Summary of Bethany Webster's Discovering the Inner Mother

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#1 I was as young as six when my mother told me she loved me more than anyone else. I sensed that my safety depended on providing her with emotional support. I was constantly playing family mediator, and I constantly buried my needs and observations.

#2 I was always the good girl who was expected to relieve my mother of her worries, and I felt I could not deviate from this role without some sort of punishment. When I was successful as a student or in the arts, my pride felt laced with the unspoken demands of Don’t leave me. Don’t surpass me. Don’t threaten me.

#3 After the abortion, I took a semester off and changed my major from education to psychology. I applied to graduate school and moved back in with my parents, supporting myself by waiting tables. I fell in love with David, a coworker and longtime acquaintance, and moved to New York City.

#4 The Mother Wound is a condition rooted in patriarchy that exists on four levels: personal, cultural, spiritual, and planetary. It originates from the early dynamics with our mothers, and it impacts how we see ourselves, one another, and our potential.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 6, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822532052

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Insights on Bethany Webster's Discovering the Inner Mother

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I was as young as six when my mother told me she loved me more than anyone else. I sensed that my safety depended on providing her with emotional support. I was constantly playing family mediator, and I constantly buried my needs and observations.

#2

I was always the good girl who was expected to relieve my mother of her worries, and I felt I could not deviate from this role without some sort of punishment. When I was successful as a student or in the arts, my pride felt laced with the unspoken demands of Don’t leave me. Don’t surpass me. Don’t threaten me.

#3

After the abortion, I took a semester off and changed my major from education to psychology. I applied to graduate school and moved back in with my parents, supporting myself by waiting tables. I fell in love with David, a coworker and longtime acquaintance, and moved to New York City.

#4

The Mother Wound is a condition rooted in patriarchy that exists on four levels: personal, cultural, spiritual, and planetary. It originates from the early dynamics with our mothers, and it impacts how we see ourselves, one another, and our potential.

#5

The Mother Wound is not just about mothers and daughters, but about women collectively stepping into their power. It is about having faith that whatever the outcome, we will develop a healthier and more solid connection with ourselves.

#6

The cost to our personal lives is that we live our lives indefinitely, never realizing our potential out of fear of failure or disapproval. The cost to society and the world is that generations of women keep themselves small out of fear of offending, and thus lose out on their genius, power, and love.

#7

The most important thing a woman can focus on is healing the Mother Wound, because the benefits of doing so are endless. It allows us to be more fluent and skilled in handling our emotions, develop healthy boundaries that support self-actualization, and develop a solid inner mother that provides unconditional love and support.

#8

The Mother Wound exists because there is no safe place for mothers to process their rage about the sacrifices society has demanded of them. daughters are a potent target for a mother’s rage, because the daughter has not yet given up her personhood for motherhood.

#9

Mother-blame is when we avoid taking responsibility for our own