Healing Your Motherwound
A 75 minute transformational workshop for cycle-breakers who are aching to be released from the pain and shame of a dysfunctional mother-daughter relationship.
For emotionally exhausted adult daughters who….
are deep feelers, empathetic + highly sensitive
are determined to NOT pass down family trauma
have felt deeply misunderstood, unseen and unheard
understand that if nothing changes, nothing changes….doing nothing won’t fix the ache and anger you feel inside
want more for themselves than the legacy of a tense, painful mother-daughter relationship
Understanding Your Motherwound
3 Lessons
Watch the Workshop
By the end of this 75 minute workshop, you’ll have a deep level of understanding around the motherwound and why it’s impacted you so profoundly. You’ll learn 3 somatic exercises for dealing with your mother AND simple + accessible ways on how to start healing today without requiring anything from your mother (phew!).
Download the Workbook
Reflect on what you’ve learned and how you are going to integrate the re-mothering practices you learned in the workshop. Inside the workbook there are also specific book and podcast episode recommendations for further reading/listening.
Be Seen + Heard
A big part of motherwound healing is allowing ourselves to be vulnerable, to be heard and seen. If you’d like to connect, you can do so here.
So you can go from…
Being exhausted trying to get your mother to see you, hear you and understand you…to accepting her limitations and stopping yourself from returning to an ‘empty well’ time and time again
Tension and dread at family events to openness and curiosity without having to take on anyone’s emotional baggage
Rumination and spending so much of your time thinking about your mother, trying to keep her happy and the relationship afloat while suppressing your true feelings… to re-directing that energy inward and the feeling the deep bodily exhale when you realize that you don’t have to wait on her to heal in order for you to be grounded, assured and confident.
Are you ready to…
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...understand how you can start to actually heal from your motherwound without requiring anything from your mother?
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…LET GO of the guilt and shame you feel for being a ‘bad’ or ‘ungrateful’ daughter for speaking truth to your lived experience?
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...start prioritizing your mental and emotional well-being so that you can one day have true compassion for your mother?
Gain life-changing insight into the ache that you've felt for so long - and learn how to start moving forward in ways that nurture and protect your emotional + mental well-being. This is a stand-alone workshop with a one-time payment of $57.00 USD
Tell me if this sounds familiar…
😩 You brace for every interaction...dreading what’s about to come next. What version of “mom” will you get this time?
🫠 You’re burnt out from doing the emotional + mental labour in your relationship with your mother and can’t count on her to be emotionally mature, aware or take any accountability for her actions
😢 You very much love your mother and feel the internal conflict between “but she’s my mother and I can’t think of her like this…” and “I can’t stand her and don’t ever want to inflict the pain she’s inflicted on me to other people in my life” (heads up: you’re allowed to feel these things, but the constant toggling back and forth between then is exhausting and keeps you STUCK)
🤯 You feel crazy and gaslit because when you try to talk about how you feel with her, she gets defensive, says that she must be ‘the worst mother ever’, tells you you’re remembering incorrectly, says you’re too sensitive or refuses to accept her role in the dynamic (or maybe all of the above…?)
❤️🩹 Regardless of your age, life stage or whether or not you have kids of your own, you’re determined to heal this wounded part of your family lineage
I know that you’re sooo ready to be done with this confusing, toxic, dysfunctional relationship cycle that you’ve been trapped in for years, if not decades.
Time is not going to heal this wound. Healing is going to heal this wound.
By the end of the workshop, you’ll know:
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The motherwound can be a confusing concept but it doesn't have to be. Whether you've heard the word 'motherwound' before or it's your first time encountering the term, you'll develop a crystal clear understanding of what the mother wound is, what it isn't, how it's formed. You'll learn why almost every woman has one and myths and misconceptions that keep people from doing the work to heal.
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Often the motherwound shows up as a deep and pervasive shame and low self-worth. We'ill unpack this along with other more covert ways it may be impacting your life, your relationships and moving forward in your healing.
