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Difficult Mothers, Adult Daughters
by Karen C.L. Anderson • 2018
She shaped the story you carry about yourself. Rewriting it is how you get free.
3.54
819
Difficult Mothers, Adult Daughters Summary
Difficult Mothers, Adult Daughters 98%
She shaped the story you carry about yourself. Rewriting it is how you get free.
by Karen C.L. Anderson 2018
3.54
819 ratings
Mothers Who Can't Love
by Susan Forward • 2014
When maternal love is absent, the daughter blames herself. A path out of that pain.
4.21
5k+
Mothers Who Can't Love Summary
Mothers Who Can't Love 98%
When maternal love is absent, the daughter blames herself. A path out of that pain.
by Susan Forward 2014
4.21
5k+ ratings
Will I Ever Be Good Enough? Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers
by Karyl McBride • 2008
Naming the hidden wound of a narcissistic mother, and the path to healing it.
4.20
12k+
Will I Ever Be Good Enough? Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers Summary
Will I Ever Be Good Enough? Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers 97%
Naming the hidden wound of a narcissistic mother, and the path to healing it.
by Karyl McBride 2008
4.20
12k+ ratings
Doña Huevotes
by Anamar Orihuela • 2023
Learned in childhood to carry everyone, need nothing. Your way back begins inside your body.
3.87
432
Doña Huevotes Summary
Doña Huevotes 97%
Learned in childhood to carry everyone, need nothing. Your way back begins inside your body.
by Anamar Orihuela 2023
3.87
432 ratings
Daughters Who Are Never Good Enough
by Abbey Strauss • 2011
When your mother charms everyone but you: the tools for setting limits and healing old wounds.
4.33
3
Daughters Who Are Never Good Enough Summary
Daughters Who Are Never Good Enough 97%
When your mother charms everyone but you: the tools for setting limits and healing old wounds.
by Abbey Strauss 2011
4.33
3 ratings
The Emotionally Absent Mother
by Jasmin Lee Cori • 2010
What your mother never gave you can still be built. The repair tools, step by step.
4.16
4k+
The Emotionally Absent Mother Summary
The Emotionally Absent Mother 97%
What your mother never gave you can still be built. The repair tools, step by step.
by Jasmin Lee Cori 2010
4.16
4k+ ratings
Adult Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers
by Stephanie M. Kriesberg PsyD • 2022
Daughters of narcissistic mothers: quiet self-doubt, set boundaries that stick, trust your own mind.
3.96
2k+
Adult Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers Summary
Adult Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers 96%
Daughters of narcissistic mothers: quiet self-doubt, set boundaries that stick, trust your own mind.
by Stephanie M. Kriesberg PsyD 2022
3.96
2k+ ratings
Running on Empty
by Jonice Webb • 2012
The childhood you can't complain about might be the one that left you hollow.
4.18
11k+
Running on Empty Summary
Running on Empty 95%
The childhood you can't complain about might be the one that left you hollow.
by Jonice Webb 2012
4.18
11k+ ratings
The Emotional Incest Syndrome
by Patricia Love • 1990
Some parents lean on a child for emotional support. The adult damage, and the roadmap to repair.
4.20
547
The Emotional Incest Syndrome Summary
The Emotional Incest Syndrome 95%
Some parents lean on a child for emotional support. The adult damage, and the roadmap to repair.
by Patricia Love 1990
4.20
547 ratings
The Drama of the Gifted Child
by Alice Miller • 1979
Depression and grandiosity share a root: the child who learned her feelings were inconvenient.
4.05
31k+
The Drama of the Gifted Child Summary
The Drama of the Gifted Child 95%
Depression and grandiosity share a root: the child who learned her feelings were inconvenient.
by Alice Miller 1979
4.05
31k+ ratings
Self-Care for Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents
by Lindsay C. Gibson • 2021
Your parents never modeled emotional maturity. Learn the self-care you missed.
3.78
4k+
Self-Care for Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents Summary
Self-Care for Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents 95%
Your parents never modeled emotional maturity. Learn the self-care you missed.
by Lindsay C. Gibson 2021
3.78
4k+ ratings
Recovering from Emotionally Immature Parents
by Lindsay C. Gibson • 2019
They'll never apologize. Here's how to stop waiting, hold your ground, and protect your peace.
4.40
6k+
Recovering from Emotionally Immature Parents Summary
Recovering from Emotionally Immature Parents 95%
They'll never apologize. Here's how to stop waiting, hold your ground, and protect your peace.
by Lindsay C. Gibson 2019
4.40
6k+ ratings
Family Secrets - The Path from Shame to Healing
by John Bradshaw • 1996
Family shame runs you from the shadows. A path to unearth, confront, and break free.
