The Mother Wound

Pregnancy Anxiety for No Reason: Held Between What Was and What Is Becoming

by Kai Njeri | Jan 23, 2026 | Becoming, Birth, Initiation, Motherhood, Pregnancy, The Mother Wound, Womb ecology, 🌿 Anxiety, 🧠 Emotions, 💎 Kai Njeri, 🌱 Life Transitions & Thresholds, 🔥 Stress and the body

Reading time: 11 minutes A woman can be pregnant, supported, healthy, and still feel afraid. Her days look fine from the outside. Her scans are normal. Her people are kind. And yet inside her chest something stays slightly tight, slightly alert, as if the world has...

Intergenerational Trauma: How Inherited Pain Shapes Your Life

by Myrthe Glasbergen | Nov 14, 2025 | Capitalism, Colonialism, Complex Trauma, Depression, Intergenerational trauma, Patriarchy, Relational trauma, Society & Culture, The Father Wound, The Mother Wound, Trauma, ⭐️ Self-worth & Identity, 💎 Myrthe Glasbergen, 🧡 Relationships

Reading time: 10 minutes If there is one thing I have seen over and over again in my work with clients from all over the world, it is this. We all carry the same invisible wound. A deep sense of unworthiness, a quiet shame about who we truly are, and a constant fear...

This Is Why We Fight: The Emotional Anatomy of Polarization

by Myrthe Glasbergen | Oct 10, 2025 | Anger, Coping Mechanisms, Emotion Regulation, Emotional maturity, Fear Of Abandonment, Fear of Rejection, Fear of Speaking up, Grief, Guilt, People pleasing, Relational trauma, Shame, Society & Culture, The Father Wound, The Mother Wound, The Wound Of Unworthiness, ⭐️ Self-worth & Identity, 🌿 Anxiety, 🧠 Emotions, 💎 Myrthe Glasbergen, 🧡 Relationships

Reading time: 9 minutes Lately I have been feeling into the state of the world, and especially the state of the online world. What I see happening collectively mirrors what happens within each of us individually. The fights, the outrage, the quickness to label and...

Self-Abandonment: The Hidden Epidemic No One Talks About

by Myrthe Glasbergen | Jul 25, 2025 | People pleasing, Relational trauma, The Mother Wound, 💎 Myrthe Glasbergen, 🧡 Relationships

Reading time: 7 minutes We talk a lot about burnout, anxiety, and stress, but what if the root of it all is something we rarely name? What if hidden behind it all is a silent epidemic: the belief that in order to be loved, safe, or accepted, we must disconnect from...

Healing The Mother Wound: What is it & How to do it?

by Myrthe Glasbergen | Sep 22, 2024 | Emotional Neglect, Inner child healing, Intergenerational trauma, Relational trauma, The Mother Wound, The Wound Of Unworthiness, Trauma, 💎 Myrthe Glasbergen

Reading time: 8 minutes The relationship with your mother is the first place where your nervous system learns what it means to be in relationship at all. Long before you can think, speak, or understand your environment, your body is already forming conclusions about...

Depression: A New Perspective

by Myrthe Glasbergen | Feb 22, 2024 | Depression, Emotion Regulation, Emotional maturity, Emotional Neglect, Inner child healing, Loneliness, Purpose, Relational trauma, Self-discovery, Shadow Work, The Mother Wound, The Wound Of Unworthiness, Trauma, 💎 Myrthe Glasbergen

Reading time: 7 minutes Depression is commonly understood as a disorder, an illness, or a chemical imbalance that somehow develops inside a person. From that perspective, depression appears as something that has gone wrong, something to be corrected, managed, or...