Mother Hunger, Kelly McDaniel
Mother Hunger, Kelly McDaniel
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Mother Hunger
How Adult Daughters Can Understand and Heal from Lost Nurturance, Protection, and Guidance

Author: Kelly McDaniel

Narrator: Kelly McDaniel

Unabridged: 7 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Hay House LLC

Published: 07/20/2021

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

An insatiable need for sex and love. Periods of overeating or starving. A pattern of unstable and painful relationships.

Does this sound painfully familiar?

Trauma counselor Kelly McDaniel has seen these traits over and over in clients who feel trapped in cycles of harmful behaviors-and are unable to stop.

Many of us find ourselves stuck in unhealthy habits simply because we don't see a better way. With Mother Hunger, McDaniel helps women break the cycle of destructive behavior by taking a fresh look at childhood trauma and its lasting impact. In doing so, she destigmatizes the shame that comes with being under-mothered and misdiagnosed. McDaniel offers a healing path with powerful tools that include therapeutic interventions and lifestyle changes in service to healthy relationships.

The constant search for mother love can be a lifelong emotional burden, but healing begins with knowing and naming what we are missing. McDaniel is the first clinician to identify Mother Hunger, which demystifies the search for love and provides the compass that each woman needs to end the struggle with achy, lonely emptiness, and come home to herself.

This audio product contains a PDF with supporting material, and the PDF is available to download.

About The Author

Kelly McDaniel, LPC, NCC, CSAT is a licensed professional counselor and author who specializes in treating women who experience addictive relational patterns. A pioneer in her field, McDaniel is the first clinician to name Mother Hunger as an attachment injury and explore the repercussions of bonding to an emotionally compromised mother. Kelly teaches workshops and speaks to audiences nationwide about Mother Hunger. She is a frequent podcast guest and her groundbreaking work is being used at several treatment centers around the country.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Veronica on July 12, 2021

If the title sparks any kind of reaction in you, this book is for you. She explains attachment style, the three pillars of mothering (nurturing, protection, and guidance), and how to heal these wounds depending on what pillar you are missing in your relationship with your mother. Well researched, or......more

Goodreads review by Lizzie on September 20, 2021

This book is so profoundly validating for those who relate to the isolating experience of “Mother Hunger”. I do feel like this book could have been double the size and gone much more in depth, but I also think the size and pace of it is approachable for wider audiences. So grateful for this one 💖......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on August 12, 2021

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. Ther......more

Goodreads review by Callie on October 24, 2022

There were a few useful things in this book but overall it kind of left me feeling like all mothers are destined to fail their daughters. The standard set by this book is so high. I don't see how anyone could realistically meet them. I absolutely agree that all babies need nurturance, protection and......more

Goodreads review by rita on September 21, 2022

the topic of mother-daughter relationships and how they can shape a person is one that is very dear to me, as i am the daughter of a mother who failed me throughout my life. my mom was never fit to be a mom, and fortunately, she never claimed to be a good mother. as a matter of fact, she was the fir......more

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"I read Mother Hunger as if it was a sacred text - each word revealing and illuminating the deepest inner essence of me I knew was there but couldn't name. Kelly McDaniel has translated the most palpable, potent and impactful imprint of mother to daughter that has the power to heal us in realtime, while also providing healing to those who've come before us and arrive after. I honestly cannot remember a time I have resonated with anything as much as I do Mother Hunger, if this book has presented itself to you - trust it!" - Nancy Levin, author of Setting Boundaries Will Set You Free

"A brave, sensitive, and clinically intuitive book filled with wisdom and healing." - Erica Komisar, LCSW, psychoanalyst, parent guidance expert and author of Being There: Why Prioritizing Motherhood in the First Three Years Matters

"Mother Hunger is a deeply compassionate, scholarly, and thoughtful journey of understanding into the tender wounds of our unmet needs. With graceful clarity, Kelly McDaniel guides the reader through awareness of the impact that nurturing, protection, and guidance play in our development and creates compassion for the substitutes we seek when those needs are not met. Kelly skillfully outlines steps to healing and invites the reader into growth and hope. This book is a powerful resource!" - Jenna Riemersma, LPC, bestselling author of Altogether You: Experiencing personal and spiritual transformation with Internal Family Systems therapy and founder and clinical director of The Atlanta Center for Relational Healing

"With over thirty years of feminist study under her belt, coupled with decades of treating women with attachment wounds, McDaniel is uniquely qualified to write this book. Comprehensive, clear, and deeply compassionate, Mother Hunger is a love letter to women looking to find their way home." - Alexandra Katehakis PhD, author of Sex Addiction as Affect Dysregulation: A Neurobiologically Informed Holistic Treatment

"Women often feel broken or irreparably wounded when they don't find the safety, bonding, or unconditional love they need from their mothers. Kelly McDaniel is an expert at explaining how these unmet needs result in women experiencing 'Mother Hunger.' She explains the typical trauma re-enactment that produces low self-esteem, addiction including love and sex, and the ongoing wounding that occurs because of this primary attachment issue. Mother Hunger is the road map that will help you repair your sense of self and learn how to heal the most basic need to feel love for oneself. Kelly takes you through the step-by-step process of what you need to do to give yourself the love you didn't know that you deserved." - Carol Juergensen Sheets, LCSW, CSAT, CCPS-C, co-author of Transformations: A Women’s Journey of Self Discovery, Help Her Heal

"Kelly McDaniel's Mother Hunger is going to create a worldwide sigh of relief as daughters everywhere finally have words to describe the aching loss that haunts their lives and relationships. With compassionate understanding for the incredible challenges that all mothers face when trying to mother well, Mother Hunger provides a much-needed key to the hidden impacts that being under-mothered can create and points the way toward healing and wholeness." - Michelle Mays LPC, CSAT-S, founder of PartnerHope and the Center for Relational Recovery

"This book is a must-read. Kelly McDaniel skillfully guides the reader through the delicate and often precarious terrain of attachment trauma. Without any hint of parental blame or shame, McDaniel compassionately provides much-needed information for this often overlooked topic."
- Britt Frank, MSW, LSCSW, SEP, licensed psychotherapist and trauma specialist

"Mother Hunger is about recognising unmet needs and their impact, not blaming anyone for them. Mother Hunger is about giving the ache a name so it can be acknowledged, and actions can be taken to try and heal yourself." - Juno magazine

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