4.16
255
Family Secrets - The Path from Shame to Healing Summary
Family Secrets - The Path from Shame to Healing 95%
Family shame runs you from the shadows. A path to unearth, confront, and break free.
by John Bradshaw 1996
4.16
255 ratings
How to Heal Your Inner Child
by Simon Chapple • 2021
Your inner child holds the key to healing the emotional neglect you never knew you experienced.
3.76
177
How to Heal Your Inner Child Summary
How to Heal Your Inner Child 95%
Your inner child holds the key to healing the emotional neglect you never knew you experienced.
by Simon Chapple 2021
3.76
177 ratings
Healing Your Emotional Self
by Beverly Engel • 2006
Childhood wounds fuel your inner critic. A program to break the cycle and rebuild self-compassion.
4.00
1k+
Healing Your Emotional Self Summary
Healing Your Emotional Self 94%
Childhood wounds fuel your inner critic. A program to break the cycle and rebuild self-compassion.
by Beverly Engel 2006
4.00
1k+ ratings
Disentangling from Emotionally Immature People
by Lindsay C. Gibson • 2023
Practical strategies to disentangle from emotionally immature family and finally put yourself first.
4.49
2k+
Disentangling from Emotionally Immature People Summary
Disentangling from Emotionally Immature People 94%
Practical strategies to disentangle from emotionally immature family and finally put yourself first.
by Lindsay C. Gibson 2023
4.49
2k+ ratings
Healing Your Lost Inner Child
by Robert Jackman • 2020
Pinpoint the age your childhood wounds froze you in place, then write your way out.
4.20
794
Healing Your Lost Inner Child Summary
Healing Your Lost Inner Child 94%
Pinpoint the age your childhood wounds froze you in place, then write your way out.
by Robert Jackman 2020
4.20
794 ratings
Breaking Down the Wall of Silence
by Alice Miller • 1991
Your childhood wounds don't just hurt you. Buried, they can run nations.
4.10
339
Breaking Down the Wall of Silence Summary
Breaking Down the Wall of Silence 94%
Your childhood wounds don't just hurt you. Buried, they can run nations.
by Alice Miller 1991
4.10
339 ratings
The Dance of Anger
by Harriet Lerner • 1985
The anger you hide is a map for breaking the relationship patterns that keep you stuck.
4.11
30k+
The Dance of Anger Summary
The Dance of Anger 94%
The anger you hide is a map for breaking the relationship patterns that keep you stuck.
by Harriet Lerner 1985
4.11
30k+ ratings
It Never Ends
by Nan Gefen • 2017
Mothering grown daughters: why silence hurts and how to reconnect without overstepping.
4.75
4
It Never Ends Summary
It Never Ends 94%
Mothering grown daughters: why silence hurts and how to reconnect without overstepping.
by Nan Gefen 2017
4.75
4 ratings
Toxic Parents
by Susan Forward • 1990
Forgiveness is optional: a roadmap for adult children recovering from a harmful upbringing.
4.16
16k+
Toxic Parents Summary
Toxic Parents 94%
Forgiveness is optional: a roadmap for adult children recovering from a harmful upbringing.
by Susan Forward 1990
4.16
16k+ ratings
The Tao of Fully Feeling
by Pete Walker • 1995
Grieving fully, including your anger, is the only road to authentic forgiveness.
4.41
1k+
The Tao of Fully Feeling Summary
The Tao of Fully Feeling 94%
Grieving fully, including your anger, is the only road to authentic forgiveness.
by Pete Walker 1995
4.41
1k+ ratings
The Origins of You
by Vienna Pharaon • 2023
Your childhood shaped how you love. Spot the patterns from your past and finally break them.
4.41
3k+
The Origins of You Summary
The Origins of You 94%
Your childhood shaped how you love. Spot the patterns from your past and finally break them.
by Vienna Pharaon 2023
4.41
3k+ ratings
The Courage to Heal
by Ellen Bass • 2008
A step-by-step path from silence and self-blame to reclaiming your life: the survivor's classic.
4.21
8k+
The Courage to Heal Summary
The Courage to Heal 94%
A step-by-step path from silence and self-blame to reclaiming your life: the survivor's classic.
by Ellen Bass 2008
4.21
8k+ ratings
How to Overcome Your Childhood
by The School of Life • 2019
The people you love feel familiar for a reason. Rewiring that pull takes more than insight.
