My Mother, My Mirror
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My Mother, My Mirror

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My Mother, My Mirror

About this book

As you were growing up, your mother''s self-image likely impacted your own in many conscious and unconscious ways. Perhaps those things your mother disliked about herself-her looks, her lack of confidence, or even her personal failures-came to shape your own self-image.

In My Mother, My Mirror, an experienced psychotherapist explores how mothers unwittingly pass on their self-esteem and body image issues to their daughters, helps you break the cycle when parenting your own daughters, and guides you through the process of overcoming the hidden negative messages that keep you from reaching your fullest potential. Without blaming your mother, you will learn to rethink and rebuild your self-image.

A thoughtful and engaging perspective on mother-daughter relationships in all of their complexity.
-Melinda Parisi, Ph.D., psychologist at the University Medical Center at Princeton

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eBook ISBN
9781608824045
Year
1010

Table of contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. PART I Mothers and Daughters, Mirrors and Viewers
  4. Chapter 1. The Self-image: Do I See Me As Mommy Saw Me?
  5. Chapter 2. The Mother Image: Mommy in the Mind
  6. Chapter 3. The Mother-Daughter Relationship: An Intricate Prism
  7. Chapter 4. Preoccupied Mother and Overlooked Daughter: Narcissus and Echo
  8. Chapter 5. The Mind-Body Moments: Echoes of the Mother-Daughter Past
  9. Chapter 6. Self-image to Self: How I See Myself is How I Sense Myself
  10. Part II Thought Links That Deepen Feeling
  11. Chapter 7. Thought Link 1: Mommy, How Did You See You? How Do I See Me?
  12. Chapter 8. Thought Link 2: Mommy, I was Afraid I’d Hurt You
  13. Chapter 9. Thought Link 3: Mommy, I was Afraid to Love You
  14. Chapter 10. Thought Link 4: Mommy, I was Afraid to Face What You Never Were
  15. Part III Carnival Mirrors and Truer Mirrors
  16. Chapter 11. Thought Link 5: From the Carnival Mirror to the Truer Mirror
  17. Chapter 12. For Mothers: The Truer Mirror—for You, for Your Daughter
  18. Appendix
  19. References