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 201: The Healing Plateau: Why Progress Slows Down After Abuse and Trauma
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At some point in healing, a lot of people hit this moment:
You were making progress.
You were starting to feel a shift.
And then… it feels like nothing is happening anymore.
It can feel confusing. Frustrating. Even discouraging.
In this episode, we’re talking about something that does not get talked about enough: the phase of healing where things slow down and it starts to feel like you are stuck.
If you have caught yourself thinking: Am I actually getting better? Why does this feel harder again? Shouldn’t I be further along by now?
You are not alone.
What many survivors don’t realize is that there is a phase of healing that is less about big changes and more about integration. And that phase often feels quiet, slow, and sometimes even uncomfortable.
In this episode, we talk about:
• Why healing is not linear and tends to happen in layers
• What the plateau phase actually is and why it matters
• Why things can feel slower after the initial stages of healing
• What is happening in your nervous system during this time
• Signs you are healing that are easy to miss
• Why comparison can make this phase feel worse
• How to look at progress in a more realistic way
• What actually helps during this stage
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