EPISODE · Sep 3, 2025 · 23 MIN
The Mother Wound: Should our friends re-mother us?
from Unprocessed · host Lia Avellino
It's a topic that we don't want to talk about, but sometimes our needs for our friends, our longings and our fears that get kicked up in friendship, reveal unmet needs we have for our mother. In this episode I unpack how the mother wound might show up in women's friendships (unrealistic expectations, unclear needs, advice giving, feelings of abandonment, etc) and how totally ok this is.I also share how to navigate this in a way that makes the friendship closer, not that kills it (which often happens when the mother wound isn't made explicit).
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It's a topic that we don't want to talk about, but sometimes our needs for our friends, our longings and our fears that get kicked up in friendship, reveal unmet needs we have for our mother. In this episode I unpack how the mother wound might show up in women's friendships (unrealistic expectations, unclear needs, advice giving, feelings of abandonment, etc) and how totally ok this is.I also share how to navigate this in a way that makes the friendship closer, not that kills it (which often happens when the mother wound isn't made explicit).
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The Mother Wound: Should our friends re-mother us?
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