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  • Adult Children of Narcissists Recovery, Book 1
  • Written by: Caroline Foster
  • Narrated by: Trei Taylor
  • Length: 3 hrs and 33 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (152 ratings)

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Narcissistic Mothers: How to Handle a Narcissistic Parent and Recover from CPTSD

Written by: Caroline Foster
Narrated by: Trei Taylor
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Publisher's Summary

If you are an adult child of a narcissistic mother, this audiobook is for you, and if you are not sure whether your abusive mother is a pathological narcissist, you will find out.

If you listen to this audiobook:

  • You will become aware of all the reasons why your childhood was so traumatic.
  • You will learn how to deal with your narcissistic mother without being her victim any longer.
  • You will find out all dysfunctional beliefs and habits that you developed during your childhood.
  • You will learn how to contrast Complex Traumatic Stress Disorder symptoms. 

The issue of toxic mothers challenges the status quo in so many ways but does need to be addressed. Adult children of narcissistic parents are often plagued with so much guilt and sense of deep obligation and shame that they feel duty-bound to keep whatever happened in the family secret, even when it is shredding their lives. It’s really difficult to share your experience because narcissists, and especially a narcissistic mother, can be very good at creating the perfect image of the family for outsiders.

The solution is not forgiving or forgetting, but understanding and working on your self-development, and finally taking back control of your life.

Even if you were born in the wrong place, growing up dealing with an abusive mother, you can leave the past behind and build a better future by taking control of your life. This audiobook is a painful path of awareness, but it is also the first step of a journey toward a better life.

©2019 Caroline Foster (P)2020 Caroline Foster

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Excellent Insight but Robotic Narrator

It was difficult at first to get past the narrator's robotic style, but the content was very accurate to my childhood experiences.

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Wonderful work!

This was a fabulous and very informative book! As I listened I was continually surprised over and over again how accurate this book described my mother.

Thank you! You have helped me on the road to healing!

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Robotic narration

Excellent book but the extremely robotic narration made it very difficult to sit through. Took me quite a few listens to make it through the whole thing.

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Just what I needed

This book made me understand so much of my childhood, especially the Golden child - scapegoat part. Lots of a-ha moments. Leaves you with a great desire to finally take back control of your life.

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Good for insight, poor on delivery

The book offered many insightful tips and revelations, however it was hard to get past the monotonous voice and drone of the narrator. got through it but would probably have absorbed more information from the book had the delivery been from a more interesting reader.

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Great read and very eye-opening!

I enjoyed this read. It was very relevant and useful information. The only thing I would alter is that it felt like there 100 different types of narcissists and kept giving examples without fully explaining each kind. There was a lot of info to keep track of. However the examples and format it was written and read with made it easy to understand and define.

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I have to buy the hard copy now and get to work

It was personally groundbreaking on too many levels. Theres now more work and insight to be gained

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Very helpful

Really help me to understand what my stepdaughter is going through with her mother and the pain we are feeling as her family

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Set your audio to 1.5x and it’s normal speech

I automatically have my audios faster cuz I note there are a LOT of slow talkers out there and it’s mildly necessary if you want a smoother sped up sound. Ppl who talk fast have a weird cadence when sped up. She doesn’t sound robotic at all with the audio at 1.5x. That being said and a solution given to most readers or past readers who want to give it another go - this was a great book. It’s given me a lot to think about in regards to moving on or validating myself.

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AI reader is irritating

The "woman" who reads this sounds like a robot - emphasis on the wrong words, flat affect - very hard to listen to. Content ok.

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