Recognize the Effects of the Good Daughter Syndrome

Controlling Mom? 5 Steps to Break Free

Controlling Mom? 5 Steps to Break Free

( How to break free from an overbearing and controlling mother) A manipulative, intrusive, overbearing, micromanaging.... controlling Mother can make your life miserable.   In the extreme, it can be soul-crushing and do violence to your sense of agency, leaving...

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Why Am I  So Hard On Mothers?

Why Am I So Hard On Mothers?

( If you would rather listen -go to the end of the post for the audio version) If you've landed here... you know I've created an entire website devoted to calling out difficult mothers and helping their daughters. Yikes! I've taken the hardest job on the planet...

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12 (Unmistakable) Signs of a COVERT Narcissistic Mother

12 (Unmistakable) Signs of a COVERT Narcissistic Mother

Updated October 5. 2024 ( Covert Narcissistic Mother) ( For the audio version of this post, go to the end of the article) You've read about narcissistic mothers... but the descriptions don't exactly fit your Mother's behavior.     Yes, she's difficult;...

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Dear Daughter – How I Let You Go And What I Learned 

Dear Daughter – How I Let You Go And What I Learned 

        The heartbreak and gift of letting your daughter go Dear Teenaged Daughter, (written 10 years ago)  You have that far away look in your eyes now. Home isn’t the center of your universe. I knew it would be this way. I just didn’t know how...

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