The mother wound affects your relationship with yourself, your self-worth or self-esteem. Its hard to have a good opinion of yourself if your mothers love was conditional (until you heal of course). However it doesn't just affect how you feel about yourself. Your relationship with your mother forms a blueprint - teaching you how to love and be loved. Showing us what connection means and how to relate to other people.

Not getting enough of what you needed from your mother as a child, or not feeling emotionally safe with her during childhood tends to create gaps that make it difficult to have full and close adult relationships.

The most prominent gaps it tends to create are: ➡️ Authenticity ➡️ Boundaries ➡️ Safety / Trust After all, it's difficult to be your authentic self if your relationship with your mother relied on you having to adapt and edit yourself based on your mothers moods or needs or requirements of you.

It's also a tall order to be able to set boundaries clearly and without guilt if your boundaries were ignored, or triggered rejection from your mother as a child.

Annnnd trust. The biggie after any form of childhood trauma. Not feeling 100% secure in your mothers love is going to make it challenging to feel safe with other people, and to trust that they won't hurt you.

In this episode I'm talking about this in more detail and discussing ways you can heal in these 3 core areas in order to have better relationships.

Enjoy!

Sian

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