Beyond Mommy Dearest Podcast

About Beyond Mommy Dearest Podcast

Beyond Mommy Dearest is a podcast for adult daughters navigating the complicated, often painful reality of difficult, emotionally immature, or narcissistic mothers. Hosted by a trauma-informed leadership coach, this show explores the long-term impact of mother-daughter wounds, boundary setting, grief, identity, and healing beyond blame. Through honest conversations, education, and lived experience, Beyond Mommy Dearest helps listeners reconnect with themselves, trust their instincts, and move forward with clarity, compassion, and strength.

Publisher

Beyond Mommy Dearest

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Feb 2026

Latest episode

30 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

42 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Oct 2026

   When a Narcissistic Parent Dies: No Contact, Guilt, Grief & Finding Closure

   What happens when the narcissistic parent you've spent years protecting yourself from becomes seriously ill or dies? Do you break no contact? Are you obligated to forgive them? And what if you've already grieved the parent you never truly had? In this deeply personal episode of Beyond Mommy Dearest, Noelani Pearl Hernandez sits down with Sherry, a counselor, interfaith spiritual director, psychedelic integration coach, and practitioner with a background in psychic and mediumship work, to explore one of the most complicated experiences for adult children of narcissistic parents: navigating estrangement, guilt, grief, and the death of an abusive parent. Drawing from their personal experiences with narcissistic family relationships, Noelani and Sherry challenge the idea that adult children owe their parents unlimited access simply because they gave them life. They discuss why going no contact is rarely an impulsive decision, why an abusive parent's approaching death does not automatically erase years of harm, and why closure may never come in the form of an apology. In this episode, we explore: When a narcissistic parent dies: Why grief can look different when you've already mourned the relationship. No contact versus low contact: Why protecting yourself is not the same as punishing a parent. The guilt of estrangement: How obligation, shame, and people-pleasing can keep adult children in harmful relationships. Compassionate boundaries: Understanding a parent's trauma without excusing their abusive behavior. The apology that may never come: Why waiting for a dying parent to acknowledge the harm can prolong suffering. Generational and cultural trauma: How family expectations, immigration experiences, and inherited patterns influence relationships. Narcissistic abuse in the workplace: Why familiar patterns of mistreatment can appear in professional relationships. Spirituality and closure: Sherry shares her personal spiritual perspective on soul-to-soul communication, forgiveness, and healing. Breaking the cycle: How developing emotional awareness and practicing boundaries can change what we pass on to our children. Noelani also shares her own experience of being no contact with her mother for 12 years, having already grieved the relationship, and recognizing how certain life transitions can bring old experiences back to the surface. One of the most important messages from this conversation is that you do not have to reconcile with someone who harmed you in order to find peace. Whether you are currently no contact, considering low contact, caring for an aging narcissistic parent, or navigating the death of an estranged family member, this conversation offers perspective on making decisions that honor your emotional and physical safety. You can have compassion for what happened to your parents without making yourself responsible for what they did to you. Connect with Noelani | Beyond Mommy Dearest https://www.facebook.com/BeyondMommyDearest/ https://www.tiktok.com/@beyond.mommy.dearest https://www.instagram.com/beyondmommydearest/ https://www.youtube.com/@BeyondMommyDearest https://substack.com/@beyondmommydearest https://www.threads.com/@beyondmommydearest https://beyondmommydearest.wixstudio.com/my-site-3 Connect with Sherry Platt https://sherryplatt.com https://www.facebook.com/SherryPlattTransformations/?ref=NONE_xav_ig_profile_page_web https://www.instagram.com/sherryplatt.ma/

2. 

   23 Oct 2026

   When Perimenopause Reopens Childhood Trauma: Narcissistic Mothers, Hormones & Healing

   Reach out! You don't have to explain how crazy she was. We believe you!!! When Perimenopause Reopens Childhood Trauma: Narcissistic Mothers, Hormones & Healing Content warning This episode includes discussions of childhood emotional abuse, narcissistic family dynamics, childhood sexual abuse, substance use, unhealthy coping behaviors, divorce, and family estrangement. Please listen with care and take breaks as needed. Important health disclaimer The discussion reflects personal experienc...

3. 

   16 Oct 2026

   Men Hurt Too: A Son’s Story of Childhood Trauma, Narcissistic Parents, No Contact, and the Courage to Heal

   Reach out! You don't have to explain how crazy she was. We believe you!!! Men Hurt Too: A Son’s Story of Childhood Trauma, Narcissistic Parents, No Contact, and the Courage to Heal⚠️ TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains discussions of childhood emotional, physical, and sexual abuse, narcissistic parental abuse, family violence, homophobia, suicidal thoughts and attempts, and family estrangement. Some content may be emotionally difficult for survivors. Please listen with care and take break...

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