PAK URAN — psychoanalyst, graduated with a master's degree in counseling psychology from Dongguk University and completed a doctoral course in counseling psychology at the University of Buddhist Studies in Seoul. She currently works as a professional consultant at the "Phian" psychological clinic. She has conducted over 10,000 sessions of psychological counseling.
How much love is there between you and the universe called "mother"? And is it really love? The relationship between a mother and child is much more complex than the idealized myth of motherhood. This is especially true for daughters, as mothers often see their daughters as an extension of themselves, leading to distortions in perception, painful conflicts, and sometimes even a complete rupture of the relationship.
Psychoanalyst from South Korea Pak Uran has listened to many women over the years of practice. In her book, she shares their stories and reflects on topics such as:
— the difference in a mother's attitude toward her daughter and son;
— codependency, separation, and rivalry in the mother-daughter relationship;
— the anxiety and selfishness of the mother;
— the subconscious desire of the daughter not to be happier than the mother;
— the feelings experienced by a mother of a sick child;
— the bodily echoes of family relationships;
— a child's notion of the ideal mother;
— the father's place in the mother-child relationship.
Fantasies about unconditional love, emotional delusions, the guilt of not being able to become the ideal mother — all of this often destroys the relationship between mother and daughter. By reading this book, you will be able to break the cycle of resentment, free yourself from the shackles of the past, and find inner freedom.