Navigating Motherhood Without Your Mother
Are you navigating the wild ride of motherhood without the support of your mother? When your mom is absent due to loss, estrangement, illness, or distance the journey of motherhood can feel especially heavy and heart-wrenching.
Navigating Motherhood Without Your Mother is the go-to podcast for moms who lack maternal support and desire to make peace with the past, build confidence in their present role, and break harmful generational patterns for the future. This show empowers moms to achieve lasting results, such as improved emotional regulation, breaking cycles of dysfunction, and fostering a healthy family environment.
Alyssa Carlene, your host, is a dedicated mom on a mission. With emotional depth and passion drawn from her transformative journey, she proves that the absence of a motherly figure can make you stronger—and that you don't have to face this path alone. Through her 5-step ROOTS framework, listeners will learn to Recognize harmful patterns, Own their stories, Open their hearts to forgiveness, Transform limiting beliefs, and Set new boundaries.
If you've been asking questions like:
- How can I make peace with the past and be the best parent for my children?
- How can I build confidence in my present role as a mother?
- What can I do to break unhealthy and harmful generational cycles?
- How do I set healthy boundaries with my mother and/or other family members?
- What are ways I can foster emotional resilience?
- Where can I find support navigating motherhood without my mom?
- What are the potential root causes of my chronic pain and mental health struggles?
- How can I create a healthier and stable home environment for my family?
- What are some alternative methods for overcoming the wounds of my past?
- How do I stop people pleasing so I can better care for my needs?
- How can I open my heart to forgiveness to move forward and continue healing myself?
Then this show is for you!
Episodes
51 episodes
37. Embracing Grief After Loss with Tara Accardo
What would happen if you finally gave yourself permission to grieve...fully, honestly, and without apology?In today’s episode, Alyssa Carlene explores what it means to embrace grief with an open heart, especially while navigating ...
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Episode 37
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26:21
36. Worthy As You Are: How to Stop Overfunctioning As a Mom with Chelsea Boateng
Do you ever feel like your value depends on how much you accomplish as a mom? In motherhood, when life becomes a constant cycle of giving, striving, and proving, it’s so easy to forget that your worth isn’t something you have to earn. ...
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Episode 36
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42:56
35. How to Navigate Holidays, Birthdays and Milestones Without Your Mother
The holidays are approaching, and with them, a familiar ache hits deeper than most realize for the mom navigating motherhood without her mother. In today's heartfelt episode, Alyssa Carlene explores the complicated mix of emotions t...
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Episode 35
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12:10
34. The Secret to Joy in the Hardest Seasons with Leona deVinne
How do you find joy in the most devastating times in your life, the absolute hardest seasons when you feel like you're buried in grief and simply surviving?Today's episode features Leona deVinne, an internationally recognized speaker, le...
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Episode 34
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29:08
33. Three Lessons Learned After a Complete Social Media/Media Detox + Podcast Announcement!
After a week-long complete social media/media detox, Alyssa Carlene learned three major lessons she wants to share with you. If you're struggling with the weight of the world and the collective heaviness many mothers and humans feel...
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Episode 33
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9:34
32. Three Trauma-Healing Practices Everyone Should Try
Today, humans alike can feel the heaviness of tragedy and grief in the United States of America and in the world as a whole. If you're feeling this collective and shared weight, as a mom or human being, today's episode is all about ...
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Episode 32
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19:36
31. When Mother Figures Come & Go: Finding Stability Through Loss with Samantha Welch
How do you find stability when you lose your mother and have subsequent mother figures come and go throughout your life? It's devastating to navigate such huge losses, espeically as a mother, but there is hope and healing along the way!
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Episode 31
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54:26
30. Why Moms Should Prioritize Laughter
When's the last time you had a terrific laugh - a big, belly laugh, tears streaming down your cheeks, laugh out loud, HEALING laugh? Today, Alyssa Carlene makes the case for prioritizing and even scheduling laughter as a mom. She sh...
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Episode 30
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11:23
29. Breaking the Cycle: Thriving as a Mom When You've Survived Emotional Abuse with Reesa Morala, LMFT
You are not doomed to repeat the mistakes of those who raised you! Even if you grew up with emotional abuse, you get to be the change that breaks the cycle! Today on the podcast, Alyssa Carlene talks with Licensed Marriage and...
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Episode 29
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33:25
28. Three Ways to Protect Your Energy
As a mom, a parent, and a human being...your energy absolutely needs protection!If you are feeling drained by the heaviness of life and others' energy around you, then today's episode is for you. Alyssa Carlene, your host,&nb...
