Kelly McDaniel

Our first love is our mother. We always want our mom. We will always need our mom.

Our first love is our mother. We always want our mom. We will always need our mom.

Our first love is our mother. We always want our mom. We will always need our mom.

Mother Hunger comes from inadequate nurturing, protection or guidance. It can impact all relationships.

Mother Hunger comes from inadequate nurturing, protection or guidance. It can impact all relationships.

Mother Hunger comes from inadequate nurturing, protection or guidance. It can impact all relationships.

I think what surprised me is there was nothing in my clinical training that prepared me for this. Let's get into it. Kelly, es ist schön, dich zu sehen.

I think what surprised me is there was nothing in my clinical training that prepared me for this. Let's get into it. Kelly, es ist schön, dich zu sehen.

I think what surprised me is there was nothing in my clinical training that prepared me for this. Let's get into it. Kelly, es ist schön, dich zu sehen.

Well, it was an accident. There was no term, mother hunger. But I remember when I was a young woman and I was in my graduate program for English literature and I read Adrienne Rich. She wrote this beautiful book of woman born. And in that book it said, the loss of the mother to the daughter and the daughter to the mother is the essential female tragedy. And that hit me.

Well, it was an accident. There was no term, mother hunger. But I remember when I was a young woman and I was in my graduate program for English literature and I read Adrienne Rich. She wrote this beautiful book of woman born. And in that book it said, the loss of the mother to the daughter and the daughter to the mother is the essential female tragedy. And that hit me.

Well, it was an accident. There was no term, mother hunger. But I remember when I was a young woman and I was in my graduate program for English literature and I read Adrienne Rich. She wrote this beautiful book of woman born. And in that book it said, the loss of the mother to the daughter and the daughter to the mother is the essential female tragedy. And that hit me.

I didn't know why, but my whole body reacted. The fact that a mother-daughter could be central in any way was already kind of mind-blowing. But then to really acknowledge that that loss is tragic felt very true to me. Fast forward 20 years and some other trainings and I'm working as a clinician with women primarily.

I didn't know why, but my whole body reacted. The fact that a mother-daughter could be central in any way was already kind of mind-blowing. But then to really acknowledge that that loss is tragic felt very true to me. Fast forward 20 years and some other trainings and I'm working as a clinician with women primarily.

I didn't know why, but my whole body reacted. The fact that a mother-daughter could be central in any way was already kind of mind-blowing. But then to really acknowledge that that loss is tragic felt very true to me. Fast forward 20 years and some other trainings and I'm working as a clinician with women primarily.

And these are women that are struggling with things that most of us struggle with, relationships and food. And so if either had become addictive and we were distilling it a bit, like what's happening? I heard over and over again, I want my mom.

And these are women that are struggling with things that most of us struggle with, relationships and food. And so if either had become addictive and we were distilling it a bit, like what's happening? I heard over and over again, I want my mom.

And these are women that are struggling with things that most of us struggle with, relationships and food. And so if either had become addictive and we were distilling it a bit, like what's happening? I heard over and over again, I want my mom.

I define it as a distinct craving or yearning for a quality of love that we actually assign to mothers. This yearning can get confused with romantic love, but it's a craving for nurturing and safety and for someone to admire.

I define it as a distinct craving or yearning for a quality of love that we actually assign to mothers. This yearning can get confused with romantic love, but it's a craving for nurturing and safety and for someone to admire.