How Mother Loss Shapes a Daughter
(And What to Do With This Knowledge)
For more than 30 years, I’ve been researching the long-term effects of mother loss on daughters.
I’m excited to share some of that knowledge with you now!
Below, you’ll find two 15-minute videos with information drawn from thousands of conversations
with motherless daughters all over the world. These videos walk you through five of the most
common ways mother loss can shape a daughter's life.
The guide also comes with a workbook of reflective exercises and gentle prompts to help you
explore the effects of your loss with fresh eyes, in your own time.
Grab yourself a warm or cold beverage, carve out some time just for you, and let this be a way to connect with both your mother and the girl you were back then
Early Loss
This video is for you if you lost your mother
during childhood, adolescence, or young adulthood
Recent Loss
This video is for you if you lost your mother
within the last two years
A companion workbook I created for you
to download and complete in your own time
Ready to Take a Next Step?
Now that you have a clearer picture of how your loss has shaped you, the patterns, the grief that resurfaces,
the way it quietly shows up in your relationships and your sense of self, I want to share something
I've seen again and again in my work with motherless daughters.
Understanding it brings one type of peace.
Processing it with other daughters who are living the same story offers another.
That's what Motherless Daughters Circles are for.
Three times a month, daughters from around the world gather on Zoom in a live, trauma-informed space
where you can show up exactly as you are. No one here needs things explained.
No one here is waiting for you to be "further along." The pace is entirely yours to set.
We offer two circles: one for daughters who lost their mothers in early life, and one for those who’ve lost
their moms just in the past two years. Both are based on the same belief:
Grief witnessed by daughters who share your history feels different than it’s been able to feel before.
For a limited time, new members can join for 33% off the first month.
Use code MDCIRCLES39 at checkout.
Month-to-month. Cancel anytime.