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You’re Not Broken: Why You People-Please, Feel Anxious, & Never Feel Good Enough – and How to Heal
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The Apology Ache and Making Amends to Yourself
At 56:05 · chapter starts 55:40
Kelly introduces one of her most original concepts: Apology Ache. Most grown women, she argues, are walking around with a deep, almost biological craving for their mother to say: 'I see what happened. I'm sorry. And I'm actually going to do something different now.' [1] — Kelly McDaniel "Most grown women are walking around wanting an apology from their mother — one that acknowledges real harm and promises real change. Becaus…" 55:30 Any lesser form — 'I'm sorry you feel that way,' or a repeated sorry with no change — is not a real apology, and the body knows it. This ache, Kelly says, gets displaced onto every relationship in a woman's life: she needs her partner to apologise, her boss, her friends, her children. When Mel asks whether it's possible to move on without the apology, Kelly offers a beautiful and practical answer: making amends to yourself. Whatever you are waiting for your mother to apologise for reveals exactly what you most need to give yourself right now. [2] — Kelly McDaniel "Whatever you are waiting for your mother to apologize for reveals exactly what you need to give yourself now. If she was always late to pic…" 59:00 If she was always late to pick you up, stop abandoning yourself by being late to things that matter. The Apology Ache becomes an instruction manual for self-mothering.
Whatever you are waiting for your mother to apologize for reveals exactly what you need to give yourself now. If she was always late to pick you up, stop abandoning yourself by being late to things you value. The apology you wanted becomes the instruction manual for self-mothering.
Unmet childhood attachment needs do not diminish — they grow in intensity with age, just as physical hunger intensifies when you don't eat.
