Healing the Under-Mothered Wound with Self-Love Coach Karel Chan

For this week's episode I spoke with clinical mental health therapist and self-love coach Karel Chan. Karel has over ten years of experience and practice as a clinical mental health therapist and self-love/mindfulness coach. She spent the first 20 years of adulthood struggling to find happiness in the “right” things: a career, a husband, a family, a home. Regardless of what she had or was still trying to find, she continued to feel empty, disconnected, and directionless. When she finally learned how to give deep, unconditional love to all parts of herself and allow those parts to receive that love, something in her broke open and she found lasting joy, peace, and contentment in herself and her life.

She's seen firsthand the power of mindfulness, compassion, and self-love in making lasting change. Now she helps other women heal their relationships with themselves through inner-child work and authentic self-love, helping them live wholeheartedly and with more confidence.

Some main topics we covered:
-What being "under-mothered" means.
-How that effects us later in life.
-The Emotionally Absent Mother by Jasmin Lee Cori
-What inner-child work is and examples of how to do it.
-Ways to work with Karel.
Ways you can find Karel:
You can find Karel at anchoredaway.com
You can follow Karel on Instagram @anchoredawakening
You can also follow me on Instagram @wellness_mattersblog.