by KCLAnderson | Sep 14, 2019 | Generational patterns, Mother-daughter relationship, narcissism, Relationships, Self-Acceptance
I stopped wishing she’d change. I started noticing the difference between what she does and how I labeled it. I asked myself two key questions. Re: wishing she’d change Think about how hard it is to change a significant behavior. First, you have to know it’s a...
by KCLAnderson | Aug 23, 2019 | Awareness, Boundaries, Generational patterns, Mother-daughter relationship, Relationships
Question from a reader… I have a girls trip to Hawaii planned with my adult daughter, my mother-in-law, and my mother in April 2020. I have a close relationship with my daughter and I am so thankful it’s not like the relationship I have with my mother. I’m also...
by KCLAnderson | May 13, 2019 | Feminism, Generational patterns, Mother-daughter relationship, Relationships
My mother is old and dying. We’ve never gotten along and everyone knows it. I can’t think of one nice thing to say about her. She was/is [insert all the negative things about her here]. But I feel obligated to say something nice about her at her funeral....
by KCLAnderson | Feb 1, 2019 | Awareness, Empowerment, Mother-daughter relationship, Relationships, The Wisdom of Others
[I AM NOT DOING MY JOB if anyone who reads my books/columns/newsletter believes that they have to wait for someone to die in order to feel better (and I make this distinction…it’s okay if you want to wait, but you don’t HAVE to wait)] Question from a...
by KCLAnderson | Jan 25, 2019 | Awareness, Emotions, grief, Mother-daughter relationship, Relationships, The Wisdom of Others
Question from a reader… A friend recently lost her mother and I think it sparked a grieving process in me. It’s as if my own mother was dead, the mother I always wished I had. My mother is, of course, alive and well and we continue to have a very difficult...
by KCLAnderson | Dec 21, 2018 | Boundaries, Empowerment, Mother-daughter relationship, Re-mothering, Relationships, Self-Acceptance
Imagine me reading this to your mother…or, if you’d like to hear me read it, click here. Also, your mother may be mentally ill, addicted, and/or have a personality disorder that prevents her from having the empathy and ability to hear and receive this...
