by KCLAnderson | Dec 22, 2020 | Feminism, Generational patterns, Mother Wound, Mother-daughter relationship, Shadow, The Wisdom of Others
Love, it takes strength and courage to rock your family’s boat. To choose differently than what has been done for generations. To not do what was done just because they did it. When you make this choice you’re shifting and changing generations of identity...
by KCLAnderson | Nov 30, 2020 | Anger, Awareness, Boundaries, co-dependence, controlling mother, Emotions, Generational patterns, Mother Wound, Mother-daughter relationship, Relationships
There are some shitty people in the world and some of them just happened to be mothers. Acknowledging that doesn’t make you a bad person. Feeling angry about it doesn’t mean you’re not evolved. Feeling sad about it doesn’t mean you’re...
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 30, 2020 | Awareness, Empowerment, Feminism, Generational patterns, Guilt, Mother Wound, Mother-daughter relationship, The Wisdom of Others
(Listen to the podcast version) I recently read A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum. It’s a semi-autobiographical novel about three generations of Palestinian women living in the U.S. and the (in some cases deadly) generational shame passed down consciously and...
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...