The Unapologetic T.R.U.T.H.H.

Naomi Sparks
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The Unapologetic T.R.U.T.H.H. is a podcast about Transformation through Raw, unfiltered Trauma that will bring you Hope through Healing. Your host, Naomi Sparks, a mom, wife, coach, and cult survivor, dives into conversations about what it really means to work through trauma, sit with pain, and come out stronger. No fluff, no pretending, just real talk for anyone ready to stop hiding and start healing.

  1. 4d ago

    Ep 56: How to Recognize You Are Living in Survival Mode | Nervous System Healing, Chronic Fight or Flight & Trauma Recovery

    There's something nobody tells you about survival mode. It doesn't always look like falling apart. Sometimes it looks like being the strongest person in the room. The one who holds it all together, never asks for help and keeps pushing through. And when you've been surviving long enough, you stop questioning it. You just call it your personality. Today, I'm breaking down the real signs that your nervous system is still stuck in survival, and what it feels like to start coming out of it. ⟡ WHAT I TALK ABOUT TODAY Survival mode signs disguised as personality traits Hypervigilance symptoms and nervous system exhaustion after trauma Emotional avoidance through busyness in trauma recovery Rest guilt and why slowing down feels unsafe to a dysregulated nervous system Emotional numbness and dissociation as trauma survival responses Hyper-independence as a trauma response in high-control environments High-functioning anxiety and chronic fight or flight  Nervous system healing and coming out of survival mode  What it feels like to stop surviving and start living Healing in small moments vs. dramatic breakthroughs ⟡ 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. She now helps others heal their nervous system from trauma, rebuild trust in their bodies, and reconnect with who they are beneath survival mode. → Join The Regulated & Rising Collective → Website| theunapologetictruthh.com → IG | ⁠ @theunapologetictruthh⁠ ⟡ LET’S KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING If this episode resonated with you, share it with someone who needs to hear it. 💚 Conversations like this help break cycles of silence and bring clarity to experiences many people struggle to name. You are not broken. You are healing. ⟡⟡Produced by AOLI.fm.

    35 min

  2. May 27

    Ep 55: What If You're Not Lazy, You're Just Dysregulated | Nervous System Healing, Survival Mode & Self-Compassion

    There's a story a lot of us have been telling ourselves for years. That we're lazy. Unmotivated. Lacking discipline. But what if that story was never true? What if your body has been in survival mode for so long that rest started feeling dangerous, slowing down started feeling wrong, and doing nothing started feeling like failure? That's not laziness. That's dysregulation. And today, we're talking about the difference. ⟡ WHAT I TALK ABOUT TODAY Nervous system dysregulation vs. laziness Survival mode symptoms that look like personality flaws, including procrastination, shutdown, brain fog, and emotional numbness How chronic stress and childhood trauma rewire your body's ability to rest and feel safe Why peace can trigger anxiety when your nervous system grew up in chaos The reason productivity guilt keeps showing up  How hypervigilance, people pleasing, and emotional shutdown become survival responses that outlive the danger Shifting from "what is wrong with me?" to "what does my body need right now?" The grief that comes with realizing how long survival mode kept you disconnected from yourself What I'm building next: the Regulated and Rising Collective ⟡ 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. She now helps others heal their nervous system from trauma, rebuild trust in their bodies, and reconnect with who they are beneath survival mode. → Website| theunapologetictruthh.com → IG | ⁠ @theunapologetictruthh⁠→ Regulated and Rising Collective → COMING SOON ⟡ LET’S KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING If this episode resonated with you, share it with someone who needs to hear it. 💚 Conversations like this help break cycles of silence and bring clarity to experiences many people struggle to name. You are not broken. You are healing. ⟡⟡ Produced by AOLI.fm.

    31 min

  3. May 20

    Ep 54: Why Your Body Won't Calm Down | Anxiety, Nervous System Regulation, and Survival Mode

    Why won't your body calm down? Because no one ever taught you how. Not your parents. Not your school. Not anyone who told you to just breathe, just relax, just think positive. They gave you words. But your body doesn't respond to words when it's still running on years of survival mode programming. And that's what this episode is about. ⟡ WHAT I TALK ABOUT TODAY Anxiety isn't in your head, it lives in your body Childhood trauma programs your nervous system to stay on high alert Why "just calm down" never works Simple nervous system regulation tools for when anxiety rises How to interrupt a thought spiral without fighting your mind  Why healing feels harder before it feels better Why can calm feel more unsafe than chaos Felt safety and how to build it moment by momentThe difference between forcing calm and teaching your body that it is safe⟡ ABOUT THE HOST, NAOMI SPARKSNaomi 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. She now helps others heal their nervous systemfrom trauma, rebuild trust in their bodies, and reconnect with who they are beneath survival mode. → Website| theunapologetictruthh.com → IG | @theunapologetictruthh⁠ ⟡ LET’S KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOINGIf this episode resonated with you, share it with someone who needs to hear it. 💚 Conversations like this help break cycles of silence and bring clarity to experiences many people struggle to name. You are not broken. You are healing. ⟡⟡⟡Produced by AOLI.fm.

