Difficult Mothers, Adult Daughters:

A Guide For Separation, Liberation & Inspiration

“An empowering book . . . strategies for freeing yourself from the control of an unhealthy mother relationship.” —Susan Forward PhD, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Toxic Parents

For any adult daughter who struggles with a narcissistic, controlling, or otherwise difficult mother, here’s the good news: Your mother doesn't have to change in order for you to be happy. Inspired by her own journey, Karen C.L. Anderson shows women how to emotionally separate from their difficult mothers without guilt and anxiety, so they can finally create a life based on their own values, desires, needs, and preferences.

With personal stories, practical tools, and journal prompts that can be used now to feel better. Anderson compassionately leads women struggling in their relationships with their difficult mothers through a process of self-awareness and understanding. Her experience with hundreds of women has resulted in cases of profound growth and transformation. This book is about Anderson discovering and accepting the whole of who she is (separate from her mother), and—in relatable, real, funny, and compassionate prose—making her discoveries accessible to women struggling to redefine their own challenging relationships with their mothers.

Learn

• Why mothers and daughters can have difficult relationships

• How to heal and transform your mother “wounds”

• How to tell your stories in a way that empowers

• How to handle the uncomfortable emotions that seem inevitable

• The art of creating, articulating, and maintaining impeccable boundaries

• How to stop “shouldering”

• How to “re-mother” yourself and acknowledge, honour and meet your needs.

Reviews

…truth is, you are not your mother’s daughter. You are you. An autonomous adult who is a creature of goodness, light, and love and made up of the magic of Life. A woman who has the ability to take what happened to you in the past, and transform it into greater wisdom, depth and authentic love. And you can now redefine who you are, and what’s possible for you to create in this lifetime that is outside of your relationship with your mother. … Make this book your best friend. Sleep with it by your bedside. Read it each time you’re about to call your mother to remind you of the power you’re holding to have that conversation go well. Ultimately, I encourage you to use these chapters to help awaken you to who you really are, and the possibilities you’re holding for great healing, health, and happiness. Not in spite of all you’ve been through, but in many ways because of it. ~ from the Foreword by Katherine Woodward Thomas, author of New York Times bestsellers “Calling in ‘The One'” and “Conscious Uncoupling”

A practical and uplifting guide for the scores of women whose relationship with their mothers is less than optimal! ~ Christiane Northrup, M.D., ob/gyn physician and author of the New York Times bestsellers: “Goddesses Never Age: The Secret Prescription for Radiance, Vitality, and Wellbeing,” “Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom,” and “The Wisdom of Menopause”

An empowering book that offers clarity and validation as well as strategies for freeing yourself from the control of an unhealthy mother relationship. ~ Susan Forward Ph.D., author of Toxic Parents and Mothers who Can’t Love

Whether you can still call your mother, or not, this book will inspire healthy, life-changing patterns in what is so often the most fraught terrain of our lives. It models and inspires grace, acceptance, forgiveness, and thriving. I can still call mine, and Karen C.L. Anderson’s high dose of rational, and yes, magical thinking…has made all the difference. ~ Laura Munson, New York Times and international best-selling author of This Is Not The Story You Think It Is

Congratulations to Karen C.L. Anderson who has approached, embraced, and translated, in the most compassionate and engaging way, the most essential of subjects: the relationships between mothers and daughters. With grace, courage, and articulate brilliance, Anderson tells her own story with unhesitating integrity and complicated respect, thereby inviting the rest of us to do the same. For that, and for her clear, uncompromising prose, I would suggest that every woman who has struggled with her relationship to motherhood–from any perspective–reach for Difficult Mothers, Adult Daughters. ~ Dr. Gina Barreca, Professor of English and Feminist Theory, University of Connecticut, Syndicated Columnist and author of If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse?

The work that Karen C.L. Anderson is doing with daughters in regards to their mothers is some of the most important work on the planet today. When we understand how influenced our minds are by what happened when we were growing up, we can then decide to let it go. In this book, Karen gives us the steps to do just that. I know from experience that this work is not easy, but it is by far the most important work I have ever done. Let Karen show you the way. ~ Brooke Castillo, Master Coach Instructor & Founder of The Life Coach School

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Difficult Mothers, Adult Daughters: A Guide For Separation, Liberation & Inspiration is everything The Peaceful Daughter’s Guide was, and more.