by KCLAnderson | Nov 21, 2020 | Awareness, Emotions, forgiveness, Mother-daughter relationship, Re-mothering
MYTH: the only way to move forward, heal, and feel better about your relationship with your mother is for both of you – equally – to want to repair the relationship, for you both – equally – to actively work on it (maybe even in therapy together), for your mother to...
by KCLAnderson | Nov 3, 2020 | Awareness, Boundaries, co-dependence, controlling mother, Emotions, Generational patterns, Guilt, Mother Wound, Mother-daughter relationship, Relationships, The Wisdom of Others
Question from a reader: I have just finished reading your book, processing all the great things you’ve written, and deciding how to apply those things to my life. I have been married for three years to someone my mom actually picked out for me to meet. The...
by KCLAnderson | Oct 26, 2020 | Adult daughter, Awareness, Boundaries, Emotions, Feminism, Generational patterns, Mother Wound, Mother-daughter relationship, Re-mothering, Relationships, Self-Acceptance, Shadow, Shame
You’ve come here to work on the relationship you have with your mother. To establish healthy, mature boundaries. Inevitably, you will also work on the relationship you have with yourself. And the relationships you have with others. You will uncover painful...
by KCLAnderson | Oct 21, 2020 | Adult daughter, Awareness, Boundaries, controlling mother, Emotions, Empowerment, Feminism, forgiveness, Generational patterns, grief, Guilt, Mother Wound, Mother-daughter relationship, Re-mothering, Relationships, Self-Acceptance, The Wisdom of Others
It’s not easy to reconcile and heal your relationship with your mother if it’s been a source of suffering. It’s an ongoing process that can include the cycling of intense emotion (fear, rage, grief) and the seeming lack of emotion (numbness). It can also include...
by KCLAnderson | Oct 16, 2020 | Adult daughter, Anger, Awareness, co-dependence, Emotions, Generational patterns, Mother-daughter relationship, Relationships
I remember the day so clearly. I had marched myself down to Ocean Beach Park, a few blocks from our old house in New London, and was HURLING rocks into the water. It was a fury like no other. White! Hot! RAGE! Because my mother had asked me a question in an email. I...
by KCLAnderson | Aug 11, 2020 | Awareness, Emotions, Empowerment, Generational patterns, Mother-daughter relationship
You are built to feel love. It’s your birthright. And there’s a part of you that wants to feel love when you think about your mother. Even if she was a terrible person. Even if she did terrible things. The idea of feeling love for her might also feel...
