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

⟡ LET’S KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOINGIf 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.

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

⟡ 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.

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

⟡ 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.