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Mother Hunger is a term I created to describe what it feels like to grow up without a quality of mothering that imprints emotional worth and relational security.
“True happiness can only come from being of loving service to others, especially those in the last throes of life's journey.”
― How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived
― How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived
“Fear is when we turn up the volume on
everything that might go wrong
and then allow it to speak louder than our courage.”
― Excuse Me As I Kiss The Sky
everything that might go wrong
and then allow it to speak louder than our courage.”
― Excuse Me As I Kiss The Sky
“As a child, if essential elements of maternal nurturance and protection were missing, you didn’t stop loving your mother—you simply didn’t learn to love yourself.”
― Mother Hunger: How Adult Daughters Can Understand and Heal from Lost Nurturance, Protection, and Guidance
― Mother Hunger: How Adult Daughters Can Understand and Heal from Lost Nurturance, Protection, and Guidance
“I know a few things about healing,
it's not a good employee.
it shows up when it's ready
and only works when it wants to.”
― Excuse Me As I Kiss The Sky
it's not a good employee.
it shows up when it's ready
and only works when it wants to.”
― Excuse Me As I Kiss The Sky
“If you go toward relationships, you may be drawn to avoidant partners or friends, because they won’t threaten your unconscious intimacy threshold. For you, avoidant partners and friends are better than people who suffocate you.”
― Mother Hunger: How Adult Daughters Can Understand and Heal from Lost Nurturance, Protection, and Guidance
― Mother Hunger: How Adult Daughters Can Understand and Heal from Lost Nurturance, Protection, and Guidance
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Katherine’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Katherine’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Favorite Genres
Adult Fiction, Art, Biography, Book Club, Chick-lit, Classics, Comics, Contemporary, Crime, Ebooks, Erotica, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Memoir, Music, Non-fiction, Paranormal, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Romance, Self help, Suspense, Spirituality, Thriller, Young-adult, lgbt, queer, time-travel, paranormal-romance, and dark
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