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Momma Drama and Trauma

Motherhood, marriage and the messy middle of it all. Real talk on raising boys, surviving divorce and finding yourself again.

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00:29:22

No Resolutions, Just Intention: A Gentle Reset for 2026

Momma Drama and Trauma ·

2025/12/30

As a new year approaches, this episode offers a quieter, gentler way to step forward without the pressure of resolutions, self fixing or starting over. Instead of focusing on what needs to change on the outside, this conversation centers on intention, nervous system safety and choosing how you want to feel as you move into 2026.In this episode, I talk about why traditional resolutions often fail, especially after heartbreak, grief, divorce or long seasons of survival, and why choosing one word can

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00:29:10

When Holidays Don’t Feel the Same Anymore | Episode 21

Momma Drama and Trauma ·

2025/12/24

There is something about the holidays that makes everything feel closer to the surface. The lights, the music, the memories.After divorce, the holidays do not just arrive. They land. And for many of us, they land heavy.In this episode, I talk honestly about why the holiday season can feel so different after betrayal and divorce. We explore changing family dynamics, grief that resurfaces this time of year, decorating and traditions that no longer feel the same and the quiet emotional weight that

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00:36:03

When Their Pain Became Mine: The Boys, the Blame and...

Momma Drama and Trauma ·

2025/12/16

July was the month everything shifted.In this episode, I share what it felt like to watch my boys carry emotional weight no child should ever have to hold. While I had begun to find some steadiness after betrayal, July revealed that my kids were still processing their own grief, anger and confusion quietly and in their own time.We talk about the weight children carry after betrayal and divorce, the pain of being blamed for emotions that aren’t yours to own and the pivotal family meeting where my

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00:17:24

Truth Talk Thursday: The Quiet After the Chaos — When...

Momma Drama and Trauma ·

2025/12/16

June 2024 wasn’t loud.It wasn’t chaotic.It wasn’t filled with breakdowns or breakthroughs.It was quiet and in that quiet, everything became clearer.In this Truth Talk Thursday episode of Momma Drama & Trauma, I’m reflecting on the calm that comes after the storm — that strange, uncomfortable space where the chaos has passed, but peace hasn’t fully arrived yet.This episode is about:The quiet that follows emotional survivalLetting go without immediately feeling “better”Learning the difference

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00:42:09

The Month I Finally Let Go: Showing Up When He Didn’t...

Momma Drama and Trauma ·

2025/12/10

June 2024 wasn’t loud — it was the month everything got quiet enough for the truth to finally settle in.This episode is about presence, clarity and the painful but powerful lessons you learn when someone you once trusted stops showing up.I share what it felt like to walk into my sister-in-law’s father’s celebration of life with my boys and my mom by my side — while he chose to stay home.It was a moment filled with family, support, and love… and at the same time, a moment filled with the silence of

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00:32:44

When Everything Collided: The Month I Stopped Fixing...

Momma Drama and Trauma ·

2025/12/03

May was the month where everything seemed to hit at once — the pain, the truth, the pressure and the patterns I didn’t want to see but couldn’t ignore anymore. This episode takes you inside the month my divorce should have been finalized… but wasn’t. The month he backed out at the last minute. The month I realized he wasn’t trying to save anything, he was trying to wear me down.It’s also the month my kids’ quiet pain finally came to the surface.The month I had to face the reality that I couldn’t

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00:24:50

Thanksgiving Special: Hope When the Holidays Hurt |...

Momma Drama and Trauma ·

2025/11/26

Happy Thanksgiving Week, y’all. 🧡🦃This special episode is a little different — and honestly, that feels right for a holiday that brings up so many emotions. Today, I wanted to share a moment of hope with you… the quiet kind that shows up even when life feels heavy or complicated or different than it used to be.For anyone navigating the holidays after heartbreak, betrayal, divorce, grief, or major life change — you are not alone. Holidays don’t look the same after your world turns upside down… but

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00:24:30

Truth Talk Thursday: The Truth About Letting Go

Momma Drama and Trauma ·

2025/11/21

This week’s Truth Talk Thursday dives into the messy middle of April 2024—where letting go wasn’t just a choice, it was a battle.I’m talking about the behind-the-scenes reality of mediation, the emotional weight of trying to finalize a 22-year marriage, and the truth of what it means to finally stop fighting for someone who’s no longer fighting for you.We’ll talk about boundaries, growth, emotional release and what it really means to reclaim your power quietly, piece by piece.This one is for anyone

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00:32:38

Liberation and Learning to Let Go | Episode 15

Momma Drama and Trauma ·

2025/11/19

In this raw and powerful episode, I open up about Month 9 after discovering the affair—April 2024. This was the month I took real steps toward building a new life. I signed up for real estate classes, went on my first date in over 25 years, and started visualizing a future without my husband in it.But it wasn’t all forward motion. Mediation brought on a deep emotional weight—dividing time with my kids, sorting through years of shared life, and facing moments of tension and heartbreak. I share it

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00:27:57

Mediation and Mayhem — Holding It Together in March |...

Momma Drama and Trauma ·

2025/11/11

📌 Spotify Episode DescriptionIn this eighth month after discovering my husband’s affair, everything started to shift — emotionally, mentally, and spiritually.The conversations became shorter. The hope started to fade. And my walls started going up.I was still showing up for the boys, still trying to hold it together on the outside. But on the inside, I was falling apart — crying in silence, spiraling, and finally starting to pull away from the man who had already left me long before I admitted it

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00:11:24

Truth Talk Thursday: Finding Me Again — When Clarity...

