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Mother Hunger: How Adult Daughters Can Understand and Heal from Lost Nurturance, Protection, and Guidance Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Kelly McDaniel (Author, Narrator), Hay House (Publisher)

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An insatiable need for sex and love. Periods of overeating or starving. A pattern of unstable and painful relationships.

Does this sound painfully familiar?

Trauma counselor Kelly McDaniel has seen these traits over and over in clients who feel trapped in cycles of harmful behaviors - and are unable to stop.

Many of us find ourselves stuck in unhealthy habits simply because we don't see a better way. With Mother Hunger, McDaniel helps women break the cycle of destructive behavior by taking a fresh look at childhood trauma and its lasting impact. In doing so, she destigmatizes the shame that comes with being under-mothered and misdiagnosed. McDaniel offers a healing path with powerful tools that include therapeutic interventions and lifestyle changes in service to healthy relationships.

The constant search for mother love can be a lifelong emotional burden, but healing begins with knowing and naming what we are missing. McDaniel is the first clinician to identify Mother Hunger, which demystifies the search for love and provides the compass that each woman needs to end the struggle with achy, lonely emptiness, and come home to herself.

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7 hours and 57 minutes
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Kelly McDaniel
Narrator

Kelly McDaniel
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July 20, 2021
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English
Publisher

Hay House
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B097YZLM41
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Unabridged
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Listening Length	7 hours and 57 minutes
Author	Kelly McDaniel
Narrator	Kelly McDaniel
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com Release Date	July 20, 2021
Publisher	Hay House
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B097YZLM41
Best Sellers Rank	#2,622 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #6 in Medical Developmental Psychology #9 in Popular Developmental Psychology #10 in PTSD

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Leslie Lindsey Davis, author of "You Can't Eat Love"

A Journey of Self-Understanding

Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2023

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This really powerful book dives deep into something called mother hunger and how it affects people's lives. It was a really eye-opening read, and it helped me understand and put a name to some of the feelings I've had.

This book wasn't always easy to read because it brought up buried memories and emotions. Some parts were tough, but they helped me recognize and make sense of the deep longing I've felt inside, which the book calls "mother hunger."

One of the things I liked most about "Mother Hunger" is how the author shares her own personal story while also giving insights from psychology and research. She made it easy to understand. The author's honesty and caring way of writing made me feel safe exploring my own feelings and experiences.

"Mother Hunger" is not just a book about problems; it's also a book about finding solutions and ways to heal. Reading this book gave me hope that healing is possible.

I think "Mother Hunger" is an important book for anyone who wants to understand more about how the relationship with our mothers can affect us emotionally. Whether you've felt mother hunger yourself or you want to support someone who has, this book has valuable insights and advice. It shows us that we're not alone in our struggles and that there are ways to heal and grow.

"Mother Hunger" has had a big impact on me. It helped me understand myself better and gave me hope for healing. I'm grateful to Kelly McDaniel for writing this book and sharing her story. I think it can make a difference in the lives of many women.

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Jackie Morton

Great read for mom's

Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2023

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This book is so full of information..it explains all lot things that has happened in life

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Kinzie

eye opener

Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2023

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Game changer, really opened up my past trauma and could even relate to reading through my mom's experience, definitely a good read for any woman struggling with not feeling good enough

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Rhonda

Great book!

Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2023

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Interesting book on mother daughter relationships. Lots of good advice.

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Best most healing book

Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2023

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It’s triggering but it’s the best book I have read to help me understand
My family . Any woman can relate and it’s easy to read and right on !

4 people found this helpful

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Kimberly Orr

Great read! Healing!

Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2023

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Interesting and sound discussion involving what effect a relationship with a mother has on a woman. 12/10. Started after hearing the authors advice to Jeanette McCurdy after her book release.

