Mind Ya Mental Podcast Healing Trauma, ADHD & Hormones, and Boundaries
Sep 30, 2025
A mailbag-style conversation covering trauma recovery and why insight alone often does not move healing. Practical small-step strategies for days when getting out of bed feels impossible. How ADHD symptoms shift with menstrual and perimenopausal hormones and cause brain fog. Concrete boundary scripts, why people-pleasing backfires, and tips for enforcing limits and building support.
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Beat Trauma Stagnation With Tiny Steps
- Do break big goals into smaller steps and prioritize the immediate tasks to overcome feeling stuck after trauma.
- Raquel Martin recommends chopping the list in half, further breaking items into tiny actions, and tracking achievable steps each day.
Explain Healing To Children Clearly
- Do tell your children age-appropriately that you're healing and may have low-energy days so they understand and can help.
- Raquel Martin suggests simple scripts like explaining mama is 'working on her mind' and asking kids to be gentle or repeat requests when mom's in brain fog.
Create A Support Web Not Lone Healing
- Do build a support web and use community resources rather than going it alone.
- Raquel Martin recommends parent groups, hobby classes, libraries, and her Sanctuary mental health community to create social support.