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Episode 28
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12:14
27. How to Support Your Child in Overcoming Obstacles You Face Yourself
What if the struggles you’re working through could become the blueprint your child uses to overcome theirs? Today on the podcast, Alyssa Carlene shares a five-step process for facing your challenges and using them as a powerful teac...
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Episode 27
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15:57
26. How to Set Boundaries with Toxic Family Members Without Guilt
Does setting boundaries with family (espeically toxic family members) feel excruciating—like guilt, obligation, or fear of conflict always get in the way? In today's episode of Navigating Motherhood Without Your Mother, Alyssa Carle...
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Episode 26
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19:02
25. Three Hidden Beliefs Holding You Back While Mothering Without Your Mom's Support
What if some of the biggest obstacles in your motherhood journey aren’t your circumstances, but the silent beliefs you’ve internalized along the way? In this episode, Alyssa Carlene takes a deep dive into three hidden beliefs that k...
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Episode 25
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14:30
24. Five Life-Changing Books for Moms on a Healing Journey
If you’re a mom doing the hard work of healing while raising little ones, these five books belong on your shelf! Whether you’re navigating motherhood without the support you needed, working to break generational cycles, or learning to remother ...
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Episode 24
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14:40
23. Finding Peace by Accepting What You Can't Change
What peace might you find if you stopped fighting what you can’t change? In this episode, we’re talking about what it really means to accept the hard things in life, especially the ones you didn’t choose. You’ll learn how a...
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Episode 23
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17:22
22. Encouragement for the Days You're Barely Holding On
Feeling like you’re running on empty as a mom? This short and gentle episode is a love letter to the mom who's exhausted, overwhelmed, and barely holding it all together. If you're in survival mode, this is your reminder that you’re...
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Episode 22
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10:17
21. When Motherhood Feels Lonely: How to Care for Yourself & Connect
You might be surrounded by your kids all day long and still feel incredibly lonely. Maybe you don’t have a strong circle of mom friends to lean on. And if you’re navigating motherhood without the support of your mom, that loneliness can feel ev...
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Episode 21
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11:03
20. Ten Reasons to Join the Navigating Motherhood Without Your Mother Facebook Group
Are you looking for a supportive space where you can vent, feel understood, and connect with other moms who truly get what it’s like to navigate motherhood without your mother? Today on the podcast, join Alyssa Carlene to hear TEN p...
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Episode 20
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10:00
19. Why a Supportive Community is the Missing Piece to Navigating Motherhood Without Your Mom
If you're navigating motherhood without your mother, a supportive community is your missing piece to healing, alignment, and validation! You were never meant to mother alone. And for moms without moms, that isolation can run ...
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Episode 19
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9:54
18. Five Steps to Navigating Motherhood Without Your Mother
Are you stepping into a season of motherhood where you claim your power, even without the support you always deserved?Join Alyssa Carlene as she shares the exciting news about her free video training: Five Steps to Navigating Motherho...
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Episode 18
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6:49
17. Why Navigating Motherhood Without Your Mother Feels So Hard
There’s something people don’t talk about enough: how utterly alone, lost, and overwhelmed you can feel when you’re raising children without the presence or support of your mother. In today's episode, join Alyssa Carlene as s...
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Episode 17
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8:50
16. Four Practices to Shut Down Negative Thoughts
As a mom, do you ever feel like negative thoughts have taken over your headspace? In this quick episode, Alyssa Carlene shares four simple, real-life practices to help you shut down that inner critic and bring your mindset back to c...
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Episode 16
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9:40
15. How to Open Your Heart to Forgiveness
Have you ever carried a hurt so deep that it changed the way you saw yourself or the world? Perhaps you've held on—not because you wanted to, but because you didn't know how to let go. In today's episode, Alyssa Carlene explores the...
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Episode 15
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17:22
14. Three Ways to Become an Emotionally Resilient Mom
You don’t need to be a perfect mom, but you can become a resilient one! Emotional resilience is like a muscle- built upon practice, passion, and intention. This episode of Navigating Motherhood Without Your Mother will show you how...
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Episode 14
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12:50
13. When Mother's Day Hurts: Honoring Your Feelings with Grace
Mother's Day can be a challenging holiday for a mom who is grieving her mother because of loss, distance, or estrangement. Does this resonate with you? Today's episode is for anyone who may find this day more painful than peaceful. ...
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Episode 13
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15:42