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Mother Hunger: How Adult Daughters Can Understand and Heal from Lost Nurturance, Protection, and Guidance by Kelly McDaniel
5.0
Inside each of us is a hunger for our mother and when that hunger cannot be satisfied, we find other ways to fill it. This is the main thread of Mother Hunger, but the book also takes a deep look at attachment styles and the way identifying Mother Hunger leads to healing our mind, body and soul.
There are a handful of non-fiction books that are monoliths in my life. There is a great sense of knowing that I will look back at my past and remember my life before a significantly impactful book came into it, and compare this time, with the "after" of having the knowledge and information of that book in my life. Mother Hunger is definitely one of those books for me.
This book was originally recommended by my therapist when I was trying to describe this unknown need for something in my life. She knew I was talking about Mother Hunger but I didn't know it yet. The freedom and healing that comes from the valedation of how this feeling and ache without a name has haunted my life was immediate. I feel less crazy after having read this book and I feel like I have a name for what needs healing in my life.
Mother Hunger is a beautiful gift for women everywhere and i am excited to re-gift the reading experience of this book to myself again and again.
There are a handful of non-fiction books that are monoliths in my life. There is a great sense of knowing that I will look back at my past and remember my life before a significantly impactful book came into it, and compare this time, with the "after" of having the knowledge and information of that book in my life. Mother Hunger is definitely one of those books for me.
This book was originally recommended by my therapist when I was trying to describe this unknown need for something in my life. She knew I was talking about Mother Hunger but I didn't know it yet. The freedom and healing that comes from the valedation of how this feeling and ache without a name has haunted my life was immediate. I feel less crazy after having read this book and I feel like I have a name for what needs healing in my life.
Mother Hunger is a beautiful gift for women everywhere and i am excited to re-gift the reading experience of this book to myself again and again.