Healing the father wound starts with understanding how it shaped you. In this episode we explore what the father wound really is, how it lives in the body, and what reclamation actually looks like.

My own story. The fear and the longing. The voice I carried into adulthood without knowing it. And what healing looked like on the other side.

If you're working through childhood wounds, conditional love, or patterns you can't seem to shake — this conversation is for you.

Free bundle: A Guided Return to Unconditional Self-Love bundle linked below.

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What if the pain you’ve carried for years has a name?

In this deeply personal episode, I explore the mother wound and the lasting impact of growing up without the emotional safety, tenderness, validation, or connection every child deserves.

Together, we explore how this wound follows us into adulthood through relationships, self-worth, people-pleasing, anxiety, abandonment wounds, and the nervous system — and what it means to begin healing the inner child and breaking generational cycles.

If you’ve ever felt unseen, emotionally alone, or like you were always reaching for love that stayed just out of reach, this episode is for you.

You can also download my free A Guided Return to Unconditional Self-Love bundle here:
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With much love,
Naomi 🤍

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Before the podcast, before the words, before any of this, there was a little girl lying in bed at night with an invisible mic in her hand, speaking to souls she hoped would feel less alone.

In this deeply personal episode, Naomi Carr shares the story behind Dear Rising Soul, the loneliness that shaped her childhood, and the quiet calling that followed her long before she understood what it meant.

This is a conversation about purpose, healing, imagination, belonging, and the gifts we carry long before the world tells us they matter.

If you’ve ever felt different, too sensitive, or too dream-filled for the world around you, this episode is for you.

You can also download my free A Guided Return to Unconditional Self-Love bundle here:
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With much love,
Naomi 🤍

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We tell ourselves we’re afraid of failing, but that’s not the whole truth.

In this episode, we explore the deeper fear that keeps us from showing up. The fear of being truly seen. The fear of being human in front of others, of being judged, misunderstood, or found not enough.

You’ll be invited to look at what it’s really costing you to stay hidden, and what begins to shift when you give yourself permission to show up exactly as you are. Not when you’re perfect. Not when you’re ready. But in your full, imperfect humanness.

You can also download my free A Guided Return to Unconditional Self-Love bundle here:
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We don’t wake up one day and decide to abandon ourselves.
It happens quietly… in the moments we say yes when everything in us is saying no, stay silent when something real wants to be spoken, and keep showing up for everyone else while slowly disappearing from ourselves.

In this episode, we explore what self-abandonment really is, where it begins, and why it can feel so natural we don’t even question it. More importantly, we look at what it’s costing you — and what it means to begin choosing yourself again.

You can also download my free A Guided Return to Unconditional Self-Love bundle here:
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If you've ever been the one who sees the pattern, names it, feels it, and tries to change it — while everyone around you carries on as if nothing is wrong — this episode is for you.

Being a cycle breaker is not just about awareness. It's the exhaustion of holding what others won't look at. The loneliness of being the only one in the room who feels the weight of it. The quiet resentment you feel guilty for even having.

In this episode, Naomi speaks directly to the cycle breaker — the one who didn't choose this role but is living it anyway. We explore what it really means to break a generational pattern, why the hero's journey isn't always visible or celebrated, and why the pain you carry isn't a sign that something is wrong with you.

It's a sign that something is changing through you.

In this episode:

• What it really means to be a cycle breaker
• The emotional weight no one talks about
• Why your awareness is not a burden — it's a beginning
• How healing yourself creates change beyond you

If you've been searching for a space where these conversations happen, you just found it.

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Free class Unlearning Shame and Guilt is available for you: https://naomicarr.me/start-here

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Resentment can stay with you long after something has happened.

Even when you want to let it go, you may not know how.

And then there are the moments where you have done something, and you carry the weight of it. The shame. The replaying of it.

In this episode, we move through forgiveness as a path to release, not a free pass.

We explore:

• Why forgiveness is not about excusing what happened

• How unresolved pain keeps you tied to the past

• The role self-forgiveness plays in healing

• Letting go of attachment to how others respond

• What it means to return to yourself in the present moment

This is about freeing your heart from what you have been carrying and finding your way back into your own life.

With much love,

Naomi 🤍

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Sometimes what we call love is actually loyalty… and it’s the very thing keeping you stuck.

In this episode, we explore what blind loyalty looks like and how it can quietly shape the choices you make in your relationships.

We talk about:

• The difference between love and loyalty

• Why you stay even when something does not feel right

• How conditioning and early relationships influence your patterns

• The emotional cost of abandoning yourself to keep the peace

• What it means to choose yourself without guilt

This is about seeing clearly…

where you may have been holding on out of loyalty, not alignment.

And what it looks like to begin choosing differently.

With much love,

Naomi

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Why is it so hard for women to fully support each other?

Not just on the surface, but in a real and meaningful way.

