The Angry Therapist Podcast

Loving Without Losing Me: Healing the Mother Wound


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In this episode, licensed therapist John Kim gets personal about the mother wound - how it quietly shapes our self-worth, love life, and sense of safety. From a surprising MDMA journey insight to stories about his Korean-American upbringing, John unpacks what it’s like to grow up without emotional warmth from mom - and how this absence leaves lasting imprints on both men and women.

You’ll learn:

  • Why the mother wound isn’t just a “women’s issue”
  • How emotional absence can be just as impactful as physical absence
  • The different ways the mother wound shows up in men (approval seeking, caretaking confusion, fear of intimacy) and women (perfectionism, chronic self-doubt, boundary struggles)
  • How it fuels unhealthy patterns like codependency, attachment insecurity, and emotional projection
  • Practical steps for healing: naming the wound without blame, reparenting yourself, rewriting old relationship scripts, and doing inner child work
  • Join the conversation! Have you noticed the mother wound in your own relationships or self-image? What has helped you start to heal? Share your story with us.

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