by KCLAnderson | Oct 15, 2019 | Awareness, Emotions, Feminism, Guilt, Mother-daughter relationship
Question from a reader: How do I navigate and get over the guilt I feel because I am choosing to protect myself instead of calling my mother (or rarely calling her). For a while, phone calls had resumed and were cautiously pleasant, until she spent a month in the...
by KCLAnderson | Oct 10, 2019 | Empowerment, Generational patterns, Mother-daughter relationship, narcissism
People share articles about narcissistic (or, insert issue of your choice here) mothers with me. The articles are often accurate. And at the same time, they can be limiting. And in some ways harmful. It’s the same with online “support” groups. While...
by KCLAnderson | Oct 4, 2019 | Awareness, Emotions, Generational patterns, Mother Wound, Mother-daughter relationship, Re-mothering, Shame
Dear you… A couple of years ago, I was tagged in a thread on Facebook in which someone shared an article about why unloved daughters struggle to escape shame. Several women commented that this had been (and in some cases still is) their experience. “This is my...
by KCLAnderson | Oct 1, 2019 | Awareness
Dear you… 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...
by KCLAnderson | Sep 25, 2019 | Boundaries, Emotions, Empowerment, Generational patterns
“If I wasn’t afraid to feel __________________ I’d __________________.” Dear you… So often the reason you don’t… Set the boundary… Speak up for yourself… Say no… Say yes… Do the thing you’re...
