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While traveling recently I noticed something interesting about boarding airplanes. When the first announcement is made of which seats on the plane may be...

Healing the Mother Wound, Birthing the Self

How can we embody the divine feminine if we have not faced the reality of our relationships with our mothers? If we have not...

“La Importancia de la Madre Interna: El Duelo por lo Imperfecto, el Encuentro”

Dear Readers, Below is the Spanish version of my article in Elephant Journal “Grieving the Imperfect, Finding the Unconditional: The Importance of the Inner...

Bringing the Dark Mother Into the Light

Our world has yet to fully acknowledge the archetype of the dark mother. As we bring her out into the light of our awareness,...

Owning our Wounds is an Important Step in Owning our Power

The martyr archetype becomes strong in us through the unconscious belief that suffering is noble and that other women who refuse to suffer in the same way are...

Manifesting the Divine Feminine through our Female Friendships

Our first experience of loss was in relation to our mothers, when we realized we were not one being, but two. I think we...

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...

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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 [...]