Kelly McDaniel

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429 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 30 Jul

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The Tamsen Show · The Hidden Reason You Keep Choosing Emotionally Unavailable People · 30 Jul 2026 podcast

Yeah.

Where I see it change for men is, and I'm speaking primarily about cisgendered heterosexual men, is that as they move into the world of men, they may look outside their mother for guidance, whereas daughters don't have to.

We can keep the focus on our mother, ideally,

I also find that men don't necessarily identify with this term.

I think men have been taught from a very young age, don't feel, don't trust.

And so emotions are not accessible.

And then if you associate something with mom, it might be a sign of weakness.

So I find that men will speak about their mothers in very reverential ways, respectful ways, or not speak about her at all.

And as men grow, if they are fortunate enough to be attached to a nurturing female partner or any partner who's nurturing, they don't feel mother hunger because they're getting nurtured.

women are not generally getting nurtured in their primary relationships.

Mother hunger, I think, exists on a spectrum.

Because mother hunger comes from inadequate nurturing, protection, or guidance,

For some daughters, they may have had a lot of cozy, loving moments with mom, but didn't always feel safe, let's say.

Or couldn't really look to her for guidance because either she died during formative years or she didn't get the chance to develop herself.

So she can't necessarily guide her daughter into full development.

So depending on which developmental need was missing, or if all three were missing, it can definitely impact the degree of mother hunger.

I find that it is very different in each one of those decades, that younger women in their 20s and 30s, unless their mother died young, are not necessarily ready or able to examine deeply the relationship with mom.

And I think there are lots of reasons for that.

First of all, as women, we always want our mom.

Yeah.

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