In this episode, we explore what is often called the sister wound, a deeply rooted pattern shaped by conditioning, lived experience, and generational influence. This is not about blame. It is about understanding where these patterns come from, how they show up in our lives, and how they impact the way we relate to other women.

Through personal reflection and deeper awareness, we look at the dynamics of comparison, competition, and disconnection, and how these patterns can quietly shape our relationships without us realizing it.

This conversation opens the door to something different. A way of relating that allows for more connection, support, and understanding between women.

If you have ever felt distance, tension, or unspoken competition in your relationships with other women, this episode will resonate.

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Self-Love Boot Camp Masterclass: https://naomicarr.me/slbc-masterclass

Free foundational class: https://naomicarr.me/start-here

My book Uprooting Shame and Guilt: https://books2read.com/u/mvoQKz

With much love,

Naomi 🤍

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In this episode, we explore perfectionism and the fear of not being enough.

Perfectionism is often seen as discipline or high standards, but beneath it is something deeper. A quiet pressure that can shape how we see ourselves and how we move through our lives.

This conversation looks at where perfectionism comes from, how it takes hold, and the subtle ways it can keep us stuck. Not always in obvious ways, but in the moments where we hold back, second-guess ourselves, or feel like we have to be more before we begin.

This episode is an invitation to look at perfectionism differently. To begin noticing what is driving it, and what it may be keeping you from.

If this resonates with you, follow along for more conversations around healing, self-awareness, and returning to yourself.

Explore more:

Self-Love Boot Camp Masterclass: https://naomicarr.me/slbc-masterclass

Free foundational class: https://naomicarr.me/start-here

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Many of us were taught what to believe… but not how to check in with ourselves and ask what is actually true for us.

Over time, that can lead us to override our own voice… to question our intuition… and to look outside of ourselves for answers we already carry within.

In this episode, we explore what it means to reconnect with your inner authority and begin asking a simple but powerful question: Does this resonate with me?

This is a conversation about conditioning, discernment, and learning how to come back to yourself in a world full of voices. Not just in the environments we were raised in… but in our relationships, our choices, and the way we move through life.

We talk about how we disconnect from ourselves, how we begin to silence that inner knowing, and what it looks like to create space to listen again.

Because this work isn’t about adopting someone else’s beliefs… it’s about learning to trust your own.

With much love,

Naomi 🤍

If you feel called to go deeper into this work, you can explore my courses inside the Return to Self Academy, including the Self-Love Boot Camp and my free foundational class, Unlearning Shame and Guilt.

You can also explore my book, Uprooting Shame and Guilt, which supports this journey of returning to yourself.

Self-Love Boot Camp Masterclass

https://naomicarr.me/slbc-masterclass

Free Foundational Class: Unlearning Shame and Guilt

https://naomicarr.me/start-here

Book: Uprooting Shame and Guilt

https://books2read.com/u/mvoQKz

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Shame is not something you were born carrying…

but over time, it can begin to feel like it is.

In this episode, we explore the weight of shame in its many forms…

learned early, passed through generations, shaped by what we’ve done, and reflected in how we see our own bodies.

Often, shame is quiet. Subtle. Repeated.

And over time, it can begin to shape your identity.

“I am not enough.”

“There is something wrong with me.”

This conversation is an invitation to gently separate truth from conditioning…

and to bring awareness to what was never yours to carry.

This is not about fixing yourself.

It’s about seeing clearly…

and remembering who you were before shame told you a story about who you are.

Resources & Next Steps

If this episode resonated with you, you can begin going deeper with my free foundational class:

Unlearning Shame & Guilt

Start here: https://naomicarr.me/start-here

And if you’re ready to continue your healing journey, my book

Uprooting Shame and Guilt: A Journey to Healing Trauma and Freeing the Inner Child

offers a deeper path into understanding and releasing what you’ve been carrying.

With much love,

Naomi

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There comes a point in the healing journey where you begin to feel different.

The things that once felt familiar… no longer fit.

The roles you once carried… begin to fall away.

And you may find yourself wondering, “Who am I now?”

In this episode, we explore what’s really happening in that space.

Because this isn’t about losing yourself.

It’s about remembering who you were before the conditioning, the expectations, and the roles you learned to carry.

We talk about identity, the feeling of loss that can come with change, and what it means to begin trusting yourself again.

This is the part of the journey where everything begins to come back to you.

If this resonates with you, I’ve created a free foundational class:

Unlearning Shame and Guilt

You can access it here:

https://naomicarr.me/start-here

If this space supports you, you’re welcome to follow along for future conversations.

With much love,

Naomi 🤍

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Have you ever looked back on your past…

and it almost feels like it happened to someone else?

In this episode, we explore why that happens and what it really means when the emotional weight of your past begins to fade.

This isn’t about forgetting.

It’s about healing.

