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 abuse

How maternal sexual abuse distorts a daughter’s sense of self, safety, and bodily autonomy

Why daughters struggle with shame, confusion, and isolation around these experiences

How survivors can begin to reclaim their truth, their body, and their story

Why this episode, and this conversation, is a long-overdue step in healing the most silenced wounds
Whether 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 it

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