This week, we explore what happens when the truth finally becomes clear, and how healing must eventually move beyond constant processing in order to make room for life.

This episode addresses:

Why years of therapy can help, yet still leave something unresolved

How narcissistic family systems assign roles to children, shaping siblings in different but interconnected ways

The difference between trauma-informed healing and trauma-centered living

How siblings can heal together without letting shared trauma dominate their relationships

What belongs in a marriage and what does not when one partner carries complex trauma

Why confronting narcissistic or emotionally limited parents is not required for healing

How quiet distance and discernment can be valid, protective choices

What breaking cycles actually looks like in parenting, repair, and presence

This is an episode about clarity, choice, and the slow shift from surviving to living.

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This is your invitation to the Mayhem Daughters Retreat, a small, in-person experience for daughters of narcissistic or emotionally limited mothers who are ready to deepen their healing in shared physical space.

This episode is not a sales pitch. It’s an invitation to listen inward and decide with clarity.

Dates: April 30 – May 3

Location: Asheville, North Carolina

Structure: Programming begins Thursday at 3:30 pm with pickup from the hotel. Full days of programming on Friday and Saturday. Sunday is reserved for travel home. Optional Wednesday arrival

Cost: $1,350 per person for retreat programming. Hotel booked separately at a group rate of $129/night. All programming and transportation to and from the retreat house are included

Lodging: Retreat house spots are full. Remaining openings are hotel-based with organized transportation provided

Availability: At the time of this recording, six spots remain. Retreat logistics and vendors will be finalized the week of February 16

This retreat is designed for daughters who have already been doing their healing work and feel ready to experience that work in a structured, facilitated, and well-held group setting.

It is not for daughters in acute crisis or those looking for a high-intensity or transformational experience.

Capacity, self-responsibility, and nervous system safety are central to this time together

Because this is a small, in-person retreat, registration is not open for direct purchase from the podcast.

If you’re interested in exploring whether this retreat is the right fit, please email Heather directly at:

Heather@MayhemDaughters.com

This begins a conversation, not a commitment.

Honoring your timing and capacity matters here. Whether this invitation leads to a yes or a no, listening to yourself with care is part of the work.

A Final Note: Honoring your timing and capacity matters here. Whether this invitation leads to a yes or a no, listening to yourself with care is part of the work.

For daughters of narcissistic or emotionally limited mothers, silence often doesn’t feel neutral. It can feel dangerous, like trouble is coming, like you’ve done something wrong. So we fill it. With explanations. With apologies. With reassurance.

In this episode, we explore how overcommunicating and overfunctioning develop as trauma responses, why sitting in silence can feel unbearable, and what it means to tolerate the aftermath of a decision without rescuing yourself or managing other people’s reactions.

If you’ve ever struggled with:

• overcommunicating as a trauma response

• feeling anxious when people don’t respond right away

• needing reassurance after setting boundaries

• people-pleasing or overfunctioning

• trusting yourself after narcissistic parenting

this conversation will likely resonate. We’ll reflects on what it means to “try soft and say less,” , how silence can activate old patterns from childhood, and why learning to tolerate being misunderstood is often a necessary part of healing and self-trust.

You don’t need to fix anything after listening. Just noticing the urge to fill the silence is already the work.