What if becoming a mother doesn't just change the way you see your child… but changes the way you see yourself? In this episode of Smile Sessions, I’m sharing something deeply personal: how motherhood brought me face-to-face with parts of myself I thought I had already healed. The short fuse. The hyper-vigilance. The need to keep everything under control. The feeling that if I wasn't paying attention to everything, something might go wrong. And then came the question so many of us have asked ourselves: "How did I become the thing I was most afraid of?” But what if the better question is: What happened to me?” Through therapy, hypnosis, inner-child work, prayer, grounding, and learning to regulate my nervous system, I began to understand that I wasn't broken. I was carrying patterns that had once helped me survive. And motherhood became the mirror that helped me see them. In this episode, we talk about: ✨ Why becoming a parent can awaken childhood wounds ✨ How our children's behavior can sometimes trigger unresolved emotions in us ✨ The difference between shame and self-understanding ✨ Why your nervous system can still feel unsafe even when your life is safe ✨ Meeting your inner child with compassion instead of trying to “fix” her ✨ How pausing, grounding, tapping, and prayer can help us respond instead of react ✨ Breaking generational patterns through awareness and repair ✨ What it means to find the person you were before you learned to survive And perhaps most importantly… What if the little girl or little boy you used to be isn't gone? What if they're simply waiting for you to come home? If this episode resonates with you, I'd love to hear from you in the comments: Who were you before you learned you had to be someone else to be loved? And if you're enjoying Smile Sessions, subscribe to the channel and join me for more conversations about healing, mental health, relationships, hormones, nervous-system regulation, and creating a healthier, happier, more fulfilling life. 📖 My book: a.co/d/06dRMbrb 🌐 Visit: www.cristinaperri.com If this episode touched something in you, share it with someone who might need to hear it. Sometimes one conversation can help us understand ourselves a little differently. About Smile Sessions Smile Sessions with Cristina Perri is a space for honest conversations about healing, self-discovery, mental health, relationships, hormones, nervous-system regulation, and all the messy, beautiful things that make us human. Because living a healthier, happier, more fulfilling life isn't about becoming perfect. It's about becoming more you. #SmileSessions #Motherhood #InnerChildHealing #ChildhoodTrauma #HealingJourney #NervousSystemRegulation #InnerChildWork #GenerationalTrauma #ConsciousParenting #MentalHealth #SelfHealing #PersonalGrowth
