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Transforming the Mother Wound: Sacred Practices for Healing Your Inner Wise Woman through Ritual and Grounded Spirituality
Find peace with your mother wound, with nervous-system regulating practices, rituals, and journaling prompts to peel back the layers of soul-wounds and awaken rooted wholeness.
""In this work, I undertook to honor the mystery, magic, and the unseen elements of transforming core wounding because life is so much more than what can be quantified through linear science. It is also your multi-dimensionality, your humanity, and spirituality. Let us explore together.” – Monika Carless
Founded in earth-based spirituality and mysticism, Transforming the Mother Wound is for anyone who seeks a gentle path to self-healing. This book is organized to help you in Remembering the Self, Finding Reconciliation with the Mother Archetype, Processing Grief and Generational Trauma, and Learning Rituals for Re-Birthing. Its dynamic exploration is focused on transformation at a cellular, intergenerational level, with interactive pages that invite you to participate in your healing journey.
Through this journey, you may find that your creativity, intuition, and connection to yourself and all life forms is deepened. Embodied and aligned, your will embark on a new path . . . one of embracing the medicine of past wounds and becoming fearlessly oneself.
""In this work, I undertook to honor the mystery, magic, and the unseen elements of transforming core wounding because life is so much more than what can be quantified through linear science. It is also your multi-dimensionality, your humanity, and spirituality. Let us explore together.” – Monika Carless
Founded in earth-based spirituality and mysticism, Transforming the Mother Wound is for anyone who seeks a gentle path to self-healing. This book is organized to help you in Remembering the Self, Finding Reconciliation with the Mother Archetype, Processing Grief and Generational Trauma, and Learning Rituals for Re-Birthing. Its dynamic exploration is focused on transformation at a cellular, intergenerational level, with interactive pages that invite you to participate in your healing journey.
Through this journey, you may find that your creativity, intuition, and connection to yourself and all life forms is deepened. Embodied and aligned, your will embark on a new path . . . one of embracing the medicine of past wounds and becoming fearlessly oneself.
- GenresNonfiction
192 pages, Paperback
Published March 12, 2024
About the author
Monika Carless
18 books16 followersAuthor of The Dark Pool Trilogy - (Pagan Erotica and Mysticism) & Tessa and the Faeries - a children's book on the wonder of the unseen realms.
FROM HAY HOUSE - TRANSFORMING MOTHER WOUND - SACRED PRACTICES FOR HEALING YOUR INNER WISE WOMAN THROUGH RITUAL AND EARTH-BASED SPIRITUALITY
Monika Carless is an author, certified holistic nutritionist ,and mentor to Earthkeepers, Witches, and Creatives. She lives a quiet life on Vancouver Island focused on simple pleasures with her partner of many moons. Her heart song is guiding women to their sovereignty and fearless authenticity. Especially interested in archetypes, myths and life mastery through self-healing practices, Monika mines wisdom from cronedom and the healing powers of art and words.
Monika has written over 350 articles across publications such as The Urban Howl, Rebelle Society, Radiance, Vitality, Natural Life, Vista, and Canadian Organic Grower. She has also been a featured author at elephant journal.
Her YouTube, Channel Conversations With the Universe, features intuitive coaching, connection with Earth Mother, interviews with inspiring women and channeled information.
She is an expert in relationships (including open, poly, queer), defining life purpose, sacred sexuality and sustainable living. Her mentorship addresses the whole individual--body, mind and spirit--while delivering clear, intuitive insights with lasting results. With worldwide clientele, Monika regards her work as an act of devotion to the Consciousness.
A student of Carl Jung, Eckharte Tolle, Clarrisa-Pinkola Estes, Osho, and influenced by classic literature and poetry, this Scorpio loves nothing more than to wander the Underworld unraveling ancient mysteries or casting spells under a full moon.
Reach Monika via her website monikacarless.com,
her author page on FB - https://www.facebook.com/MonikaCarles... or Instagram @MonikaCarless.official
FROM HAY HOUSE - TRANSFORMING MOTHER WOUND - SACRED PRACTICES FOR HEALING YOUR INNER WISE WOMAN THROUGH RITUAL AND EARTH-BASED SPIRITUALITY
Monika Carless is an author, certified holistic nutritionist ,and mentor to Earthkeepers, Witches, and Creatives. She lives a quiet life on Vancouver Island focused on simple pleasures with her partner of many moons. Her heart song is guiding women to their sovereignty and fearless authenticity. Especially interested in archetypes, myths and life mastery through self-healing practices, Monika mines wisdom from cronedom and the healing powers of art and words.
