The Rising Beyond Podcast
If you're trying to protect your children while navigating an abusive ex, this podcast is for you. Because leaving the relationship didn't end the abuse, and no one prepared you for what came next.
The Rising Beyond Podcast is for protective mothers navigating the overwhelming reality of sharing children with someone who continues patterns of manipulation, coercive control, or emotional abuse after separation. Join Sybil Cummin, licensed professional counselor, who has spent the last decade helping survivors and their children navigate this incredibly difficult chapter. Every week, we share trauma-informed education, nervous system insights, protective parenting strategies, and honest conversations about family court, post-separation abuse, and healing, so you can feel more confident, more grounded, and better equipped to protect both your children and yourself.
Whether you're in the middle of family court, struggling with parenting alongside someone who continues patterns of control, or simply trying to become the parent you want to be after everything you've survived, you'll find validation, practical guidance, and hope here.
The Rising Beyond Podcast
Ep 152: Healing After Domestic Abuse: The Progress That You Don’t See
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If you’ve ever thought, “I should be further along by now,” this episode is for you.
When you’re still navigating post-separation abuse, family court chaos, or co-parenting with someone who continues to hurt you, healing might not look—or feel—like what you expected. You might still freeze when a message comes in. You might still cry in the car before showing up for your kids. And you might believe that means you're not healing.
But what if the most important signs of healing are the ones no one sees—not even you?
We’re talking about the invisible signs of progress: the quiet, powerful shifts that don’t get celebrated but matter immensely.
You’ll hear:
- Why healing doesn’t always feel like joy or peace—and what it might feel like instead
- Real-life examples of subtle progress that survivors often overlook
- How trauma makes it harder to recognize growth, even when it’s happening
- A new way to think about hope when the future feels foggy
Because even if it doesn’t feel like it… you are healing.
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