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I lost my mom when I was 20 years old and it really shaped everything. How I love, how I cope, how I show up in relationships. But even if your mom is still here, the relationship might be complicated. Maybe she wasn't emotionally available. Maybe you were close, but maybe you've always felt a gap you just couldn't name. Today's conversation is for anybody who's ever felt that ache.

I lost my mom when I was 20 years old and it really shaped everything. How I love, how I cope, how I show up in relationships. But even if your mom is still here, the relationship might be complicated. Maybe she wasn't emotionally available. Maybe you were close, but maybe you've always felt a gap you just couldn't name. Today's conversation is for anybody who's ever felt that ache.

I lost my mom when I was 20 years old and it really shaped everything. How I love, how I cope, how I show up in relationships. But even if your mom is still here, the relationship might be complicated. Maybe she wasn't emotionally available. Maybe you were close, but maybe you've always felt a gap you just couldn't name. Today's conversation is for anybody who's ever felt that ache.

Because what we didn't get in childhood often shows up in our adult relationships.

Because what we didn't get in childhood often shows up in our adult relationships.

Because what we didn't get in childhood often shows up in our adult relationships.

My guest today is Kelly McDaniel, therapist and author of the book Mother Hunger.

My guest today is Kelly McDaniel, therapist and author of the book Mother Hunger.

My guest today is Kelly McDaniel, therapist and author of the book Mother Hunger.

She's here to help us understand how our earliest bonds shape our patterns in love and how to finally break free from what's been holding us back.

She's here to help us understand how our earliest bonds shape our patterns in love and how to finally break free from what's been holding us back.

She's here to help us understand how our earliest bonds shape our patterns in love and how to finally break free from what's been holding us back.

Danke, dass ich da bin. Es ist wundervoll, hier zu sein.

Danke, dass ich da bin. Es ist wundervoll, hier zu sein.

Danke, dass ich da bin. Es ist wundervoll, hier zu sein.

Wow. It's interesting that it's relationships and food. Like I get relationships and I think the food part surprised me, but didn't surprise me. So let's start at the beginning and define what is mother hunger?

Wow. It's interesting that it's relationships and food. Like I get relationships and I think the food part surprised me, but didn't surprise me. So let's start at the beginning and define what is mother hunger?

Wow. It's interesting that it's relationships and food. Like I get relationships and I think the food part surprised me, but didn't surprise me. So let's start at the beginning and define what is mother hunger?

It's mother to daughter, but what about mother and son? Is that a different kind of relationship?

It's mother to daughter, but what about mother and son? Is that a different kind of relationship?