In this course, Polly Young-Eisendrath (founder of Dialogue Therapy and Real Dialogue) will help you find a path to your true self by exploring the topic of motherhood and the inner & outer challenges that come with it.  

When mothers idealize their children, or expect to be idealized by them, they may develop a version of ‘hothouse mothering’ in which a woman feels she must become the perfect/best/most amazing mother on the planet because this is the “best thing I can do on earth.” What does it mean in this context for mothers to take responsibility for their own lives?

In this course, Polly reflects on motherhood from a sociological, feminist and Jungian perspective. She analyzes these dynamics with the help of  the Grimm’s fairy tale of Rumpelstiltskin and pertinent archetypes & complexes.