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The Emotionally Absent Mother

How to Recognize and Heal the Invisible Effects of Childhood Emotional Neglect, Second Edition

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The Emotionally Absent Mother

By: Jasmin Lee Cori MS LPC
Narrated by: Emily Durante
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The groundbreaking guide to self-healing and getting the love you missed.

Was your mother preoccupied, distant, or even demeaning? Have you struggled with relationships - or with your own self-worth? Often, the grown children of emotionally absent mothers can't quite put a finger on what's missing from their lives. The children of abusive mothers, by contrast, may recognize the abuse - but overlook its lasting, harmful effects. Psychotherapist Jasmin Lee Cori has helped thousands of men and women heal the hidden wounds left by every kind of undermothering. In this second edition of her pioneering book, with compassion for mother and child alike, she explains:

  • Possible reasons your mother was distracted or hurtful - and what she was unable to give
  • The lasting impact of childhood emotional neglect and abuse
  • How to find the child inside you and fill the "mother gap" through reflections and exercises
  • How to secure a happier future for yourself (and perhaps for your children)

©2017 Jasmin Lee Cori (P)2017 Tantor Dysfunctional Families Dysfunctional Relationships Emotions Motherhood Parenting & Families Parents & Adult Children Personal Development Personal Success Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Childhood Trauma Child Development

Critic Reviews

"This book is a revelation to those of us whose mothering was short of what we needed." (Connie Dawson, PhD, coauthor of Growing up Again)
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Mother is my first other, my mirror. If the reflection feels incomplete in some way it may be due to how one is Mothered in early childhood. This book is an excellent resource for untangling those feelings, & gaining a valuable understanding & positive perspective for healing Mother wounds.

Excellent for anyone feeling incomplete.

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I would highly recommend this book to anyone suffering a mother wound... whether as a result of emotional abuse or neglect. It will provide the opportunity to become aware of the extent of your wounding whilst also supporting you toward healing & growth. Do NOT let your mother wound keep you feeling stuck, small, weak or powerless.

Mother Wound workout

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definitely worth going through again at a much slower pace and doing the exercises.

very insightful, needs to be read slowly

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I found this book frustrating.

A lot of the content is bang on. However, it puts an unbelievably high onus on mothers. As the child of an emotionally absent mother, I felt validated by much of the content in this book. But as a mother, I sometimes felt indignant by the standard of perfection that it expects of women.

The narration is also very robotic and I think this was part of the problem - I suspect a lot of the content would sound much more empathetic if read in a different tone.

Just OK

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I find it interesting that the ownus for meeting a child’s emotional needs is always on the mother. A father had just as much responsibility.

The invisible fathers

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