Death Or Loss Of Your Mom: How To Deal.
When your relationship with your mom has been "complicated," it makes it even more difficult when your mother dies. Dr. Deering shares why.
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 […]
7 Essential Key Ways To Build Independence That Empowers Your Daughter.
In today's blog, I write about: What Is Daughter Empowerment? This blog (along with Episode #135 of Mother Daughter Connections™) is packed with wisdom that will help you re-orient yourself and get you (back) on track.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Top 2 Problematic Mother Daughter Relationship Patterns
There are 4 distinctive patterns of interactions that mothers and daughters display, but here are the two most common relational patterns with mother daughter relationships that I have come across. You can read about all 4 patterns in my book, ‘What Mothers Never Tell Their Daughters.’ Pattern #1: Mom-In-Daughter™ Relationship There are common statements mothers […]
3 Magic Tips For How To MakeYour Daughter Feel Good About Herself
For every mom who wants to raise a confident daughter and make her feel good about herself without questioning your own mothering abilities, here are three tips that will definitely help. Tip #1 – Name It You want to name whatever the feeling is that your daughter is experiencing. To do this, make sure […]
How To Have The SEX Talk
When you hear the word “sex,” what feeling immediately comes up for you? For countless women – and moms, in particular – the topic of sex brings up a variety of feelings. As her mom, how then are you to talk about sex with your daughter? If your daughter hasn’t asked you about sex, […]