    28 min

  4. May 13

    Ep 53: You Don't Have to Earn a Regulated Life | Nervous System Healing, Survival Mode, and Learning to Feel Safe

    You can know everything about your trauma and still feel completely stuck inside of it. That's not a sign you're doing it wrong. That's your body waiting to feel safe enough to let go. Today I'm talking about what regulation actually looks like in real life, why understanding your healing isn't the same as feeling it, and the in-between phase nobody warns youabout. ⟡ WHAT I TALK ABOUT TODAY Why self-awareness doesn't always mean your body feels safe What survival mode does to your nervous system Why you can know you're safe and still not feel it  The in-between phase of healing no one talks about Why calm can feel scary when survival is all you've known How consistency is what teaches your body safety What nervous system regulation actually looks like in real life Why healing was never meant to be done alone⟡ ABOUT THE HOST, NAOMI SPARKSNaomi 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. She now helps others heal their nervous systemfrom trauma, rebuild trust in their bodies, and reconnect with who they are beneath survival mode. → Website| theunapologetictruthh.com → IG | @theunapologetictruthh⁠ ⟡ LET’S KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOINGIf this episode resonated with you, share it with someone who needs to hear it. 💚 Conversations like this help break cycles of silence and bring clarity to experiences many people struggle to name. You are not broken. You are healing. ⟡⟡Produced by AOLI.fm.

    21 min

  5. May 6

    Ep 52: Nervous System Healing in Real Time | Interviewed by Lindsey Harris Ch.t. Part 2 | Trauma Healing Tools for Women

    Part two of my conversation with Lindsey Harris goes places part one didn't. We get into what happened after I interviewed the cult leader's daughter. The backlash, what it triggered in me, and why I refused to take the episode down. We talk about the modalities that have actually moved the needle for my nervous system, what it looks like to build a community while you're still deep in your own healing, and why waiting until you "have it figured out" is the thing that keeps most of us stuck. This is Part 2 of my conversation with Lindsey Harris. If you haven't listened to Part 1 yet, head back to Episode 51 first 💚 ⟡ WHAT I TALK ABOUT TODAY   Fear of judgment   Hypnotherapy for trauma and subconscious reprogramming   Breathwork for nervous system regulation   Journaling for trauma recovery   EFT tapping for emotional healing and anxiety relief   Healing others while still healing myself   Nervous system healing community for women   Mom guilt, self-permission, and making time to heal when life doesn't slow down   ⟡ 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. She now helps others heal their nervous system from trauma, rebuild trust in their bodies, and reconnect with who they are beneath survival mode. → Website| theunapologetictruthh.com → IG | ⁠ @theunapologetictruthh⁠   ⟡ CONNECT WITH LINDSEY HARRIS Ch.t. → A DEEP SPACE™ Reprogramming Studio | ⁠adeepspacestudio.com⁠ → IG | ⁠@lindseyreprogrammed  ⟡ LET’S KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING If this episode resonated with you, share it with someone who needs to hear it. 💚 Conversations like this help break cycles of silence and bring clarity to experiences many people struggle to name. You are not broken. You are healing. ⟡⟡⟡Produced by AOLI.fm.

    40 min

  6. Apr 29

    Ep 51: Where It All Started | Interviewed by Lindsey Harris Ch.t. | Cult Survivor, Nervous System Healing, Trauma and Parenting

