When your body starts to calm, but your thoughts keep spiralling, it’s not weakness, it’s a sign of how deeply childhood trauma responses in adults can linger. In this episode, Naomi shares how to rebuild safety in your mind after trauma and what it means to truly heal your nervous system from trauma.

You’ll learn simple ways to calm spiralling thoughts, recognize the signs of repressed childhood trauma in adults, and begin breaking generational trauma patterns. Naomi opens up about her own story of healing from chaos and reminds you that you’re not broken, you’re becoming safe.

⟡ 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. Her work now centers around helping others reclaim their voice, heal generational pain, and step into wholeness without apology.

⟡ QUOTE OF THE EPISODE:

“Your brain isn’t broken. It’s loyal. It’s doing exactly what it learned to do to keep you alive. Now it’s time to teach it that calm doesn’t mean danger anymore.”

💚 Connect with Naomi on IG: @theunapologetictruthh

⟡ LET’S KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING… If this episode resonated with you, share it with someone who’s learning to heal their nervous system or working through trauma. The more healed hearts we have, the more whole this world becomes.

❤️ Thank you for being here. You’re not broken. You’re healing.

When you’ve lived in survival mode, calm can feel unsafe. Your body still braces for danger, even when you’re finally safe.

In this episode, Naomi shares how trauma reshapes your nervous system and creates survival patterns like fight, flight, freeze, or fawn. You’ll learn how to heal your nervous system from trauma, calm the amygdala, and begin rebuilding safety through simple somatic tools like grounding, breathwork, and self-soothing.

⟡ 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. Her work now centers around helping others reclaim their voice, heal generational pain, and step into wholeness without apology.

⟡ TRY THIS PRACTICE:

• Ground: feet flat, press down, name three things you see, two you hear, one you feel. Say “I am safe.”

• Box breathe: inhale 4, hold 4, exhale 4, hold 4. Repeat.

• Havening touch: slow strokes on arms with gentle phrases like “You’re safe now.”

• Co-regulate: be with calm, grounded people or communities that hold safe space.

  
  

⟡ TO ASK YOURSELF GENTLY

“When does my body feel most unsafe, and what helps it soften again?”

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❤️ Thank you for being here. You’re not broken. You’re healing.

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That voice inside that says you are not enough, that shames you for resting or making mistakes, it’s not random. Your inner critic was formed by the voices you grew up hearing: parents, teachers, culture, or community. For Naomi, it came from growing up in a cult where constant criticism and judgment became her inner soundtrack.

In this episode, Naomi shares how the critic develops as a survival mechanism, why it follows us into adulthood, and how to begin retraining it with compassion.

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. Her work now centers around helping others reclaim their voice, heal generational pain, and step into wholeness without apology.

QUOTE OF THE EPISODE:

“One of the most powerful and painful truths about healing is realizing that the voice that criticizes you the loudest often isn’t yours. It’s an echo.”

TO ASK YOURSELF GENTLY:

When my inner critic speaks, whose voice is it echoing? And what new, compassionate truth do I choose to speak to myself instead?

💚 Connect with Naomi on IG: @theunapologetictruthh

🎧 Subscribe so you don’t miss the next one.

LET’S KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING…If this episode resonated with you, please share it with someone who needs to hear it.

❤️ Thank you for being here. This space is yours too. You’re not selfish. You’re healing.