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The End of Attenuation

Attenuation is the impulse to diminish oneself, to be small, to disappear, and to be invisible. Attenuation seems to be one of the central wounds...

Transforming the Inner Mother

Developmentally, our relationship with our mother serves as a template for our relationship with ourselves. As female children we absorbed information about how she...

The Importance of Resisting the Cultural Pressure to Ignore the Mother Wound

I posted a blog article that went viral called, “Why It’s Crucial for Women to Heal the Mother Wound.” One of the themes in the feedback...

The Mother Wound as Initiation into the Divine Feminine

We live in a very fast-paced culture. There’s an atmosphere of pressure to be productive, to show our value through what we do, and...

Self-Care is Not “Selfish”

As women, the need for self-care can trigger feelings of guilt. We’ve been conditioned to automatically think that we are neglecting others when we...

The Rupture of the Mother Line and the Cost of Becoming Real

One of the hardest experiences a daughter can have in a mother/daughter relationship is seeing that your mother is unconsciously invested in your smallness....

Dare to Own Your Potency

Many of us are craving the ability to be fully authentic, to be real, to be seen and loved as who we truly are....

Going into the Black Hole to find the Light of Being

The most empowering thing I’ve discovered in life was not something ecstatic or “spiritual.” It wasn’t found in feelings of bliss. It was found...

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Signs You Had a “Mean Girl” Mother—and How to Heal

Is Your Mother a “Mean Girl”? It’s a taboo to admit—even to yourself—that your own mother may have acted like a “mean girl.” The shock of that truth often creates [...]

Why You Can’t “Fix” Your Relationship with Your Mother — and Why That’s Not Your Fault

Mother’s Day is coming up in the U.S. And while for some, it’s a time of flowers, brunches, and warm memories, for many adult daughters, it can be deeply painful. [...]

From Idealization to Integrity: Healing from our Collective Idealization of False Power

Lately, world politics feels like a macro version of a dysfunctional family. Have you been noticing this? There’s an underlying connection between the trauma and narcissism within families and [...]

A Love That Protects: The Path from Self-Betrayal to Self-Belonging

Breaking the Spell: Redefining What It Means to Be “Good” I’ve been reflecting on something I think many women will understand in their bones: how we were taught—explicitly and implicitly—that [...]