Mother Hunger® 8-Week Live Course

Some grief doesn't have a name yet.
This course gives it one.

Next cohort: October 2026. Enrollment now open.

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Mother Hunger by Kelly McDaniel

What Mother Hunger® Is

A name for something you have been carrying a long time.

Mother Hunger® is a term developed by psychotherapist and author Kelly McDaniel. It describes the specific grief that forms when a mother was unable to provide the nurturing, protection, or guidance her daughter needed, whether through death, addiction, mental illness, emotional absence, or estrangement.

It is not just sadness about a difficult childhood. It is an attachment wound that lives in the body and shapes how women relate to themselves and others long into adulthood.

Who This Course Is For

This course is for you if.

Your mother was present but emotionally unavailable.
You lost your mother early and have never had space to grieve that fully.
You find yourself repeating relational patterns you cannot explain.
You understand the theory but feel stuck in the lived experience.
You have been to therapy and feel like something is still unnamed.
No prior experience with the Mother Hunger® framework is required.

What the Course Contains

Eight weeks. Live via Zoom. All sessions recorded.

Week 1 & 2

The three elements of secure attachment and what happens when one or more is missing.

Week 3 & 4

How Mother Hunger® shapes adult relationships, self-worth, and nervous system response.

Week 5 & 6

The connection between maternal loss, attachment patterns, and how grief is carried now.

Week 7 & 8

Tools for beginning the integration process. What ongoing support looks like after the course ends.

Facilitated by Angela Schellenberg, certified Mother Hunger® Facilitator.

Angela Schellenberg

The Facilitator

Angela Schellenberg

Angela Schellenberg is a licensed trauma and grief therapist and certified Mother Hunger® Facilitator. She has co-facilitated early mother loss retreats with Hope Edelman and taught at the Omega Institute.

She lost her own mother twice, first to mental illness at 11, and again to three consecutive strokes at 22. That history is part of what brought her to this framework and part of what she brings to the room.

Learn more about Angela

Enrollment

October 2026 Cohort

Payment Plan

$299

Upfront, then 2 additional payments of $299.

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Pay in Full

$799

Due at time of enrollment. No additional invoices.

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Questions before enrolling? A 15-minute conversation is a reasonable place to start.

Ways to Work Together

10+ Years

Over a decade of professional experience in mental health care, specializing in trauma and loss.

200+ Clients

More than two hundred women supported through grief, attachment wounds, and relational loss.

3 State Licenses

Licensed in California, Washington, and Arizona.

An Initial Conversation

If you've been sitting with something and want to understand whether working together makes sense, this is where to start.

A free 15-minute conversation. No pressure, no intake forms. Just a chance to get a sense of each other.

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