pbAn Honest and Revolutionary Guide to the Emotions Moms Feel But Seldom Talk Aboutb pA few years ago, Dr. Claire Nicogossian began noticing a trend in her therapy room Mothers are struggling with the challenging and unexpected emotions that surface during their journey through motherhood. In the confines of a safe, judgment-free space, they share about the heavy guilt they carry from losing control and yelling at their children the crippling fear that they are failing their families and the exhaustion of juggling work, home, and family. Dr. Claire calls these our shadow emotions. While varying in intensity, our shadow emotions take some form of sadness, anger, fear, embarrassment, or disgust, often a combination. In this breakthrough book, Dr. Claire sheds light on these shadow emotions and provides a path to thriving joy, inner calm, and radiant confidence. pDrawing upon her own experiences of raising four children and many years of counseling mothers as a clinical psychologist, Dr.