Re-Mothered

Relief for Approval — When Being Needed Felt Like Being LovedThe first time Lori remembers feeling relief because someone was pleased with her… she was four years old, sitting between her parents during a late-night argument, trying to make peace happen with tiny hands and a terrified nervous system.In this episode of ReMothered, Lori explores the roots of people pleasing, emotional hypervigilance, and the quiet addiction to approval that so many survivors of enmeshment and emotional instability carry into adulthood.This is an episode about:• learning to read rooms before reading books• becoming “easy” in order to feel safe• the hidden grief beneath being the fixer• performing love instead of receiving it• and what happens when survival starts erasing the selfRaw, intimate, and deeply reflective, this episode traces the moment relief became confused with love — and the lifelong cost of that bargain.If this episode resonates with you, follow the podcast and share it with someone navigating healing, identity, nervous system recovery, or life after emotional survival mode.Follow & Connect:WarriorNation Facebook Group:https://www.facebook.com/warriornation365TikTok:@remotheredpodcast2Music Credit:Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!)https://uppbeat.io/t/west-valley-shakers/do-what-youre-supposed-toLicense code: UELCGFYFCYSQF3DBUntil next time… take gentle care of yourself.

"When my mother told me I was no longer welcome in her family, I didn't panic. I didn't plead. I felt free."I’m taking you into the heart of a "compliant dance" I performed for decades—the avoidance, the redirected conversations, and the crushing weight of being responsible for someone else’s emotional stability. But what happens when the "avoidance shuffle" stops and a single boundary leads to a total unraveling?In this episode, I share:The Erosion: How the fake cancer, stolen money, and years of lies slowly weakened the hold she had on me.The Boundary: That day in 2025 when I chose not to "rescue" or "fix," and the rage that followed.Silence as Strength: How I learned that silence is a language that doesn't require self-betrayal.The Weaponization of Identity: The moment control collided with truth, and identity was used as a weapon to shut the door.Being "cast out" is usually framed as a tragedy, but for me, it was a rebirth. This is for the survivors, the "too sensitive," and anyone currently standing in that strange space between grief and relief.Exiled. And released.Stay Tuned: Follow Re-Mothered as I continue to excavate the self that was buried for years.Community: You don’t have to walk this path alone. Join us at WarriorNation—a community for all types of healing.https://www.facebook.com/warriornation365⁠

In this opening episode of season 2, I begin somewhere steady. With my grandfather.We called him Pa. He lived 89 years and in a life that held a lot of complexity, he was one of the few place that felt simple in the best way. Solid. Consistent. Safe.Pa didn't say more than he needed to. But what he showed me stayed.What it looked like to live with integrity. To be steady in who you are. To make the people around you feel like they matter. After losing him in March, I've foiund myself returning to those lessons in a new way.Because as I begin this season, one that moves into the deeper layers of my story...the patterns, the coping, the survival...I can see just how much that steadiness shaped me. And how much of it I'm still learning to give myself. This episode is a tribute.But it's also a starting point. Socials:https://www.facebook.com/warriornation365tiktok: @remotheredpodcast2Music Credits:Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/tyler-edwards/plain-and-the-valleyLicense code: DSXDJKI30KMSSZ4CMusic from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/peter-lainson/slow-danceLicense code: 3TBLHXTOCPAVSSURMusic from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/realizer/still-swimmingLicense code: O7VBQV233PL7K5ZT

What happens when the truth finally costs too much to carry?In the final episode of ReMothered Season One, Lori returns to the moment everything broke open—the discovery of the stolen $15,000 from the family farm. But this isn’t just a story about theft. It’s about the instant a daughter realizes she cannot keep protecting what is destroying her.This episode marks the internal shift—the quiet, seismic moment of dissociation from enmeshment. The realization: I am not a cohort. I cannot be complicit. It is the beginning of the end, even though walking away would take another twenty years.Through intimate storytelling, this episode explores narcissistic abuse, family loyalty, secrecy, and the long arc of estrangement. It is about how survival patterns form, why leaving takes time, and how clarity often arrives long before action is possible.If you’re navigating parental estrangement, recovering from narcissistic family dynamics, or drawn to indie podcasts that blend emotional truth with investigative storytelling, this season finale was made for you.Season One ends here—but the reckoning has only begun

Will this be the final straw?

What happens when the moment you choose yourself… your mother suddenly gets sick?In this episode of ReMothered, Lori tells the story of the phone call that changed everything — the biopsy that returned “positive,” the instant switch into caretaker mode, and the decision to walk away from a dream opportunity in Vancouver to return home.But as casseroles piled up and prayers rolled in, something didn’t add up.The Diagnosis is an exploration of emotional manipulation disguised as illness, the duty trap of enmeshment, and the quiet instincts that whisper when something isn’t right — even when love tells you to ignore them.This episode asks one haunting question: What kind of mother builds a lie so big her child gives up her life for it?If you’ve ever wrestled with loyalty, guilt, or the cost of constantly putting someone else first, this story may feel uncomfortably familiar.You’re not alone. And you’re not imagining it.Content Note:This episode includes themes of emotional manipulation, family dysfunction, and illness-related deception.Follow & ConnectTikTok: @lori_risingInstagram: re.mothered_podcastemail: remotheredpodcast@gmail.comMedia Requests: trollinajarproductions@gmail.com

In Episode 9 of ReMothered, I share a story about routes—the streets, the uniforms, and the paths that shape us when someone else tries to choose our life. From learning the rhythm of a radio station to navigating small-town dynamics with my mother, I explore independence, enmeshment, and the freedom that comes from claiming your own road.This episode touches on childhood enmeshment, parental control, small-town life, and finding mentorship as a way to grow. Perfect for listeners interested in healing from narcissistic abuse, family dynamics, mental health, and personal growth.Follow & Connect:TikTok: @lori_risingInstagram: @re.mothered_podcastEmail: remotheredpodcast@gmail.comMedia Requests: trollinajarproductions@gmail.com

Episode 8 — Carbon CopyWhat happens when a child becomes the outline instead of the author?This episode explores the quiet, consuming shape of enmeshment — when “being close” slips into becoming a carbon copy. From copied tastes and borrowed perfume to triangulation, guilt-curfews, and the soft gaslighting that rewrites a future into something “sensible,” Lori traces how identity gets pressed thin under someone else’s paper… and how it starts to grow back.This chapter moves between memory, psychology, and a letter to Little Lori — an unsealing of what was borrowed, what was lost, and what is finally reclaimed.If you grew up being praised for closeness that actually cost you yourself, this one might feel like a flashlight.CONTENT NOTE:This episode contains discussion of narcissistic abuse, enmeshment, emotional manipulation, triangulation, financial deceit, and parentification. Listener discretion is advised.CONNECT WITH LORI:TikTok: @remotheredpodcastInstagram: @remotheredpodcastMain TikTok (personal): @lori.risingEmail: remotheredpodcast@gmail.comFor media or collaboration requests:trollinajarproductions@gmail.comListen, share, and leave a review if this episode resonates. It helps the show reach the people who need it most.