Mother Hunger© 8-Week Class
Starts February 4, 2026
If you look “fine” on the outside but feel empty, anxious, or chronically over-responsible on the inside, you might be carrying Mother Hunger©, a term coined by Kelly McDaniel.
Mother Hunger© is the deep, often wordless longing that forms when a child did not receive enough nurturance, protection, or guidance from their mother or primary caregiver. Sometimes it comes from obvious harm. Sometimes it comes from a mother who loved you but could not show up emotionally in the way you needed.
Either way, your nervous system adapts. Your relationships adapt. Your self-worth adapts.
This 8-week class is for high-functioning women who are ready to stop performing “I’m fine” and start healing what still hurts.
The Weight You Feel Is Real
The holidays create contrast.
They amplify what’s missing.
They highlight where connection feels fragile.
They bring old wounds into focus, not because you’re going backward, but because your heart is recognizing something tender.
Even if nothing dramatic happened this year.
Even if you’re “fine.”
Even if you’ve done so much healing already.
Your body remembers what your mind tries to forget.
This isn’t regression.
It’s an echo.
What we will work on over 8 weeksUnderstanding Mother Hunger© and how attachment shapes adult patterns
How grief, trauma, and early loss live in the nervous system and body
Shame healing, especially the “it must be my fault” story
Boundaries, needs, and learning to receive without guilt
Relationship patterns, including people-pleasing, over-functioning, and anxious attachment
Practical tools for regulation and self-mothering you can actually use
This class is for you if
You over-give, over-function, or feel responsible for everyone
You struggle to receive love, support, or care without guilt
You keep repeating painful relationship dynamics
You feel intense loneliness, shame, or “something is missing”
New grief is waking up old grief and you are tired of carrying it alone
You Don’t Have to Navigate This Alone
This is not about blaming your mother.
This is about telling the truth, honoring what you needed, and building something new in your body and your life.