4.08
2k+
How to Overcome Your Childhood Summary
How to Overcome Your Childhood 94%
The people you love feel familiar for a reason. Rewiring that pull takes more than insight.
by The School of Life 2019
4.08
2k+ ratings
The Assertiveness Guide for Women
by Julie de Azevedo Hanks • 2016
Speak up, set limits, stop people-pleasing. The missing piece is your attachment style.
3.95
907
The Assertiveness Guide for Women Summary
The Assertiveness Guide for Women 94%
Speak up, set limits, stop people-pleasing. The missing piece is your attachment style.
by Julie de Azevedo Hanks 2016
3.95
907 ratings
Inner Bonding
by Margaret Paul • 1992
Why you keep abandoning your inner child, and a structured practice for making it stop.
4.29
628
Inner Bonding Summary
Inner Bonding 94%
Why you keep abandoning your inner child, and a structured practice for making it stop.
by Margaret Paul 1992
4.29
628 ratings
Creating Love
by John Bradshaw • 1992
The mask you built to survive childhood is now blocking love. Here's the way past it.
4.03
217
Creating Love Summary
Creating Love 94%
The mask you built to survive childhood is now blocking love. Here's the way past it.
by John Bradshaw 1992
4.03
217 ratings
The White Knight Syndrome
by Mary C. Lamia • 2015
The need to rescue broken partners is a childhood wound dressed as love.
3.88
113
The White Knight Syndrome Summary
The White Knight Syndrome 94%
The need to rescue broken partners is a childhood wound dressed as love.
by Mary C. Lamia 2015
3.88
113 ratings
Wild Game
by Adrienne Brodeur • 2019
At fourteen she helped hide her mother's affair. Decades later she married the other man's son.
3.98
33k+
Wild Game Summary
Wild Game 94%
At fourteen she helped hide her mother's affair. Decades later she married the other man's son.
by Adrienne Brodeur 2019
3.98
33k+ ratings
Shame & Guilt
by Jane Middelton-Moz MS • 1990
Shame attacks who you are; guilt what you did. The simple distinction that changes everything.
4.06
176
Shame & Guilt Summary
Shame & Guilt 94%
Shame attacks who you are; guilt what you did. The simple distinction that changes everything.
by Jane Middelton-Moz MS 1990
4.06
176 ratings
How to Develop Emotional Health
by Oliver James • 2014
Your emotional wiring was installed in childhood. Insight, not motivation, is how you rewire it.
3.56
1k+
How to Develop Emotional Health Summary
How to Develop Emotional Health 94%
Your emotional wiring was installed in childhood. Insight, not motivation, is how you rewire it.
by Oliver James 2014
3.56
1k+ ratings
Adult Children of Alcoholics
by Janet Geringer Woititz • 1983
An alcoholic home teaches survival habits that later sabotage intimacy, trust, and joy.
4.12
6k+
Adult Children of Alcoholics Summary
Adult Children of Alcoholics 94%
An alcoholic home teaches survival habits that later sabotage intimacy, trust, and joy.
by Janet Geringer Woititz 1983
4.12
6k+ ratings
The New Rules of Attachment
by Judy Ho • 2024
Your attachment style doesn't just shape your relationships; it caps your vision of what's possible.
4.26
204
The New Rules of Attachment Summary
The New Rules of Attachment 94%
Your attachment style doesn't just shape your relationships; it caps your vision of what's possible.
by Judy Ho 2024
4.26
204 ratings
Narcissistic Mothers
by Caroline Foster • 2021
Narcissistic mothers install a critic in your head. Evict it and reclaim your life.
4.19
1k+
Narcissistic Mothers Summary
Narcissistic Mothers 94%
Narcissistic mothers install a critic in your head. Evict it and reclaim your life.
by Caroline Foster 2021
4.19
1k+ ratings
Bradshaw On
by John Bradshaw • 1985
Your family taught you to feel fundamentally wrong. The path to recover the self you buried.
4.12
1k+
Bradshaw On Summary
Bradshaw On 94%
Your family taught you to feel fundamentally wrong. The path to recover the self you buried.
by John Bradshaw 1985
4.12
1k+ ratings
Break the Cycle
by Mariel Buqué • 2023
Your family's trauma lives in your body. A holistic guide to healing what you inherited.
4.20
1k+
Break the Cycle Summary
Break the Cycle 94%
Your family's trauma lives in your body. A holistic guide to healing what you inherited.
by Mariel Buqué 2023
4.20
1k+ ratings
On My Own
by Florence Falk • 2007
Why women fear being alone, and how solitude builds the self-confidence that neediness destroys.
