Motherhood in a way opens our eyes and gets to know the inside of ourselves, our strengths, our fears, learned behaviours and patterns which we bring to the world with us as a result of our own upbringing. The mothers who have already children discover that after giving birth to them, the old wounds are reopened, not to injure anyone, but to request healing. When it comes to upbringing children, we are usually welcomed to upbring ourselves. This tour is not only 8 beautiful but also emotionally difficult and quite transformative. For many women, the desire to break generational cycles becomes a guiding force. This is not a promise made out of perfectionism, but rather, of enlightenment. It is the result of the silent, heroic act to wait and think before reacting, to challenge some of the old notions and to build a healthier emotional climate than the one they might have been raised in. It can be quite burdensome to take another way, particularly in the situations when old patt...