The Mother Wound: Breaking the cycle of generational trauma among women

Women face huge societal pressure when they become mothers, which can impact their daughters. While the effects can be lifelong, it’s possible to break the cycle and heal the generational wound

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Of all the adult family roles — mother, father, grandparent, aunt, uncle — none carry quite as much expectation as the mother. 

In the olden days, a woman’s primary identity from her birth was to grow up to be a mother.