3.69
466
On My Own Summary
On My Own 94%
Why women fear being alone, and how solitude builds the self-confidence that neediness destroys.
by Florence Falk 2007
3.69
466 ratings
Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members
by Sherrie Campbell • 2022
You cut them off. Now: handling guilt, silencing their messengers, healing the shame they left.
4.29
1k+
Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members Summary
Adult Survivors of Toxic Family Members 94%
You cut them off. Now: handling guilt, silencing their messengers, healing the shame they left.
by Sherrie Campbell 2022
4.29
1k+ ratings
The Birth Of A Mother
by Daniel N. Stern • 1998
Motherhood rewires your mind, not just your body. It begins in pregnancy and never ends.
3.83
426
The Birth Of A Mother Summary
The Birth Of A Mother 94%
Motherhood rewires your mind, not just your body. It begins in pregnancy and never ends.
by Daniel N. Stern 1998
3.83
426 ratings
Raising Girls
by Steve Biddulph • 2011
Your daughter's five stages: a map for building confidence and protecting her from a toxic culture.
3.93
2k+
Raising Girls Summary
Raising Girls 94%
Your daughter's five stages: a map for building confidence and protecting her from a toxic culture.
by Steve Biddulph 2011
3.93
2k+ ratings
Daddy Issues
by Katherine Angel • 2019
Behind every sentimentalized father is a story of possession that feminism forgot to tell.
3.36
1k+
Daddy Issues Summary
Daddy Issues 94%
Behind every sentimentalized father is a story of possession that feminism forgot to tell.
by Katherine Angel 2019
3.36
1k+ ratings
Internal Family Systems Therapy
by Richard C. Schwartz • 1994
Your mind is many parts, not one self. The therapy that helps them trust the innate leader.
4.34
2k+
Internal Family Systems Therapy Summary
Internal Family Systems Therapy 94%
Your mind is many parts, not one self. The therapy that helps them trust the innate leader.
by Richard C. Schwartz 1994
4.34
2k+ ratings
Beyond Codependency
by Melody Beattie • 1989
Codependency doesn't end when you first set a boundary. Here's what happens after.
4.22
4k+
Beyond Codependency Summary
Beyond Codependency 94%
Codependency doesn't end when you first set a boundary. Here's what happens after.
by Melody Beattie 1989
4.22
4k+ ratings
What Is Psychotherapy?
by The School of Life • 2019
Your flaws are not character defects but childhood survival strategies. How therapy rewrites them.
4.00
342
What Is Psychotherapy? Summary
What Is Psychotherapy? 94%
Your flaws are not character defects but childhood survival strategies. How therapy rewrites them.
by The School of Life 2019
4.00
342 ratings
Adult Survivors of Emotionally Abusive Parents
by Sherrie Campbell • 2024
The system for shedding the guilt, fear, and self-doubt that emotionally abusive parents installed.
4.06
394
Adult Survivors of Emotionally Abusive Parents Summary
Adult Survivors of Emotionally Abusive Parents 93%
The system for shedding the guilt, fear, and self-doubt that emotionally abusive parents installed.
by Sherrie Campbell 2024
4.06
394 ratings
Healing the Shame That Binds You
by John Bradshaw • 1988
When shame becomes identity, it poisons everything. The exit begins with telling someone.
4.09
12k+
Healing the Shame That Binds You Summary
Healing the Shame That Binds You 93%
When shame becomes identity, it poisons everything. The exit begins with telling someone.
by John Bradshaw 1988
4.09
12k+ ratings
Triggers
by David Richo • 2019
Old wounds hide inside every trigger. Learn to find them, grieve, and respond instead of react.
3.86
905
Triggers Summary
Triggers 93%
Old wounds hide inside every trigger. Learn to find them, grieve, and respond instead of react.
by David Richo 2019
3.86
905 ratings
How To Break Free of the Drama Triangle Victim Consciousness
by Barry K. Weinhold • 2013
Escape the blaming and rescuing trap: a five-step method for direct communication and lasting peace.
4.04
470
How To Break Free of the Drama Triangle Victim Consciousness Summary
How To Break Free of the Drama Triangle Victim Consciousness 93%
Escape the blaming and rescuing trap: a five-step method for direct communication and lasting peace.
by Barry K. Weinhold 2013
4.04
470 ratings
Facing Codependence
by Pia Mellody • 1989
Codependence: a childhood-born disease of control, shame, and blurred boundaries that can be healed.
4.07
3k+
Facing Codependence Summary
Facing Codependence 93%
Codependence: a childhood-born disease of control, shame, and blurred boundaries that can be healed.
by Pia Mellody 1989
4.07
3k+ ratings
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