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 | Aug 11, 2020 | Adult daughter, Awareness, Boundaries, Mother-daughter relationship
What decision are you grappling with right now? Maybe it’s something seemingly insignificant. Vanilla or chocolate? 😉 Or maybe it’s something that, when you think about it, feels intractable. Maybe it’s something like deciding establish a boundary...
by KCLAnderson | Mar 11, 2020 | Awareness, Boundaries, Emotions, Mother-daughter relationship, Uncategorized
“I hope some day you can be proud of her,” a woman said to me on Facebook, in regards to my mother (in response to a version of this blog post, which I originally wrote on Facebook). Who said I’m not proud of my mother? I thought to myself. Given...
by KCLAnderson | Feb 24, 2020 | Adult daughter, Boundaries, Empowerment, Generational patterns, Guilt, Mother-daughter relationship, Re-mothering
Did you know that at its root, the word “power” simply means “to be able”? And when you talk about taking back your power, you’re simply reminding yourself that you are, indeed, able. You are able to set healthy boundaries. You are able...
by KCLAnderson | Feb 6, 2020 | Awareness, Boundaries, controlling daughter, controlling mother, Generational patterns, Mother-daughter relationship, The Wisdom of Others, Uncategorized
Last week I wrote about the subtle-but-powerful difference between establishing a boundary as a form of protection and establishing a boundary as a form of respect. This week let’s explore the difference between boundaries, requests, and demands, with thanks to...
