The Psychological Landscape of Mothering With Unresolved Trauma Motherhood is often portrayed as a seamless transition filled with the joy of nurturing new life. Beneath that narrative, however, lies a more complex truth: women carry their entire histories — especially unresolved childhood hurts — into their parenting. When someone who has experienced early emotional pain steps into mothering, she enters a path that is both profoundly challenging and deeply transformative. Th