That’s what a civil rights lawyer wrote to Julia Lurie, the day after her major investigation into a psychiatric hospital chain that uses foster children as “cash cows” published, letting her know he was using her findings that same day in a hearing to keep a child out of one of the facilities we investigated. Sound familiar? Trauma psychotherapist Kelly McDaniel has seen these traits over and over in clients who feel trapped in cycles of harmful behaviours - and are unable to stop. Trauma counselor Kelly McDaniel has seen these traits over and over in clients who feel trapped in cycles of harmful behaviors-and are unable to stop. The Center For Integrative Change helps individuals and couples struggling with addiction and trauma. We specialize in sex, porn, and substance abuse addictions. This story was originally published by Grist andis reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

It’s not just Zauderer’s project that has blossomed. Community fridges first cropped up a decade ago in a few isolated spots around the globe, then spread across the United States right after the pandemic started in 2020, when supply chains were crumbling, food prices were rising, and families across the country were strugglingto find meals. At the time, the fridges were viewed as a creative response to an urgent need. But when the pandemic subsided, it became clear that the refrigerators —sometimes called freedges, friendly fridges, and love fridges— were more than a fad. Today, nonprofits and mutual aid groups are overseeing hundreds of fridges that bolster access to food in cities from Miami to Anchorage, Alaska.One concern that researchers have with projects that repurpose food is that they require additional resources, like transportation and electricity. “Rescuing [food] still comes at a cost,” said Kathryn Bender, a professor and food waste researcher at the University of Delaware. Join Mother Hunger Support Group that provides a supportive and safe space for individuals who are dealing with Mother Hunger. With forums for open discussion, private messaging for one-on-one support, and access to resources and information, our aim is to help individuals find comfort and healing through shared experiences and connections with others who have gone through similar struggles. We are dedicated to fostering a non-judgmental and compassionate environment, moderated for safety and support, where individuals can find the help and hope they need during a difficult time. Your mom may have remained consistently disconnected, or too preoccupied to read a book to help you fall asleep at night or failed to comfort you, especially when you were hurting. She may have ignored your feelings and wanted you to be there for her instead, as in caring for her pain and soothing her worn nerves. A caregiver who was not at all interested in you as a unique person, with gifts, talents, and treasures. Your mom may have had an addiction or mental or physical illness that superseded her ability to care for you. You may have had a sibling who was chronically ill that required more time and energy from your mom with nothing left to give to the rest of the family. But not all relationships between moms and their daughters are rosy. Counselor and coach Rosjke Hasseldine explains that conflict is common in these relationships, though it's often dismissed as being unimportant or simply the result of hormone fluctuations (via Rosjke.com). At the root of this conflict, she says, is actually a much deeper "emotional starvation" and neglect of personal needs.

Even a fridge that draws electricity from a coal-powered grid uses less energy each day than a single cell phone, said Dawn King, who researches food waste and policy at Brown University. “Is it worth using greenhouse gas emissions to plug in a refrigerator so people can eat food that otherwise would have gotten wasted? Hell yes it is.” That’s awesome. As is the fact that Julia, who spent a full year reporting this challenging story, promptly heard from a Senate committee that will use her work in their own investigation of Universal Health Services. There’s no doubt her revelations will continue to have a big impact in the months and years to come.You may have been free to explore the neighborhood without responsible and reasonable boundaries and limits. A parent who explains that this is where you can ride your bike and this is what time I am expecting you to return home, is shepherding a child responsibly. A neglectful parent may not have the capacity to help a child, so she is left to provide guidance and supervision for herself. You may have had to figure out how to do homework or what to do in an emergency or how to cook for yourself, creating a sense of ambiguity and a feeling of abandonment. What can I do? Trauma counsellor Kelly McDaniel helps women break the cycle of destructive behaviour by taking a hard look at childhood trauma and its lasting impact. An endless ache to love and be loved. Periods of overeating or starving. A pattern of unstable moods and painful relationships. A fridge in Austin, Texas, once went missing. It had been “borrowed” by someone who wanted to keep beers cold for an event at South by Southwest, according to Kellie Stiewert, an organizer at the ATX Free Fridge project. But such shenanigans are rare. That the fridges can be placed with a property owner’s permission just about anywhere—in front of a taqueria, a person’s home, an office building—is what makes the concept “beautiful,” Stiewert said. If you can, please support the reporting you get from Mother Jones—that exists to make a difference, not a profit—with a donation of any amount today. We need more donations than normal to come in from this specific blurb to help close our funding gap before it gets any bigger. Donate

Mother Hunger destigmatizes the shame that comes with being under-mothered and misdiagnosed, and offers a healing path. An insatiable need for sex and love. Periods of overeating or starving. A pattern of unstable and painful relationships. Mother Hunger® is a term coined by the psychotherapist and author Kelly McDaniel to represent the particular grief experienced by many women. Kelly McDaniel defines Mother Hunger beautifully in her book, Mother Hunger® In Chicago, an artist named Eric Von Haynes co-founded a fridge network called The Love Fridge in 2020. Today, he helps oversee more than 20 love fridges, each decorated with eye-popping colors and phrases like “Free food for all!” According to Von Haynes, the fridges are filled, cleaned, and maintained by hundreds of volunteers. He estimates that thousands of pounds of food move through them each month. This could be the first time a corporation would be held criminally liable for forced labor in their own supply chains,” according to a retired special agent we talked to.Think about a half-eaten burger. That’s a no-go,” said Oehninger. “But this is very rare. Most people bring good leftovers.” Like Zauderer’s pizza. If you've recognized that you're struggling with unsatiated mother hunger, Kelly McDaniel says on " The Goop Podcast" that the next step is to identify which of the three basic needs you weren't given as a child and find a healthy way to meet those needs as an adult. Growing Human(kind)ness also suggests allowing yourself to grieve the mother you wanted but didn't have and honor the uncomfortable feelings you may hold for your mother. And it is only because Mother Jones is funded primarily by donations from readers that we can mount ambitious, yearlong— or more—investigations like these two stories that are making waves. The fridges also embody a straightforward solution to climate change. Each year, tens of billions of pounds of food, more than a thirdof what’s produced in the U.S., get tossed into trash bins. Most of those scraps end up in landfills, where they decompose and release methane, a powerful heat-trapping gas. The sheer quantity of the country’s combined waste makes it a major source of climate pollution: Food waste accounts for as much as 10 percentof global greenhouse gas emissions. And more food is being thrown out than ever. Kelly McDaniel has eloquently described the various forms of neglect that can shape our experiences in life and continue to impact us as adult women. In her writing, Kelly explains that it is not about blaming our caregiver, they may have been victims of neglect themselves or had other unmanageable circumstances like an abusive partner. Instead, she helps to shed light on how mother-daughter relationships can become complex when nurturing, guidance and protection are absent.