825 What a Mean Mother Leaves Behind (And How to Heal It)
The Terri Cole Show
Terri Cole
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2026
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
If you had a mean or rejecting mother, you probably learned early not to talk about it. People don't want to believe it. They say things like "you only have one mother" or "she did her best," and suddenly you're defending your own experience to someone who can't imagine having it.
That isolation is often the first wound.
This episode continues the mother wound conversation from last week. While every story is different, there are patterns I've seen consistently across almost 30 years of clinical work with daughters of mean and rejecting mothers. Here's what the research and the therapy room both show.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, it's me, Terry, and I have a question for you. Have you ever tried to share something real |
| 0:05.4 | about your mother? And someone immediately says, but she did her best, or you only get one mother. |
| 0:12.2 | And suddenly your experience becomes the problem. That's exactly why I'm doing this free live |
| 0:17.4 | workshop. Let's talk about mother wounds. This is a judgment-free space. No minimizing what you |
| 0:24.1 | experience, no defending her or anyone else, just honest conversation about how your early |
| 0:29.2 | relationship may still be impacting your self-worth, your boundaries, and your relationships |
| 0:34.3 | today. You don't have to know if you have a mother wound. Come and find out. |
| 0:39.0 | Save your spot at terrycolle.com forward slash mother talk. |
| 0:44.5 | Well, hello there. |
| 0:46.1 | And welcome to this episode of the Terry Cole show. |
| 0:49.7 | As always, I'm so pumped that you decided to join me. |
| 0:52.6 | I really do appreciate your time and your energy and your effort hanging out with me. |
| 0:58.2 | We continue, since it is mother wound season apparently, according to Terry Cole. |
| 1:01.9 | We will continue this week's conversation is going to be about what happens to us if we have mean mothers growing up. How does that impact us? |
| 1:19.5 | And I'm talking a little bit about the mother moon course and talking about things that you |
| 1:23.1 | can do. So before we get into it, I just want to take a moment to say thanks for being here. |
| 1:28.3 | You could be doing anything listening to anybody else, but you happen to be listening to me right now. |
| 1:32.4 | And I really do love it and appreciate it. |
| 1:34.9 | If you love the show, it would help me so much if you go rate, review, and subscribe on Apple Podcast. |
| 1:41.5 | And I want to say thank you to Angela 7-11 for this five-star review. |
| 1:45.5 | So glad I'm listening. |
| 1:47.1 | My husband actually suggested I listened to Terry Cole when he heard her as a guest on |
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