The Good Daughter Syndrome

Dealing with a Difficult mother

Dreading Mother’s Day?  A New Perspective Could Help

Dreading Mother’s Day? A New Perspective Could Help

Standing in the card aisle looking for a Mother’s Day card, you freeze. [The same holds true for all holidays and required gift-giving celebrations.]  Nothing seems to fit how you feel. All of the cards you see describe a mother/daughter relationship you don’t...

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Calling Mom Out Can Be Hard. This Could Help.

Calling Mom Out Can Be Hard. This Could Help.

You have been stuffing your feelings for so long because you are afraid of standing up to mom. Yet, the anger and resentment have built up to a point you know you need to say something. You're thinking about calling her out. So, you finally get up the courage to speak...

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How To Stand Up To Mom, Even If You Struggle

How To Stand Up To Mom, Even If You Struggle

Do you struggle to stand up for yourself? Can you stand up to your mom, mother-in-law, stepmother or another woman in a position of authority? Have you ever let someone get away with being rude or unkind to you and... you say nothing?  Does your mother, mother-in-law,...

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Are You Too Sensitive or Is Mom Intrusive?

Are You Too Sensitive or Is Mom Intrusive?

  Is your mother an intrusive mother or are you just too sensitive? How can you tell? Here's the scene- your inbox or phone is flooded with an avalanche of unanswered emails, texts or messages from mom? Requests, demands, and opinions, oh my! And, "Would you...

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