I Held My Mother's Pain

Poet Taylor Kinney shares her journey through healing her maternal lineage
through the lens of the inner child archetype. Navigating early childhood and
adolescent trauma, she journeys through her school age years attempting to unpack
her mother's expression of pain and the messages of feminine conditioning.
Taylor accepts the invitation into the unknown. She steps into the journey of
re-parenting and self-love, reclaiming fragmented parts of herself, and ultimately
reconnecting with the great mother.
I Held My Mother's Pain is a heart-wrenching poetry collection
exploring the lasting effects of generational trauma and the
long, emotional journey to recovery and self-love. The
pain in these poems has been hidden and held tightly
for generations in Taylor's maternal lineage. The women
who came before her had their own stories that were left
untold as they held and passed on the wounds from their
mothers of generations' prior.
Taylor's writing is vulnerable, raw, and will touch
your heart in the most sensitive and delicate ways.
She offers the message that in times of pain and
uncertainty, there remains a light inside, always
guiding the way. This is an invitation to sprint as
fast as you can towards the little being inside of
you and squeeze them with an abundance of love,
expression, and belonging.