    This time, I'm in the hot seat. Lindsey Harris, certified hypnotherapist and breathwork educator, and my coach, flipped the script and interviewed me. No outline, no prep, no filter. If you've ever wondered what it looks like when the silence finally breaks, listen to this episode. We get into what happened after I left, how the trauma showed up in my parenting before I even had words for it, survival mode in motherhood, what made me stop keeping my story quiet, and what I'm building for moms who are ready to stop passing their wounds down. This conversation had only just found its rhythm when we had to pause, and there is so much more still to say. So, PART 2 is coming next week. 💚 ⟡ WHAT I TALK ABOUT TODAY What finally made me stop keeping my story silent How unhealed trauma shows up in your parenting before you even recognize it Living in survival mode as a mom and what that looks like day to day What the Regulated and Rising Collective is and who it's for Breaking generational cycles so your kids carry their own story, not yours Nervous system dysregulation signs in mothers Childhood trauma responses showing up in parenting Living in survival mode as a mom How to stop passing trauma to your children Healing community for moms Breaking generational trauma cycles Cult survivor healing journey and recovery   ⟡ 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. She now helps others heal their nervous system from trauma, rebuild trust in their bodies, and reconnect with who they are beneath survival mode. → Website | theunapologetictruthh.com → IG | ⁠ @theunapologetictruthh⁠ ⟡ CONNECT WITH LINDSEY HARRIS → A DEEP SPACE™ Reprogramming Studio | adeepspacestudio.com → IG | @lindseyreprogrammed ⟡ LET’S KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING If this episode resonated with you, share it with someone who needs to hear it. 💚 Conversations like this help break cycles of silence and bring clarity to experiences many people struggle to name. You are not broken. You are healing. ⟡⟡⟡ Produced by AOLI.fm.

    24 min

  7. Apr 22

    Ep 50: Who I Had to Be to Survive vs Who I Am Becoming | Survival Mode, Nervous System Healing

    You can build a whole life in survival mode and still not feel safe inside of it. That's the thingnobody talks about, because from the outside it can look like you've done the work. Like you've left the hard stuff behind. But your body doesn't know that yet. Today, I'm getting into what it actually means to move out of survival mode and into a life that feelssafe to live, why your nervous system keeps bracing even when nothing is wrong, and what the shift from surviving to being present has looked like for me. ⟡ WHAT I TALK ABOUT TODAY Survival mode and nervous system healing Childhood trauma responses in adults How to heal your nervous system from trauma Why leaving a toxic environment doesn't always feel like freedom How to move from survival mode into regulation Why healing isn't about becoming a different person How survival steals your presence Creating safety in your body after trauma   ⟡ ABOUT THE HOST, NAOMI SPARKSNaomi 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. She now helps others heal their nervous system from trauma, rebuild trust in their bodies, and reconnect with who they are beneath survival mode. → Website| theunapologetictruthh.com → IG | @theunapologetictruthh⁠ ⟡ LET’S KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOINGIf this episode resonated with you, share it with someone who needs to hear it. 💚 Conversations like this help break cycles of silence and bring clarity to experiences many people struggle to name. You are not broken. You are healing. ⟡⟡⟡ Produced by AOLI.fm.

    18 min

  8. Apr 15

    Ep 49: You Don't Have to Earn Love | Conditional Love, Inner Child Healing

    I've been sitting with something lately that I know a lot of us carry without even realizing it. That nagging feeling that love is something you have to maintain, perform for, earn over and over again. And the scariest part? Most of us don't even know that voice isn't ours. Conditional love leaves a mark that doesn't disappear when you leave the environment it came from. It rewires your self-talk, your nervous system, and the way you move through relationships without you even realizing it's happening. And no amount of positive thinking reaches the part of you that was hurt. ⟡ WHAT I TALK ABOUT TODAY        Conditional love and childhood trauma Inner child healing and self-worth  Why you feel like you have to earn love Healing your inner voice after trauma Childhood trauma responses in adults Breaking generational trauma as a parent How to heal your nervous system from trauma Emotional abuse and self-talk patterns  Unconditional love and trauma recovery Positive affirmations not working after trauma  ⟡ ABOUT THE HOST, NAOMI SPARKSNaomi 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. She now helps others heal their nervous systemfrom trauma, rebuild trust in their bodies, and reconnect with who they are beneath survival mode. → Website| theunapologetictruthh.com → IG | @theunapologetictruthh⁠ ⟡ LET’S KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOINGIf this episode resonated with you, share it withsomeone who needs to hear it. 💚 Conversations like this help break cycles of silence and bring clarity to experiences many people struggle to name. You are not broken. You are healing. ⟡⟡⟡Produced by AOLI.fm.

    27 min
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The Unapologetic T.R.U.T.H.H. is a podcast about Transformation through Raw, unfiltered Trauma that will bring you Hope through Healing. Your host, Naomi Sparks, a mom, wife, coach, and cult survivor, dives into conversations about what it really means to work through trauma, sit with pain, and come out stronger. No fluff, no pretending, just real talk for anyone ready to stop hiding and start healing.

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