Mother and Mothering
Essence
Description
embodied presence, able to experience motherhood as a physically nurturing and rewarding experience
overly critical of one's child, extreme demands for perfection projected onto the child due to one's own hypersensitivity
feeling low self-esteem about identity as mother, compared to other social roles
hysterical tendencies in mothering role; creating trauma-drama situations for oneself, child or family system; finding an ordered and simple approach to mothering and homemaking roles
confusing mothering with servitude; lack of strength in mothering role; excessive compliance with children's demands
feeling that one is beyond the limits of coping or out of control due to extreme stress, such as caring for a sick child
emotional neediness in mother or child: tendency to manipulate child in order to receive love and attention for oneself; or to help a child who is overly dependent on mother
contacting the archetype of the Earth Mother; nurturing abilities through physical connection to Earth
assumes responsibilities of motherhood, but later feels despondent and overwhelmed; overanxious striving for perfection as a mother
rejection of child in utero, extreme disturbance in mother-child bond, absorption of toxic emotions by child from mother
tendency to over-mother, need to keep child in overly dependent relationship; emotional immaturity which prevents one from assuming full responsibilities of adult motherhood
integration of high spiritual ideals with mundane demands of mothering role; to create spiritual presence in home environment; using spiritual forces to protect and nurture others; compassionate sensitivity
making a decision to have a child; to stimulate awareness of karmic connection with the incarnating soul
does things for the child, rather than allowing child to learn or experience; wants things done quickly
handling simultaneous demands from children and household responsibilities; intense activity which robs one of feeling centered or truly present
home and mothering role feels dull or dowdy; for channeling inspired forces of creativity into mothering and homemaking role
bonding in childhood with mother; building rapport between mother and child; general remedy for instilling positive mother archetype
unconscious regression and merging with mother or mother figure beyond normal developmental stage
conflict about use of feminine creative forces, sometimes absorbed from the mother; conflict between personal mother role and "world mother" role
conflicts between power and love in feminine forces; need to integrate power with feminine softness; vacillating between being overly strict or overly permissive as a mother; often used for single and/or working mothers
over-fretful concern about child; over-identification with child instead of being in touch with one's own self
episodes of uncontrolled rage or power plays with child; facing one's own feelings of repressed anger
disturbances in the bond to the mother which predispose the child to seek excessive material rewards as a form of security
developing receptivity as a mother, trusting one's own guidance and intuition in mothering role; ability to contact the spiritual identity and true needs of the child
compassionate attunement to one's child; ability of mother to sense real feelings and needs of child
seeing motherhood as a grim responsibility; lack of joy or spontaneity in mothering; to play with and enjoy child's world; to contact one's own inner child
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