4 people found this helpful

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Good, Lots to digest; A bit all over the place

Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2023

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This book has a great intro. She begins defining Mother Hunger and then by page 60 I was wondering if she is still defining Mother Hunger or if it is a book that transitioned into a book about misogyny, breastfeeding, neuroception. I understand the connection to Mother Hunger but a good final consolidation of topics and edit would prevented the disjointed, meandering and repetition of the book. The book does not flow well and I just ended up skipping sections. Yes, is triggering for those w Mother Hunger and there are helpful sections, but I am not certain it was worth metaphorically wading through the tangents to get to the relevant guidance this reader is seeking.

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Susannah

Healing MotherHunger can heal generations of girls, women and moms

Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2022

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•MotherHUnger is unlike any books I have read on this subject. I had recently taken attended a Parental Wounds Workshop and group and issues related to the importance of healing now as grown woman. this book came at the right time and led me to take Kelly's workshop and training on MotherHunger to lead my own clients in the healing process of the painstaking wounds of early childhood trauma. This was a wonderful experience learning from Kelly McDaniel. I am so excited to bring these materials to my clients and incorporate it into my work. It is essential knowledge for women, especially those who have not experienced the love that a mother is meant to offer through her protection, nurturance and guidance. MotherHunger is the label that gives understanding to the pain and ache that is carried throughout the cells of ones soul. Kelly has a beautiful way of interlocking concepts and heartfelt conversation that provides in depth heart work and head knowledge. As she masterfully, with abandon, weaves together her natural and contagious empathy and righteous anger towards a society and acceptance of parental abuse in forms that have been dismissed as acceptable, and that overlook the vital importance of caring for it's most fragile, our infants. She also demonstrates a powerful mission towards healing generations through connecting the importance of mothers healing their early childhood wounds which scarred them in an effort towards healing the children of tomorrow. I have experienced the generational trauma and have struggled to live into my own potential as a professional, wife, mother, friend, woman and self. This book continues to tug at my heart, teaching me to go back and heal old wounds, give myself compassion and attention, protection and find the guidance that I need. I am so excited to take this into my work and help the women and men that come to me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for writing this book!

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Gemma L.

Estrange from your Mum? Definitely read this.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 14, 2023

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I liked this book a lot and it brought up a lot for me.

The notion that we carry a painful yearning due to our attachment wounds - especially those related to our mothers - feels intuitive… but I’ve not seen it laid out like this before. The author provides a real framework for personal archaeology and detective work. But she also named my pain, and I thank her for that.

The only thing that stops me giving it five stars is the cultural critique. Patriarchy becomes a bit of a totem for the challenging elements of society that contribute to mother hunger. I feel this could have been unpacked more and I was left wondering about capitalism and consumerism and the roles they play too. I was left wondering about modern working practices for example.

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Everything I was looking for

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 22, 2023

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Having lost my mother in my teens along with childhood issues, this book was recommended to me. Wow, it is everything I was looking for. It is eloquently written and speaks so much sense to me. I finally feel heard and not alone. Thank you so much.

A side note is that the book did come smelling of perfume (?) , Not sure why but it is quite an overpowering smell I try to ignore when reading it!?

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Dany

Uno de esos libros que te cambia la vida

Reviewed in Mexico on June 9, 2023

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Una lástima que no esté en español. Es como un abrazo grandisimo lleno de empatia y entendimiento. Información invaluable

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Lily

Very good and easy to read

Reviewed in Japan on April 17, 2023

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Very good and easy to read

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THE most important book you need to read if you are a daughter!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 23, 2022

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I bought this book after seeing the author on Red Table Talk, and only got to page 10 before I was sobbing.
I guess you only buy this book if you have unresolved trauma/issues in your life, so dealing with the emotional pain whilst working through it is inevitable.
I’m now only on page 50, because for me it’s tough going in the sense that I really need to process the content - but it is very deep and completely cathartic, so much so that I have bought a copy for my sister and also recommended it to my best friend.
Also, I know the authors intent with this book is not to use it for relationships with your daughter, but I just can’t help but reflect on those too and it is making me view things in a different light in that relationship too - so the benefit in my case is two-fold.
I can highly recommend this book, but don’t expect it to be an easy read, but I know already that this book is changing my life for the better.

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