Journal Prompts: The Mother Wound
This is a list of journal prompts to assist with episode 47: The Mother Wound: Advice for Healing Your Relationship with Your Mother.
Journal Prompts:
What is your current relationship with your mother? Allow yourself to free-write about this relationship. Do not filter yourself, be honest about how you truly feel about your mother.
Has your relationship with your mother changed over time? If so, why? How does this make you feel?
When you think about your mother, what emotions arise? Where do you feel these sensations in your body?
Do you feel loved by your mother?
Do you feel good enough for your mother?
Are you aware of any ways in which your mother wound has manifested in your adult life? Take some time to think about how you feel impacted by your relationship with your mother. For example, do you fear trying new things, feeling extremely anxious, or seeking external validation? The goal is to identify these patterns so that you can begin to heal them, not to blame your mother.
Think about a time in your childhood when your mother didn’t show up as you wanted her to? Allow yourself to explore this. How old were you? What happened? What did you want to happen vs what actually happened?
Imagine a perfect relationship with your mother. What does it look like? How do you feel? How does she show up in the relationship? Explore what you wish this relationship looked like. When you are done journalling, read this back to yourself and ask yourself how you can show up for yourself more like the mother you wish you had.
What is your mother’s role in your family’s dynamic? Is she the caregiver? Breadwinner? Matriarch? The emotional one?
To learn more about family roles, listen to Episode 43: Family Dynamics & The Holidays: How to Set Boundaries & Prioritize Yourself (Part 2)
What is an expectation of your mother that you are ready to let go of
How does your mother interact in her other relationships (romantic, friendships, etc.)? Allow yourself to explore how your mother shows up in these relationships. Then ask yourself if you show up in relationships similarly or differently. Explore the similarities and differences between how you and your mother show up in relationships.
Write a letter to your mother telling her all the things you wish she knew about you. Allow yourself to free-write, you do not need to send this letter, this is a chance for you to be honest with everything you wish you could tell her. After you write this letter, I invite you to offer it to Mother Earth. You can bury it or throw it in a river. Allow Mother Earth to be a loving mother presence for you as you heal this relationship with your mother.
If anything else comes to mind, write it in your journal and just let your pen flow. You may go completely off topic when you start journaling and that’s okay! Trust that whatever comes up when you start writing is what you are meant to journal about. When you are done writing, take a few moments to reread what you wrote and see if you learned anything new about yourself.
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