Parenting in the Midst of Trauma Recovery
by Emily Cleghorn
You’re not too broken to be a good mama. You’re just still carrying too much.
If you’re parenting while healing from childhood trauma, Breaking Free is the lifeline you didn’t know you needed.
Written by Trigger Recovery Coach and trauma survivor Emily Cleghorn, this book offers honest stories, compassionate insights, and trauma-informed tools to help you stop reacting from your pain — and start parenting from your power.
Inside Breaking Free, you’ll discover how to:
✔️ Understand how trauma has shaped your triggers, responses, and emotional patterns
✔️ Calm your nervous system and manage stress without shame
✔️ Build a personal trigger toolkit you can actually use in real life
✔️ Practice self-compassion, even on the hard days
✔️ Parent with intention — not guilt, fear, or survival mode
✔️ Break generational cycles and raise emotionally secure children
✔️ Create a vision for a future rooted in healing, connection, and peace
This book is built on Emily’s lived experience and her Mended Mama Method — a healing framework designed specifically for mamas who are trying to do the deep inner work while also raising little humans.
You don’t need to be perfect to be a cycle breaker. You just need the right tools, some nervous system support, and a safe voice reminding you that you’re not alone anymore.
Healing doesn’t mean you’ll never get triggered again — it means you’ll know what to do when you do.
If you're ready to break free from the patterns of your past and raise your children with more peace, presence, and emotional safety — this book is for you.
💜 Includes:
Companion workbook available separately
Free digital bonus portal with audio tools, journal pages, affirmations + more
Your healing is the legacy.
Let Breaking Free be your guide.
An author, speaker, and coach helping trauma-surviving mamas heal, break cycles, and parent in peace.
Emily Cleghorn is the author of Rising from the Ashes and Breaking Free: Parenting in the Midst of Trauma Recovery. As the founder of Mamahood After Trauma and a Trigger Recovery Coach, she helps mothers heal from past wounds so they can parent in peace. Her work empowers cycle-breaking mamas to rise above trauma and create a legacy of love for the next generation.