How Mother Daughter Trauma Sabotages Your Relationships
Love, But Never Enough: How Unhealed Mother Daughter Trauma Sabotages Adult Relationships I had mother daughter trauma and that’s why I write about it. For me, my mother daughter trauma seeped into my entire life influencing all my relationships for the worse. Here’s why… The mother-daughter bond is our first blueprint for love. When that […]
The Caregiving Daughter: From Duty to Burnout
The Silent Burnout of The Caregiving Daughter: When Caretaking Becomes a Life Sentence Are you a caregiving daughter? If you are one, you know it. I am one and at times it’s dominated and become toxic for me. That’s why I encourage other women who find themselves in this role to make sure they are […]
Is Your Relationship With Your Mom Toxic
Is Your Relationship With Your Mom Toxic Or Just Tense Lots of people have complicated relationships with their moms, including me, but is it toxic or just tense? It’s easy to get annoyed by an overprotective or intrusive mom. But, there is a big difference between tension with your mom and real destructive dysfunction. So, […]
Unsafe Situations for Girls in College
Unsafe Situations For Girls Are All Around Us So The Key Is To Know The Risks We all want our girls to be safe and enjoy their time in school. But, sadly the facts are in and unsafe situations for girls are everywhere in college. Between assault, drinking, scams, school pressure, cyberbullying, and mental health issues, […]
Family Patterns: Tense Vs. Toxic
Family Patterns: Normal Tension Or Truly Toxic Family patterns in arguing can be the expression of normal tensions and frustrations, or toxic slugfests. Every family has moments of frustration, slammed doors, and words we wish we could take back. That’s normal. But when tension in your family goes beyond occasional disagreements and turns into repeated […]
Finding Your Voice After Toxic Parents
Finding Your Voice After Toxic Parents Is Possible And Necessary Finding your voice after toxic parents can feel nearly impossible when you’ve grown up in a household where speaking up wasn’t safe, respected, or even allowed. Toxic or dysfunctional parents—whether they were controlling, emotionally unavailable, or caught in cycles of addiction—can leave lasting imprints on […]