Paige VanderSloot, MS, LMFT, CST, DMQ Founder of Awaken Center for Healing Many women carry a wound that often goes unnamed. It lives beneath relationships, within the body, and inside deeply held beliefs about love, safety, power, and provision. It shapes how a woman moves through the world—how she trusts, softens, protects herself, and allows…
Paige VanderSloot, MS, LMFT, CST, DMQ Founder of Awaken Center for Healing Many men do not think of themselves as having a “mother wound.” They may recognize relationship struggles, emotional distance, or difficulty with vulnerability. However, they rarely trace these patterns back to their earliest relationship with a mother or primary caregiver. Yet this early…
Paige VanderSloot, MS, LMFT, CST, DMQ Founder of Awaken Center for Healing What Is the Mother Wound? The mother wound transcends the specific actions or omissions of a parent. It is the psychological and relational imprint established through your foundational bond with the feminine—the primary experience of being seen, received, and understood. This imprint can…
7 Rooted Truths About Low Sexual Desire—and What You Can Actually Do Paige VanderSloot, MS, LMFT, CST, DMQ Founder of Awaken Center for Healing You might be here because something feels off. You feel unwanted. Maybe even unloved. “She never initiates.”“She’s always too tired.”“I only get touched when she thinks I want sex.”“I miss feeling…