Tanya Cotler Ph.D

2 weeks ago | psychologytoday.com | Tanya Cotler Ph.D |Devon Frye

Unspoken wounds often resurface in motherhood, linking past pain to present parenting. Trauma can be inherited biologically, shaping how we respond to stress as parents. Naming our pain—aloud or in writing—breaks cycles of shame and isolation. Healing happens while parenting, as we re-parent ourselves in real time. "It was never about weight… it was always about not being enough.”Jessi sat on the edge of my white boucle couch, her fingers twisting the sleeve of her cardigan.