Momma Drama and Trauma ·

2025/11/07

Clarity doesn’t always come quietly — sometimes, it arrives like a storm.This week, Jenny opens up about February 2024 — Month Seven after the end — the month she began to truly see everything for what it was.The month she stopped pouring into someone who no longer cared and started pouring back into herself.It wasn’t peaceful at first.It was painful.It was sitting through silent Super Bowl Sundays, watching her kids process heartbreak they didn’t deserve.It was writing through anger that finally

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00:31:52

Finding Me Again — Life After the End | Episode 14

Momma Drama and Trauma ·

2025/11/04

February 2024 — Month Seven after the end.The month everything started to look a little clearer, even if it still hurt.In this episode, Jenny opens up about finding herself again after months of heartbreak, betrayal, and emotional exhaustion. February began with pain — a Super Bowl weekend that revealed how deeply things had changed within her family — but it slowly turned into a month of awakening.She shares the moment she realized she’d been pouring her energy into someone who no longer cared, the

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00:23:22

Truth Talk Thursday | From Heartbreak to Healing -...

Momma Drama and Trauma ·

2025/10/31

January 2024 — The month I finally started to breathe again. After months of heartbreak and tears, this was when grief turned into release and survival started to feel like healing. It was the first time I could finally exhale without breaking.It was the month that took me from just surviving… to slowly healing.In this episode, I open up about:💔 The letter I wrote to my husband and how it helped me finally let go.💙 What it really felt like to process betrayal and begin forgiving.🌿 My emotional

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00:43:48

The Fog of Betrayal - My First Step Toward Healing |...

Momma Drama and Trauma ·

2025/10/28

January 2024 didn’t feel “new.” It felt like the stillness after a storm, the kind where the air still smells like rain. I wasn’t crying every day anymore, but the grief had settled deeper. In this episode, I read the letter I wrote to my husband—word for word—naming what broke, what I own, and what I’m learning to release.This is also the month Momma Drama & Trauma was born: late-night journaling turned into a space for honesty, healing, and connection. I talk about the fog after betrayal (that

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00:32:04

One Year Later: What Divorce Taught Me About...

Momma Drama and Trauma ·

2025/10/21

One year ago, on October 22 of 2024, my divorce became official.In this very special episode, I’m pausing my story timeline to reflect on what life has looked like since that day — the peace I’ve found, the lessons I’ve learned, and the growth that’s come from letting go.I take you back to that moment in the Sold in the Lou office when I saw the word “finalized” appear on CaseNet — and I talk about the mix of emotions that flooded in. Relief, sadness, gratitude, and closure all at once.From helping

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00:25:48

Truth Talk Thursday | How Letting Go Sets You Free

Momma Drama and Trauma ·

2025/10/17

This week’s Truth Talk Thursday is all about those quiet, in, between moments — the ones that come after everything falls apart.I’m Jenny Kuemmel, host of Mama Drama & Trauma, and today we’re talking about what it really feels like to let go… to lose hope… and to slowly, painfully, begin learning to breathe again.This isn’t about quick fixes or pretending everything’s fine. It’s about survival. It’s about healing. It’s about remembering that even in the middle of your heartbreak — you’re still

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00:30:38

Letting Go, Losing Hope & Learning to Breathe |...

Momma Drama and Trauma ·

2025/10/14

Hey there, and welcome to Momma Drama & Trauma.In Episode 11, I open up about one of the hardest parts of my journey — that point where I was trying to let go, but still losing hope in the process. The moments where I could finally see that the life I had been clinging to wasn’t coming back, and I had to face the truth that things would never be the same again.This episode is about surrender. About realizing that letting go isn’t a single decision — it’s something you have to do again and again

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00:21:47

Truth Talk Thursday | Cracks, Control, and Coming Undone

Momma Drama and Trauma ·

2025/10/10

In this week’s Truth Talk Thursday, I’m getting real about something that I think a lot of us feel but rarely say out loud — what it’s like to fall apart after holding it all together for too long.For years, I convinced myself that control was safety — that if I could plan enough, stay busy enough, hold everyone and everything together, then maybe life wouldn’t fall apart again. But the cracks always find their way through.This episode, “Cracks, Control & Coming Undone,” is about that moment

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00:27:29

December: Cracks, Control & Coming Undone | Episode 10

Momma Drama and Trauma ·

2025/10/07

In this episode, I open up about what it feels like when the cracks start to show — when control, the one thing that always felt safe, begins to slip away. I talk about the moments when I felt completely disconnected from myself… when I couldn’t recognize who I was anymore.Control used to make me feel secure — it was my safety net when everything else fell apart. But this episode is about realizing that holding on too tightly can sometimes make you break. It’s about the exhaustion that comes from

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00:20:35

Truth Talk Thursday | Not Who I Was, Not Yet Who I’ll Be

Momma Drama and Trauma ·

2025/10/04

This week’s Truth Talk Thursday is about the in-between space — when you’re no longer who you were, but not yet who you’ll be. I share what it felt like to be the “third wheel” with friends, to show up at my kids’ events no longer a wife, and to face holidays that looked the same on the outside but felt so different on the inside.I talk about the tough conversations with my boys, an emotional text on my dad’s death anniversary, and how I’m learning to create a new place that truly fits me. Over the

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