Breaking Cycles With Awareness

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  • When Love Felt Far Away: The Mother’s Hidden Sorrows (Part 3 of 4)

    Explore the hidden inner world of the distant mother — the shame, loneliness, and old wounds that shape her presence. Understand how this pattern can pass from one generation to the next, and why recognising it is the first step toward healing. A compassionate, Jungian-informed look at the dead mother archetype and its legacy in…

  • When Love Felt Far Away: Growing Up beside a Closed Heart (Part 1 of 4)

    Growing up with a parent who was physically present but emotionally absent can leave a lasting imprint of unworthiness and longing. This first part of our four-part series explores the “dead-mother” archetype, how it relates to Childhood Emotional Neglect, and the early formation of the fantasy bond. It helps you recognize these patterns with compassion…

  • When Love Felt Far Away: Healing the Wounds of CEN and the Dead Mother Archetype

    Explore the impact of emotional distance and the dead mother archetype through this empathetic guide to Childhood Emotional Neglect. This pillar article introduces the four-part series, offering insight, reflection, and gentle invitations to reclaim presence, warmth, and connection. Learn how patterns of emotional unavailability form, how they affect relationships, and begin the journey toward nurturing…

  • When Your Child Provokes and Your Partner Yells: A Guide to Boundaries, Healing, and Hope (+Free Printable)

    Learn practical strategies for when your child provokes and your partner yells at them. Discover how to set healthy boundaries, protect your emotional well-being, manage your own triggers, and use therapeutic tools like Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Nonviolent Communication (NVC). This guide offers actionable exercises, repair rituals, and insights into child development and family…

  • Toddlers, Boundaries, and Empathy: A Guide Through Kohlberg’s Moral Stages

    A compassionate guide to toddler and preschool moral development using Kohlberg’s stages. Understand typical behaviors, how empathy emerges, and practical ways to respond when your child has ADHD or you experienced Childhood Emotional Neglect (CEN), fostering connection, patience, and secure attachment.

  • Leaning into the Mother Archetype: Healing CEN and CPTSD Patterns of Avoidance (+Free Guide)

    Discover how Childhood Emotional Neglect (CEN) and CPTSD patterns shape motherhood. Learn gentle practices, nervous system tools, and reparenting steps to move from avoidance to authentic presence—with a free companion guide.

  • Why You Resist Sleep Even When You’re Exhausted

    Have you ever been exhausted but found yourself scrolling, cleaning, or staring into the quiet instead of sleeping? When childhood emotional neglect or adversity shaped our early years, rest could feel unsafe or undeserved. In adulthood, that old imprint resurfaces each night. This piece explores the hidden emotional needs beneath bedtime procrastination—and gentle, practical ways…

  • Healing the Echoes of Verbal & Emotional Abuse in Parenting + Free Printable Guide

    Break the cycle of verbal & emotional abuse in parenting. Learn why old wounds resurface, and find gentle tools, scripts, and IFS reflections to parent with compassion instead of criticism.