Episode 14: The Death Mother Archetype: The Hidden Pattern Behind Shame, Freeze & Self Abandonment
Episode 14 of The Unfuckwithable Woman explores the Death Mother Archetype and how inherited trauma, attachment wounds and nervous system survival patterns shape shame, perfectionism, emotional shutdown, freeze states, people pleasing and self abandonment.
In this episode, Briony Montgomery unpacks the connection between the mother wound, nervous system dysregulation, emotional disconnection and the societal systems that reinforce burnout, hypervigilance and survival mode.
This conversation explores somatic therapy, matrilineal repair, trauma healing, attachment trauma, freeze responses, emotional resilience and embodied healing practices to support listeners in reconnecting to themselves and breaking unconscious relational patterns.
If you’ve ever felt emotionally numb, stuck in survival mode, disconnected from yourself or trapped in cycles of overfunctioning and self abandonment, this episode offers grounded insight, nervous system education and practical somatic support.
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