Love takes many forms, and a mother experiences most of them. This practice is founded on the principle that a mother's work is worthy of respect. I believe that a mother's emotional well-being cannot be adequately understood or supported without an appreciation of her work as a mother. I am a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, and have an Eastern, mind-body-soul approach to the work of Motherhood.
I consider it a profound life journey in which a woman delves into the complexities and challenges of doing the work of love. A mother's love for her child can be the source of a powerful, ongoing core strength. This does not mean we must always "love" our children in the stereotypical way.
I consider it a profound life journey in which a woman delves into the complexities and challenges of doing the work of love. A mother's love for her child can be the source of a powerful, ongoing core strength. This does not mean we must always "love" our children in the stereotypical way.
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Our experience of Motherhood is a core part of our life journey. Motherhood has immense joys and rewards, and it also has extraordinary demands and challenges. I believe that helpful interactions with a mother must be supportive of her daily experience as a mother. Motherhood is the single most important psychological shift in a woman's identity after teenage, and part of her core self-judgment.
Mothering a teenager is a special phase in a mother's journey. It is a time of tumultuous growth for her, when her path of love can take a significant turn into new and unimagined territory. Learning how to love a teenager can also teach a mother how to respect herself, and expect to be respected by others.
Having a child with special challenges is an exceptionally demanding aspect of Motherhood. In addition to figuring out, constantly, how to find resources for the child's needs, we must access a different kind of love. As this child's journey unfolds, we are also the only person between this child and the outside world.
One way of "being" must end, and this takes time. It is helpful to look ahead, at the woman we want to be years down the road. Children will always have a relationship with their mother, even if it is only in their head. They will also come home, as young adults, and also (hard to imagine) as parents themselves.
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