How To Navigate College Financial Aid: 5 Questions Your Daughter Should Ask Her Dream School
There are 5 Important questions your daughter should ask the financial aid office at her dream school. Dr. Deering addresses this topic in today's blog.
How To Have Healthy Boundaries In Your Mother-Daughter Relationship
When some people think of what a mother-daughter relationship should be, they think of the word, “close.” However, the main prerequisite for a thriving mother-daughter relationship is that it has healthy boundaries. BOUNDARIES DEFINED A boundary is a demarcation line between one entity and other. It is that “line” which indicates where something begins…and ends. […]
Mother’s Day: Self-Care Tips For Adult Daughters Who Have A Strained Relationship With Their Mom
Adult daughters don’t always get the time and attention they need for self-care. This is especially true when it comes to Mother’s Day approaches. The situation can be quite precarious if an adult daughter’s relationship with her mom is strained or estranged. My Mom’s Unintentional Advice In her Jamaican patois (pronounced: “patwah”) accent, my mom […]
Mother’s Day: Strained Relations Are Hard
As Mother’s Day approaches, I’ve been reflecting on the of moms and daughters who have sought out help from me over the past 20-plus years that I’ve been working as a Mother Daughter Relationship Personal Trainer and psychologist. For many, Mother’s Day can be a very emotionally-laden time because of the mother-daughter relationship being strained […]
Estranged
My mom and I were estranged. People look (and still look) at me strangely when I tell them I didn’t go wedding dress shopping with my mom. Am I a bad daughter because of that? No. Why? Because I was being responsible to keep myself safe. Safety is something every daughter needs. And when a […]
Five Questions That Will Fix Mother-Daughter Conflict
Have you ever found yourself in the middle of a conflict with your daughter, and the way it ended did not feel right? The situation had you wondering about every interaction you’ve had and if there is anything that will fix your mother-daughter conflict. If that is the case, here are five essential open-ended questions […]
Money Matters, Moms, & Daughters: 4 Principles Every Mom Needs to Make Sure Her Daughter Learns
There is this saying, “money does not grow on trees.” Well, it grows out of ATMs. At least that’s least how things are going in our age of technology. Our daughters used to think that when they were little. However, over the last 20 years, their thinking has evolved from being oblivious to taking ownership […]
Beauty Make-Up Cosmetics & “The Boundaries”
The first time I heard the song, ‘Break Up to Make Up’ on the radio, I knew that the song by The Stylistics was really about relationships. Nevertheless, when it came to me and my mom, we had this kind of love-hate thing going on in our relationship. As her daughter, I was so beautiful […]
3 Keys to Raising Your Tween/Teen Daughter & Staying Connected
Raising tween/teen daughters and staying connected can feel like a daunting task at times. I have covered different topics relating to mothering with purpose and informed intentions, which involves learning lessons from past years and determining how are we are going to parent our daughters with purpose in mind. How do you go about raising […]
How To Fix The Conflict In Your Mother Daughter Relationship
Oftentimes, it is easy to find yourself “at odds” with your daughter or mother. It may not be a full-fledged argument or fight (hopefully not physical), but you find that you are both just not communicating well. Being in that situation — where there is a lack of communication — is akin to the both […]