I share part of my own journey, what changed within me, and how deep healing transforms not just our memories, but our relationship to them.

If your past has ever felt heavy, confusing, or hard to make sense of, this conversation will help you understand what’s happening beneath the surface.

Free foundational class: Unlearning Shame and Guilt:

https://naomicarr.me/start-here

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What changes when you stop reacting to every emotional trigger in your life?

In this episode of Dear Rising Soul, Naomi Carr shares a deeply personal story about a moment that changed the trajectory of her life and taught her the quiet power of choosing stillness instead of reaction.

Many of our reactions are learned patterns formed through past experiences and conditioning. But when we begin noticing those reactions instead of automatically acting on them, we reclaim the ability to choose how we respond.

This conversation explores awareness, emotional healing, and the freedom that comes from leading your life with clarity rather than old patterns.

The Self-Love Boot Camp Masterclass: https://naomicarr.me/slbc-masterclass

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Why does inner peace sometimes feel so hard to maintain?

Many of us believe that if we heal enough or understand ourselves deeply enough, peace should simply stay. But life continues to move. Situations unfold, emotions surface, and old patterns can quickly pull us out of the calm we thought we had reached.

In this episode of Dear Rising Soul, we explore why inner peace isn’t something we arrive at and hold forever — but something we learn to return to.

We talk about how conditioning can trigger old reactions, how misalignment in our work or relationships can quietly erode our peace, and why learning to return to yourself is one of the most important practices you can develop.

Show Notes

Self-Love Boot Camp Masterclass

(Return to Self Academy)

🔗 https://naomicarr.me/slbc-masterclass

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Fear is a natural survival mechanism.

It exists to protect us.

But sometimes the fear we carry isn’t coming from present danger — it’s coming from conditioning that shaped us long ago.

In this episode, Naomi Carr explores how fear can become deeply woven into the way we see the world, ourselves, and the choices we believe we’re allowed to make.

From fear of rejection to fear of disappointing others, many of the reactions we experience today began as protective responses when we were younger.

But when those patterns remain unexamined, they can quietly guide our lives.

This episode explores how fear conditioning forms, why it can feel so powerful, and how awareness begins to loosen its authority.

Because once you begin asking a different question —

“Is this danger… or conditioning?”

— everything begins to change.

If this episode resonated with you, here are a few places to continue the journey.

The Self-Love Boot Camp Masterclass

https://naomicarr.me/slbc-masterclass

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Have you ever felt like you are the one who has to hold everything together?

The dependable one.

The strong one.

The one people turn to when things fall apart.

Many people carry a deep sense of responsibility — not just for their own lives, but for the emotions, stability, and well-being of everyone around them.

In this episode of Dear Rising Soul, Naomi Carr explores how the “responsible one” pattern forms and why it can become such a powerful identity.

Through personal reflection and insight, Naomi shares how stepping into strength can slowly evolve into something heavier — a role where asking for help feels unnatural and carrying everything alone becomes the norm.

But survival patterns don’t always serve us forever.

This episode invites you to explore where that sense of responsibility may have taken root in your life — and how awareness can begin to loosen its hold.

Because strength should not mean carrying the world alone.

If this episode resonated with you, here are a few places to continue the journey.

Self-Love Boot Camp Masterclass

https://naomicarr.me/slbc-masterclass

Free foundational class

https://naomicarr.me/start-here

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What if the anxiety, people-pleasing, and perfectionism you’ve been trying to fix were never flaws at all?

In this opening episode of Dear Rising Soul, Naomi Carr explores a powerful shift in perspective: the possibility that many of the behaviors we struggle with are not signs that something is wrong with us — but survival patterns we learned early in life.

When we grow up in environments where love, safety, or belonging feel uncertain, the mind and body adapt. Over time those adaptations can look like over-responsibility, fear of disappointing others, or constantly trying to be “enough.”

But those patterns are not your identity.

They are learned responses.

In this episode, we explore how conditioning shapes the way we see ourselves — and why recognizing this truth can be the beginning of returning to who you truly are.

If you’ve ever quietly wondered why you feel the way you do, this conversation may offer a new lens.

Sometimes healing doesn’t begin with fixing yourself.

Sometimes it begins with realizing you were never "broken."

If this episode resonated with you, here are a few places to continue the journey.

Free foundational class

https://naomicarr.me/start-here

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Welcome to the Dear Rising Soul Podcast.

This podcast is a space for remembering who you are beneath the expectations, conditioning, and survival patterns that shaped you.

Hosted by Naomi Carr, Dear Rising Soul explores healing, self-awareness, and the journey of returning to yourself. Through reflections, personal stories, and thoughtful conversations about emotional patterns and inner freedom, each episode invites you to look at your life with greater clarity and compassion.

If you’ve ever felt the quiet pull to understand yourself more deeply and live more authentically, you’re in the right place.

Remember. Rise. Heal.

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