Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #23533 in Books
• Published on: 2005-02-18
• Format: Audiobook
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Audio CD

Customer Reviews

Forced to parent your mother from the age of 5?
If you, like me, suffered from role reversal, if your mother expected you to "look after mummy because if you don't, something might happen to me!", if you have been weighed down by guilt, shame, anger and depression which seems to have dominated your adult life, if you still don't seem to know who you are as a woman when everyone else seems to know where they are going, if you still feel an overwhelming need to be parented, then, this cassette comes as highly recommended.

The author, Clarissa Pinkola Estes, sounds as if she has travelled a very similar journey. Her voice is warm, soothing and empathic, as she explains why unmothered children get locked into certain ways of behaving, the depressions, the feelings of unworthiness and low self-esteem, and the far-reaching effects such abuse can have on adult life. Listening to this tape will give any unmothered adults, (especially women), hope, understanding, and empowerment to find their way back to the child they once were.

Clarissa states very early on in the tape that the only person who can parent an unmothered adult and "make it better" is the adult herself. A bitter pill to swallow when all you want is for someone to come into your life and do it all for you but knowing that truth can act as a catalyst for change. Yes there is a way out of this dungeon of pain. Your life can change. You can't change your past any more than I can, but you can change your future. Let Clarissa help you and guide your first steps on the road to your recovery.

There is a nurturing internal mother inside us all
I could never say enough about any book or tape by Clarissa Pinkola Estes. This audio tape in particular has meant a lot to me in healing wounds of childhood neglect and abandonment. Each time I listen to these stories my internal mother grows, becomes stronger, and is more able to nurture me in a way I have never experienced. Dr. Estes talks about what an unmothered child experiences, but she also helps you see that you have special gifts and powers, and only need to search within to find and free them.

Ms. What a fantastic resource!
I heartily recommend Warming the Stone Child. She goes right to the heart of healing the core issues of anyone who has experienced abandonment by a crucial nurturing figure. I have listened to this tape over an over again after it was given to me as a gift. Her stories and wisdom have helped to nurture my psyche in many important way. I return to it again and again.