Who the F Am I Now? Where ambitious women in business find healing, identity, and self-love after grief, motherhood, and life’s hardest seasons.

Sep 23 

Written By Nicole Weston

From May 3, 2021 to August 19, 2025, I was in what I call the descent. A downward spiral. An unraveling. An undoing.

The sudden death of my mom cracked me wide open. I was grieving, mothering, running a business, holding up my marriage and

What Is the Mother Wound?

The mother wound is the invisible imprint of unmet needs, unhealed grief, and learned patterns of self-neglect passed down through generations. It can show up as:

• Fierce independence that shuts out help
  
  

• Fear of abandonment that drives over-performance
  
  

• Chronic self-criticism despite generosity toward others
  
  

Resentment cycles in relationships that leave you feeling isolated

You both became parents so why does it feel like you as the mother do everything? That was me when we first became parents and as time went on I felt deep resentment for his sense of freedom, managing the invisible list and for feeling like his mother and not his partner.

Learn about the mother wound - a deep, generational experience that many women carry. Find out how to heal it and reclaim your power as a woman.