Published in 2020
156 pages
Karen C.L. Anderson is a writer, author, and life coach who helps women take a compassionate look at the troubled relationships they have with their mothers and/or daughters. She runs workshops for mothers and daughters who wish to have healthy boundaries. Karen does this work because she believes it is one way women will finally achieve true equality and freedom in a world that has never valued women equally.
Karen is a storyteller who believes that the truth never creates suffering and that all stories can be told through the lens of truth. Her previous book, The Peaceful Daughter’s Guide to Separating From A Difficult Mother, is an international best seller, having sold well over 100,000 copies.
She lives in Southeastern Connecticut with her husband Tim and their two cats, Bella and Starla. She acknowledges that, at times, she has been a difficult stepmother, but never evil. Karen is child-free by choice, has three step kids, and now gets to be Booboo to her stepdaughter’s two children.
What is this book about?
A compassionate guide: Karen C.L. Anderson is a storyteller, feminist, and speaker who views the world through the lens of curiosity and fascination. As a mother-daughter relationship expert, she gently guides readers through revealing painful patterns in their relationships to finding ultimate healing. Her book isn’t a quick fix. Rather, she writes to help mothers and daughters heal and either reconcile or peacefully separate.
Tips and tools for healing: Anderson comes prepared in this book to offer readers practical advice for creating a healthier relationship. Her previous book, The Peaceful Daughter’s Guide to Separating from a Difficult Mother, was an international bestseller, and she offers new practical wisdom in this journal. From setting healthy boundaries to creating a new outlook, Anderson helps readers create peace in their troubled relationships.
You’re not alone in the struggle: Studies suggest that nearly 30% of women have been estranged from their mothers at some point. It can be difficult to talk about the strain of mother and daughter relationships because they are so often glorified in our society as one of the most precious bonds. If anything, however, that makes them more important to talk about.
Anderson’s book is ideal for mothers and daughters alike, whether they read it separately or together. Open it up and find:
Various prompts and practices for building a relationship around healthy interdependence rather than dysfunctional codependence A way to transform things that create pain into a source of wisdom and creativity An informative and intriguing self-care gift for women in the form of a healing journal
Readers of self-help books such as Mothers Who Can’t Love, Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, and Difficult Mothers, Adult Daughters will find a wonderful source of help and healing in Anderson’s The Difficult Mother-Daughter Relationship Journal.
