Healthy mothering

Although most of my content focuses on what narcissism and dysfunction look like and I highlight how to avoid toxic individuals and protect yourself from them, in this post I want to talk about the importance of healthy mothering and what this actually looks like.

For those of us who didn’t have a healthy mother as a role model, having children of our own can be incredibly daunting, scary and overwhelming. We might be terrified of repeating dysfunctional patterns of behaviour and we want to make sure that our children are happy and healthy.

In this YouTube video, I talk about what a healthy loving mother looks like. Although I am not a mother myself, I have many friends who are mums and I can see what a wonderful job they are doing with their children. I have also extensively researched good mothering from a developmental and psychological viewpoint. I very much know what I wouldn’t do if I ever became a mother and that would be to not treat my child the way my mother treated me.

I experienced emotional neglect, emotional abuse, lack of attunement from my mother, emotional parentification and continuous invalidation of my emotions. I was born to ‘serve’ my mother’s needs and later to also look after my special needs brother.

If you are a mother then I would love to hear your thoughts in the comments section.

Much love,

Athina