The Empowered Adoptee Podcast

Healing the Mother Wound and Finding Peace From Within


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The Mother Wound: A Deep Dive into Loss, Love & Healing

In this powerful and tender episode, we explore the mother wound, a wound that lives in the body, heart, and spirit of many adoptees. From the primal loss of our first mother to the complex dynamics with adoptive mothers, this episode opens a space for truth-telling, grief, compassion, and healing.

Whether your relationship with your mother was loving, strained, nonexistent, or unknown—this conversation offers language, insight, and community for making sense of the invisible layers that shape our sense of safety, self-worth, confidence and belonging.

We share:

  • What the mother wound is and why it matters
  • How it shows up in adoptee experiences
  • The connection between the mother wound and core wounds like abandonment, shame, and mistrust
  • Our personal stories around mother loss and healing
  • How community, self-parenting, and ancestral reconnection can begin to mend the ache

If you’ve ever felt the longing for a mother’s love, struggled with guilt or grief around your mother story, or wondered how to begin healing these tender places—this episode is for you.

💬 Topics We Explore:

  • Healthy boundaries with our Mothers
  • The inherited pain of maternal separation, especially in intercountry and transracial adoption
  • Breaking the silence around grief, anger, and unmet needs
  • Navigating ambivalent feelings toward our mothers—both birth and adoptive
  • The power of collective healing spaces and learning to mother ourselves

📣 📣 📣 Announcement:  We have thoughtfully decided to change from weekly episodes to Bi-weekly.  Every other Monday we will be dropping a new episode!

🆘 Mental Health Resources:

If you're struggling or feeling overwhelmed, please know you're not alone.
 Reach out for support:

  • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988 (US)
  • Crisis Text Line: Text HELLO to 741741
  • SAMHSA Treatment Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)
  • For AAPI communities: https://www.asianmhc.org

💌 We’d love to hear from you:
If this episode resonated, feel free to reach out, ask questions, or share your story. You are not alone. You are deeply worthy of love and healing.

If you found this episode helpful, please consider subscribing, rating, and leaving a comment on The Empowered Adoptee Podcast. Share this episode with others who may benefit from understanding and overcoming self-sabotage in their relationships! We love you and appreciate all of your support <3

If you would like to connect with us, you can find us here:

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The Empowered Adoptee PodcastBy Claire Magenheimer and Laurie Vogler

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