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We cover 3 simple and straight forward ways to start doing the work to heal today - none of which require anything from your mother. You'll also learn new ways of relating to your mother (or other difficult people in your life) while keeping yourself emotionally, mentally + energetically safe. Believe it or not, some of these exercises are actually fun! The will also foster a sense of empowerment - something you're likely really needing right about now ❤️
Workshop FAQ
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You’ll walk away from this workshop knowing:
what the motherwound is & what it isn’t
the root cause of motherwounding
what ‘mother hunger’ is
what to expect and what’s involved in healing so there are no surprises
how to start to heal NOW, regardless of what kind of relationship you have with your mother
how to implement and integrate what you didn’t receive from your mother and how to start getting your needs met today
out-of-the-box ways to change the way you relate to your mother and deal with other tense relationships in your life
you'll also receive a reflection workbook and the opportunity to connect after taking the workshop
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This is a pre-recorded workshop - that means you can watch it at your convenience and as many times as you need.
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The cost of the workshop is currently $57 - which includes the accompanying workbook.
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That’s a great question and I wish I had the answer! The website hosting company I use has this process in place and currently there’s no way to change it. I understand that usually you would buy first, and then create an account - but for some reason, this company does it the other way around.
It has been an exercise in acceptance for me! Rest assured, as soon as you create your login (username and password), you’re then taken directly to the payment screen.
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Given the nature of digital products (in that you can access them immediately), I do not offer refunds.
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I'm so sorry for the fractured relationship you have - estrangement is deeply painful. You will benefit from this workshop greatly. You're also an adult child and it's imperative to gain awareness into your own wounding and patterns before you can truly offer repair (if that's something you would like to do with your child.) Another workshop called "The Road to Repair" will be offered soon and will be for parents with estranged children. This workshop, Understanding Your Mother Wound, will be a pre-requisite for the The Road To Repair workshop. We all deserve understanding and healing - including you.
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This workshop is an excellent place to start for foundational knowledge to understand mother wounding concepts + language and accessible ways to start healing.
In the workbook that accompanies the workshop, I share recommendations for books and podcasts if you'd like to deepen your knowledge of motherwounding.
If you're looking for more guidance and support, I take on a limited number of private clients to do this work each season - you can learn more here. You are only eligible to book a single session if you've first taken the workshop.
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I understand how upsetting it can be to realize that you may have unconsciously hurt your children from lack of awareness and insight on your part.
Perfect parents do not exist. We're messy humans who make mistakes! The best work you can do to help your relationship with your children is to become aware of your own wounding and work toward healing from a place of compassion. This is deeply important work for changing your family lineage.
Fear is a natural and protective emotion and it's okay for it to exist. That being said, letting fear run our lives will not help us become mature adults and wise elders.
Remember, you if you can pass along your wounding, you can also pass along your healing.
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Absolutely not. This workshop is for every adult child, regardless of the relationship you have with your mother. As you'll see during our time together, motherwound healing is actually about YOU - not your mother.
You can be high contact, low contact or no contact with your mother and greatly benefit from what you'll learn inside. Even if your mother has died, this work is deeply relevant because it helps you develop a compassionate understanding of your mother's limitations and why she wasn't able to be the mother you needed while she was alive. This compassion and understanding will be important to your grieving process.
This work is about you and learning to get your needs met without relying on your mother.
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I don't recommend suggesting this workshop to people who are not ready to do their own work and don't want to be held accountable.
I know this can be very hard to do, especially if we see something that we think may benefit the relationship we have with our mother. Part of this workshop is dedicated to the 'impossible dream' - where adult children dream, wish and hope their mother will become the mother they always needed.
But we can't heal for two people - we can only heal for ourselves. It's best to take your time and energy and focus on your own journey, and let your mother focus on hers. You are not responsible for your mother's healing.
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You will have lifetime access.
meet your mentor
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meet your mentor |
Kristy Sarausky (M.Ed, RCP) is a grey-area drinking sobriety coach and motherwound mentor. She created her coaching practice and this workshop because it was what she was needing for so many years as she navigated sobriety without AA, grieved profound loss, and started to accept the reality of dysfunctional maternal dynamics -instead of trying to wish them away.
This workshop was developed from decades of lived experience, training, years of research (and therapy) and what she has witnessed day-in and day-out from working with brave folks doing the often invisible work of motherwound healing. Learn more about Kristy here.
Become the healthy elder you always needed:
Gain life-changing insight into the ache that you've felt for so long - and learn how to start moving forward in ways that nurture and protect your emotional + mental well-being. This is a stand-alone workshop with a one-time payment of $57.00 USD