Secrets of the Motherworld

14: “I see other kids his age going after big goals, and my child just doesn’t seem motivated at all. He has so much talent, but he’s just not using it!”

Nov 26, 2019

Here’s the story we discuss this week:

“My oldest son is incredibly academically gifted. School just comes easily for him, and it always has. The trouble is, he doesn’t really care about anything. I see other kids his age going after big goals, and my child just doesn’t seem motivated at all. He has so much...

13: “Something I found hard becoming a mom was realizing how wrong my parents were in how they had raised me and how hard it is to break those cycles.”

Nov 19, 2019

Here’s the story we discuss this week:

“Something I found hard becoming a mom was realizing how wrong my parents were in how they had raised me and how hard it is to break those cycles.

My father being tyrannical. Only spanking and ridding me of my responsibilities was his way of handling things. I didn’t have...

12: “The reason I’m writing is because nobody ever talks about the heartbreak of estrangement between a mother and a daughter”

Nov 12, 2019

Here’s the story we discuss this week:

“The long story would be a book but the short story goes something like this.

When my daughter was 16 she moved in with her out of work boyfriend. Two months later she was pregnant with her first child and this is when the domestic violence began. I begged her to come home...

11: “It was his Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria that broke me.”

Nov 5, 2019

Here’s the story we discuss this week:

“My 17 year old, has undiagnosed high-functioning Autism, a high IQ, a history of school refusal, debilitating homesickness, anxiety and addictive behaviour; however, it was his Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria that broke me.

I felt like my 12 year old and me were submitted to...