Episode #158: Healing the Mother Wound with Crystal Clancy, LMFT

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Stephanie chats with Crystal Clancy, LMFT, about how your relationship with your mother can impact your own mothering process. We discuss how this “mother wound” often manifests after your baby is born, how it impacts your thoughts and beliefs around yourself and your parenting, and what you can do starting the healing process.

Topics Discussed:

What is the “mother wound” and “father wound”
How this can impact our thoughts and beliefs about parenting
How this can influence our behaviors as parents
How to heal from the “mother/father wound”
Considerations for including parents during labor, delivery, and early postpartum
How to break the cycle and empower our children