The Trinity Wounds: Witch Wound, Sister Wound, Mother Wound

About this episode

Vanessa Bennett discusses the Trinity Wounds and their impact on women's relationships and healing.

So much of women’s pain gets individualized as “personal failure,” when so many of our struggles are intelligent adaptations to patriarchal and capitalist systems. In this episode, Vanessa Bennett, LMFT introduces the Trinity Wounds —the witch wound , sister wound , and mother wound —and how they shape women’s relationship to visibility, trust with other women, and the complicated grief we carry toward our mothers. We start with the loss of the village (the severing of communal support and interdependence), then walk through how each wound shows up in modern life: self-minimization, competition, suspicion, compliance, and disconnection from instinct. You’ll leave with a map for healing that includes context, grief, shadow work, relational repair, and embodiment—choosing what’s truer instead of what’s safer. For educational purposes only. This isn’t therapy. If you want to go deeper, check out the written companion on Substack and explore community + training at https://www.vanessaBennett.com. Additional Resources Explore: VanessaBennett.com Book: The Motherhood Myth Community: Inner Compass Collective Training: Inner Compass Academy Connect with Inner Compass Follow on Instagram…

People in this episode

Host: Vanessa Bennett

Topics covered

• women's pain
• patriarchy
• capitalism
• Trinity Wounds
• healing
• visibility
• community

Keywords

• witch wound
• sister wound
• mother wound
• self-minimization
• competition
• grief
• shadow work
• relational repair

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Gamut Podcast Network

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