Paperback – June 13, 2023
You Are Not Your Mother:
Releasing Generational Trauma and Shame (Living Free from Narcissistic Mothers and Fathers)
Release the Generational Trauma of Shame
What is your relationship to shame? How can you overcome it and live an intentional life of vulnerability? You Are Not Your Mother guides readers on how to see shame, and live separately from it.
Shift away from shame and turn to radical acceptance and forgiveness. Grow your internal self acceptance and resilience with this guide for women who come from families where narcissism, fear, shame, and other trauma-related behaviors went unchecked. Packed with meditative prompts to help you explore your relationship to shame. You are Not Your Mother caters to your inner desires to be seen, heard, and known. The toxic generational trauma and unhealthy relationships can stop with you!
Explore your personal roots to shame with an expert. As a top authority on recovering from growing up in toxic families, Karen C.L. Anderson walks you through her shame story, her relationship with her mother, and the simple practices she has developed to alleviate guilt from unhealthy relationships. Author of bestselling Difficult Mothers, Adult Daughters with over 150,000 copies sold, Karen offers tools to process, understand and move beyond childhood trauma so you can not only survive, but thrive.
Inside, you'll find:
Karen's story on dealing with childhood trauma and how she overcame her shame
Journal prompts, mind-body practices, and simple exercises to release shame and toxic habits
A guide on how to finally identify shame, and how to embrace living free from it
If you enjoy therapy books and content on emotion management, then this book is for you! If you liked I'm Glad My Mom Died, Mother Hunger, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, or Uprooting Shame And Guilt, you'll love You Are Not Your Mother.