Monika has written over 350 articles across publications such as The Urban Howl, Rebelle Society, Radiance, Vitality, Natural Life, Vista, and Canadian Organic Grower. She has also been a featured author at elephant journal.
Her YouTube, Channel Conversations With the Universe, features intuitive coaching, connection with Earth Mother, interviews with inspiring women and channeled information.
She is an expert in relationships (including open, poly, queer), defining life purpose, sacred sexuality and sustainable living. Her mentorship addresses the whole individual--body, mind and spirit--while delivering clear, intuitive insights with lasting results. With worldwide clientele, Monika regards her work as an act of devotion to the Consciousness.
A student of Carl Jung, Eckharte Tolle, Clarrisa-Pinkola Estes, Osho, and influenced by classic literature and poetry, this Scorpio loves nothing more than to wander the Underworld unraveling ancient mysteries or casting spells under a full moon.
Reach Monika via her website monikacarless.com,
her author page on FB - https://www.facebook.com/MonikaCarles... or Instagram @MonikaCarless.official
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November 4, 2025
At times this felt a little more out there than I normally look for in my therapy books but the root of what it's asking me to do are things I've already started! It provides a good guide and a lot of options for processing trauma related to family! Would recommend!
January 9, 2025
📚 Healing the Mother Wound: A Sacred Journey with Monika Carless.
The book is a profound guide to healing the emotional wounds passed down from mother to child due to unresolved trauma, societal pressures, or unmet needs. The "mother wound," though often unacknowledged, influences self-worth and emotional patterns deeply. Carless skillfully introduces this concept, helping readers recognize and address these wounds with compassion and forgiveness—towards both oneself and one’s mother.
The book stands out for its practical approach. Through short questionnaires and exercises, author provides actionable steps for self-love, forgiveness, and healing. My personal favorite was the section on self-love, which reignited a sense of worthiness. The “Igniting Forgiveness” exercise, in particular, offered a deeply cathartic experience.
What sets this book apart is its connection to femininity and nature. Shamanic rituals and sacred practices invite readers to reconnect with their divine feminine energy and the healing power of the natural world. The writing is simple yet profound, making even complex topics approachable for anyone beginning their self-healing journey.
The book is more than a guide—it’s a sacred invitation to reclaim emotional freedom, embrace self-love, and live a healthier, more fulfilled life.
The book is a profound guide to healing the emotional wounds passed down from mother to child due to unresolved trauma, societal pressures, or unmet needs. The "mother wound," though often unacknowledged, influences self-worth and emotional patterns deeply. Carless skillfully introduces this concept, helping readers recognize and address these wounds with compassion and forgiveness—towards both oneself and one’s mother.
The book stands out for its practical approach. Through short questionnaires and exercises, author provides actionable steps for self-love, forgiveness, and healing. My personal favorite was the section on self-love, which reignited a sense of worthiness. The “Igniting Forgiveness” exercise, in particular, offered a deeply cathartic experience.
What sets this book apart is its connection to femininity and nature. Shamanic rituals and sacred practices invite readers to reconnect with their divine feminine energy and the healing power of the natural world. The writing is simple yet profound, making even complex topics approachable for anyone beginning their self-healing journey.
The book is more than a guide—it’s a sacred invitation to reclaim emotional freedom, embrace self-love, and live a healthier, more fulfilled life.
April 22, 2025
Reading “Transforming the Mother Wound” is truly an immersion: into a sacred space that is full love and understanding for the power we have to alchemize pain into healing and transmutation. Monika is a true embodiment of the wise woman as she guides us through rituals, practices and spiritual contemplations of the mysterious, beguiling and potent Mother archetype. There is not one of us alive who does not have a relationship with the Mother, who does not have a maternal ancestral lineage, and who will not benefit from this book.
July 21, 2025
This book is a beautiful guide for healing. I liked the simple spiritual practices and reflections. It helped me think about my relationship with my mother and myself. A calming and supportive read.
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