# The Dark Truth About Growing Up Without a Mother’s Love

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Podcast: [Breaking Free from Narcissistic Abuse](https://stenobird.com/podcast/breaking-free-from-narcissistic-abuse-5336427)
Published: 2026-04-30T06:00:00+00:00
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A listener from Australia writes in: "l have been jealous of women who are loved unconditionally because being raised by a mother who cannot or does not love you, fully and completely without condition, entangles every aspect of you until many women are seething with anger, confusion, and hate." In this episode, Kerry McAvoy, PhD explores why the mother wound - the emotional neglect left by a mother who withheld unconditional love - runs so deep. Whether your mother was narcissistic, em...

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