The Mother Wound - What She Could Not Give You and What It Costs You Still

Your mother was supposed to be the first person who made the world safe. The warm body that regulated your nervous system before you had the capacity to regulate your own.

Your mother was supposed to be the first person who made the world safe. The warm body that regulated your nervous system before you had the capacity to regulate your own.

The face that reflected your existence with delight, confirming that you were real and welcome and wanted.

The arms that held you when you were afraid and, by holding, taught you that fear was survivable.

She was supposed to be the ground beneath your feet - the fundamental security from which you launched into the world. For many of you, she was not that. Not because she was evil.