by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Apr 19, 2026 | Mother Wound |
One of the basic precepts of both psychological and spiritual work is that in order to experience healthy union we must first experience separation. Just as we had to be expelled from the mythic Garden of Eden to know ourselves as separate from the divine before...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Apr 12, 2026 | Mother Wound |
This is what I can tell you about the mother wound. I can tell you about mother-longing. I can tell you that we never stop longing for a mother to… … feed us. … take care of us. … nurture us in just the right way: not too much and not too...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Apr 5, 2026 | Mother Wound |
I define a mother wound as: A rupture of attunement where a mother, due to her own unmet needs, lack of fulfillment/sense of self, and/or narcissistic and judgmental tendencies is unable to meet the emotional needs of her child. The mother’s expectations and needs...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Apr 28, 2024 | Mother Wound |
She holds me in her arms when I’m sad. She reminds me of spaciousness when the world feels small. She returns me to my place of belonging when old rejection wounds are triggered. She provides shade in summer heat. She reminds me of the beauty of the world when...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Apr 21, 2024 | Mother Wound |
There are many ways to heal. We can heal on our own, through reading, listening, watching. This is one of the most extraordinary uses of the internet: the world of information is at our fingertips, literally. We can heal through 1:1 therapy. working weekly or every...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Apr 14, 2024 | Mother Wound |
There are many reasons why women contort themselves to try to please others. We might be conditioned by culture to be nice, good, and agreeable. We might be conditioned by religion to be perfect and pure. We might be conditioned by our educational system to be...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Apr 23, 2023 | Mother Wound |
Today I’m sharing three clips in different formats (text, audio, and video) from our Gathering Gold episode on the Mother Wound that speak to the heart of this very tender, and very healable wound. One of the most gratifying parts of leading this course is...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | Apr 16, 2023 | Mother Wound |
The mother wound is rampant in our world. I know very few women who don’t suffer from some aspect of a it, which I define as: A rupture of attunement where a mother, due to her own unmet needs, lack of fulfillment/sense of self, and/or narcissistic and...
by Sheryl Lisa Finn | May 7, 2022 | Mother Wound |
“Your children are not your children They are the sons and daughters of life’s longing for itself They come through you but not from you And though they are with you yet they belong not to you…” — from “On Children” by Khalil Gibran Like all manufactured holidays,...
