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Difficult Mothers, Adult Daughters

Written by: Karen C.L. Anderson, Katherine Woodward Thomas - foreword
Narrated by: Sarah Mollo-Christensen
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Publisher's Summary

Transform your relationship with your mother.

The best news on the planet is that your mother doesn't have to change in order for you to be happy. In fact, author Karen C.L. Anderson will take it a step further and say your mother doesn't have to change in order for you to be free, peaceful, contented, and joyful.

You can emotionally separate without guilt: Inspired by her own journey, Anderson's Difficult Mothers, Adult Daughters: A Guide for Separation, Liberation & Inspiration shows women how to emotionally separate from their mothers without guilt and anxiety so they can finally create a life based on their own values, desires, needs, and preferences. Not to mention being able to like and respect themselves during the process.

Learn through the experiences of others: Through personal stories and experiences, practical tools that can used right away to feel better, and journal prompts, Anderson compassionately leads women who struggle in their relationships with their mothers through a process of self-awareness and understanding. Anderson's work with hundreds of women and her own personal work have resulted in profound growth and transformation. Anderson knows the results are nothing short of miraculous.

Funny and compassionate: This audiobook is about Anderson discovering and accepting the whole of who she is (separate from her mother), and making her discoveries accessible to women struggling to redefine their challenging relationships with their mothers. Her writing is relatable, real, funny, and compassionate.

What you'll learn inside this audiobook:

  • Why mothers and daughters tend to have difficult relationships
  • How to heal and transform your mother "wounds" from sources of pain into sources of creativity and wisdom
  • How to tell your stories in a way that empowers you, rather than making you powerless
  • How to handle the uncomfortable emotions that seem inevitable when it comes to your relationship with your mother
  • The art of creating, articulating, and maintaining impeccable boundaries
  • How to stop "shoulding" when it comes to yourself and your mother
  • How to "re-mother" yourself and acknowledge, honor, and meet your own preferences and needs
  • And much, much more
©2018 Karen C.L. Anderson (P)2018 Vibrance Press

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Just in time to talk me out of caving once again.

The timing of this listen is not random as it is with most listeners I'm sure. I needed both an explanation of the patterns I've been living in as well as options for the future. I found myself relating to almost every story and example and so many moments where I realized how Ive been trained to react to protect myself and those around me. This book is realistic in how to move forward with boundaries rather than zero contact forever (but also outlines when that may be the only choice). Best of luck to all who read this I hope it gives you some peace as it has me.

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great book. great story and info. narrated by A.I.

really like the content. hard to get through with the narrator due to her almost robotic tone. I feel like I'm having a story told to me by A.I. But otherwise great book.

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