Daughter Detox Free Pdf

ISBN: 0692973974
Title: Daughter Detox Pdf Recovering from An Unloving Mother and Reclaiming Your Life
Author: Peg Streep
Published Date: 2017-10-30
Page: 272

A rare gem in the self-help genre, a book that eschews simplistic feel-good advice and offers specific and invaluable guidance,extensively supported by the science and beautifully illustrated with personal anecdote. A moving portrayal of the challenges that face unloved daughters, written by one herself, with a step-by-step guided journey through the stages of growth that will help readers detox from their childhoods and mourn the loving mothers they never had. Highly recommended.Joseph Burgo, Ph.D., author of The Narcissist You Know and Why Do I Do That?A gifted science writer, Streep deftly weaves together rigorous research, personal experiences, and compassionate advice to not only help readers recognize how a childhood of abuse or neglect has affected them,but--with the help of deeply thoughtful exercises--she truly helps them heal and grow. Daughter Detox is a wise, insightful, and fiercely empathic gift to anyone recovering from the kinds of emotional wounds that are often hard to see, let alone soothe.Craig Malkin, Ph.D., author of Rethinking Narcissism An unloved daughter herself, Peg Streep has been researching and writing about the mother-daughter relationship for 20 years, and understands firsthand the broad-ranging effects and influence of a toxic mother. Daughter Detox is her effort to offer practical advice and science-based solutions to those whose emotional needs weren’t met in childhood. Peg is the author of Mean Mothers: Overcoming the Legacy of Hurt. She is a popular blogger at both Psychology Today.com and PsychCentral.com. She holds degrees in literature from the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University.

A self-help book based in science, the result of more than a decade of research, Daughter Detox offers the daughters of unloving mothers vital information, guidance, and real strategies for healing from childhood experiences, and building genuine self-esteem. Writer Peg Streep lays out seven distinct but interconnected stages on the path to reclaim your life from the effects of a toxic childhood: DISCOVERY, DISCERNMENT, DISTNGUISH, DISARM, RECLAIM, REDIRECT, and RECOVER. Each step is clearly explained, and richly detailed with the stories of other women, approaches drawn from psychology and other disciplines, and unique exercises. The book will help the reader tackle her own self-doubt and become consciously aware of how her mother’s treatment continues to shape her behavior, even today. The message of the book is direct: What you experienced in childhood need not continue to hold you back in life. What was learned can be unlearned with effort. The book begins with DISCOVERY, opening up the reader’s understanding of how she has been wounded and influenced by her mother’s treatment. Recognizing the eight toxic maternal behaviors—dismissive, controlling, emotionally unavailable, unreliable, self-involved or narcissistic, combative, enmeshed, or role-reversed—lays the foundation for the daughter’s awareness of how her way of looking at the world, connecting to others, and ability to manage stress were affected. DISCERNMENT delves into the patterns of relationship in her family of origin and how they played a part in her development, and then shifts to looking closely at how the daughter adapted to her treatment, either silencing or losing her true self in the process. Next up is DISTINGUISH, seeing how the behavioral patterns we learned in childhood animate all of our relationships in the present with lovers and spouses, relatives, friends, neighbors, and colleagues. The act of distinguishing allows us to see why so many of us end up in unsatisfying relationships, chose the wrong partners, or are unable to develop close friendships. Active recovery begins with DISARM as the daughter learns how to disconnect unconscious patterns of reaction and behavior and substitute actions that will foster the growth of self-esteem. Understanding the triggers that set us off, the cues that put us on the defensive, and the default positions of blaming ourselves and making excuses for other people’s toxic behavior are addressed, as are unhealthy behaviors such as rumination, rejection sensitivity, and more. RECLAIM is the stage at which the reader begins to actively make new choices, preparing herself so that she can live the life she desires by seeing herself as having agency and being empowered. Making new choices and figuring out how to manage her relationship to her unloving or toxic mother is the focus of REDIRECT. There are stories to inspire and challenge your thinking, exercises that show you how to swap out self-criticism for self-compassion, guidance on how to use journaling as a tool of self-discovery and growth, and advice on goal setting. Finally, RECOVER challenges the reader to come up with a new definition of what it means to heal, suggests tools to overcome the obstacles she places in her own way, and strategies to become the best, most authentic version of herself.

I felt horribly issolated all of my life Thank you a thousand times! I felt horribly issolated all of my life, like I had done something to deserve all that came to me. It did not occur to me until I came across Harlows' monkey experiment. I was the monkey and the result was not good. I left my mother five years before she died. Went to see her during her last days, and hold her hand, she pulled away. My siblings could not wait to tell me that she hated me. She always said she loved all her children equally, what a lie. I have always been jealous of those arround me that had great parents and their ease with life. There are so many lesson in life that she never taught. I was ignored and left to fend for myself, by an educated woman. Here I am at fifty-seven still struggling, at least I am not alone. It has not been easy to be friendless, distrustfull and angry all these years and not know why. Now I have hope that I can recover from years of an unloving mother.love you, keep you safe from harm etc This book directly addresses the myth that all mothers can adequately, safely and/or lovingly parent children. The author also addresses the concept that it's okay to break connection from relationships that aren't healthy--despite the social/religious/family programming and pressures to stay linked to family regardless of the emotional, physical, or financial costs of doing so. More importantly, she offers practical strategies for recovering from these toxic relationships so that you can go on to thrive. As a mental health professional, I've read many books on the topic of dysfunctional families--but I've seldom read one that rings so true on every page. If you were raised by a parent who was either unwilling or unable to "do better" e.g. parent you competently, love you, keep you safe from harm etc. you'll see validation of your experience within these pages, the recognition that their failure at parenting was not your fault or responsibility, and the hope to believe that life can be great even without that connection.

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