system response rooted in childhood conditioning and survival patterns. We talk about how guilt lives in the body, why it often gets louder when you start healing, and how breaking generational trauma can bring discomfort before it brings relief.

This episode helps you understand where mom guilt comes from so you can meet it with compassion instead of pressure and begin healing from the inside out.

⟡ PAUSE AND NOTICE

When guilt shows up, pause and ask yourself what your body is protecting right now. Notice where you feel it. Place a hand there. Take a slow breath. Remind yourself that rest and boundaries can be safe.

⟡ ABOUT THE HOST, NAOMI SPARKS

Naomi Sparks is a mom, wife, healing coach, and a cult survivor. She grew up in a tightly controlled religious cult in Northern California and spent years disconnected from her true self. She now helps others heal their nervous system from trauma, rebuild trust in their bodies, and reconnect with who they are beneath survival mode.

→ Website| theunapologetictruthh.com

→ IG | ⁠ @theunapologetictruthh⁠

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Motherhood brings old wounds to the surface, not because something is wrong, but because your nervous system isclose enough to safety to feel them. In this episode, I share how parenting can activate unhealed trauma, especially for those who grew up without emotional safety. Our children often mirror the parts of us that were never seen or protected.

I talk openly about my son’s anxiety, our choice to homeschool, and what it revealed about my own inner child.

This is about reparenting yourself while raising your children, holding grief and love at the same time, and breaking cycles without shame. If you feel triggered or confused, you are not failing. You are healing.

⟡ PAUSE AND NOTICE

Your child doesn’t trigger you because you’re a bad parent. They trigger you because you’re a wounded one who is healing.

⟡ ABOUT THE HOST, NAOMI SPARKS

Naomi Sparks is a mom, wife, healing coach, and a cult survivor. She grew up in a tightly controlled religious cult in Northern California and spent years disconnected from her true self. She now helps others heal their nervous system from trauma, rebuild trust in their bodies, and reconnect with who they are beneath survival mode.

→ Connect with Naomi on IG:⁠ @theunapologetictruthh⁠

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This episode is about slowing down without guilt. I talk about why old emotions can surface when life finally feels calm and why that is a sign of safety, not failure. This comes up often for parents who are healing while raising their children.

I share how comparison quietly blocks healing through timelines, pressure, and the feeling that you should be further along. Healing does not happen through force. It happens through safety, presence, and listening to your body. Triggers are not regression. Awareness is progress.

⟡ PAUSE AND NOTICE

When you catch yourself comparing, pause and come back to what your body is asking for today.

⟡ ABOUT THE HOST, NAOMI SPARKSNaomi Sparks is a mom, wife, healing coach, and a cult survivor. She grew up in a tightly controlled religious cult in Northern California and spent years disconnected from her true self. She now helps others heal their nervous systemfrom trauma, rebuild trust in their bodies, and reconnect with who they are beneath survival mode.

→ Connect with Naomi on IG:⁠ @theunapologetictruthh⁠

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Sometimes healing brings up two feelings at once. Love and sadness. Pride and pain. Gratitude for what you can give now,and grief for what you never received. In this episode, I share a moment with my daughter that stirred both.

Watching her feel safe filled me with gratitude, and also touched the sadness of not having that as a child.

We talk about why grief does not cancel gratitude and why feeling both is part of healing, not a problem.

⟡ TRY THIS REFLECTION

Place one hand on your chest and one on your belly. Take a slow breath and remind yourself you are allowed to feel both. Notice what shifts when you stop pushing any feeling away. You don’t have to choose between gratitude and grief.Both belong.

⟡ ABOUT THE HOST, NAOMI SPARKS

Naomi Sparks is a mom, wife, healing coach, and a cult survivor. She grew up in a tightly controlled religious cult in Northern California and spent years disconnected from her true self. She now helps others heal their nervous systemfrom trauma, rebuild trust in their bodies, and reconnect with who they are beneath survival mode.

→ Connect with Naomi on IG:⁠ @theunapologetictruthh⁠

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The new year can feel loud and demanding. In this episode, I talk about the quiet and why many of us learned to fear it. When you grow up in chaos or survival mode, silence can feel unsafe, so we stay busy and distracted.

I share how to slow down without forcing calm, how to tell anxiety apart from intuition, and how healing can start by listening instead of fixing. This is about feeling safe enough to be yourself.

⟡ TRY THIS REFLECTION

Notice how your body reacts to quiet. Name the urge to distract or move. Ask what feels loud right now and what sits underneath. A few seconds of noticing is enough.

⟡ ABOUT THE HOST, NAOMI SPARKS

Naomi Sparks is a mom, wife, healing coach, and a cult survivor. She grew up in a tightly controlled religious cult in Northern California and spent years disconnected from her true self. She now helps others heal their nervous system from trauma, rebuild trust in their bodies, and reconnect with who they are beneath survival mode.

→ Connect with Naomi on IG:⁠ @theunapologetictruthh⁠

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Healing can feel lonely. Not because you are doing it wrong, but because healing changes who can stay. When you stop abandoning yourself to keep a connection, some relationships no longer fit. Conversations feel different. Distance shows up. And that can hurt.

In this episode, I talk about the grief that comes with growth. The guilt that appears when you stop over-giving. The ache of missing people while knowing you cannot return to who you were. Healing does not make you selfish or cold. It makes you honest.

⟡ REMEMBER

Healing does not make me harder to love. It makes me more honest with myself.

⟡ ABOUT THE HOST, NAOMI SPARKS

Naomi Sparks is a mom, wife, healing coach, and a cult survivor. She grew up in a tightly controlled religious cult in Northern California and spent years disconnected from her true self. She now helps others heal their nervous systemfrom trauma, rebuild trust in their bodies, and reconnect with who they are beneath survival mode.

→ Connect with Naomi on IG:⁠ @theunapologetictruthh⁠

⟡ LET’S KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING

If this episode reminded you of your own light, share it with someone still finding theirs and help spread the message that healing is possible, and no one has to walk it alone.

This podcast is produced by AOLI.fm.