Will I Ever Be Good Enough?: Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers

The book "Will I Ever Be Good Enough?" is a guide to recovery for daughters with selfish, emotionally abusive, and toxic mothers. It helps them recognize the effects of this abuse and create a personalized program for self-protection, resolution, and recovery. Dr. Karyl McBride, a family therapist with over two decades of experience, provides warm and sympathetic guidance to aid daughters in overcoming their history and enhancing their sense of self.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 25 May 2023
Publisher: Atria Books

Will I Ever Be Good Enough? is an essential guide to recovery for women with selfish,emotionally abusive,and toxic mothers—designed to help daughters reclaim their lives. The first book for daughters who have suffered the abuse of narcissistic,self-involved mothers, Will I Ever Be Good Enough? provides the expert assistance you need in order to overcome this debilitating history and reclaim your life. Drawing on more than two decades of experience as a therapist specializing in womens health and hundreds of interviews with suffering daughters,Dr. Karyl McBride helps you recognize the widespread effects of this emotional abuse and create an individualized program for self-protection,resolution,and complete recovery. Narcissistic mothers teach their daughters that love is not unconditional,that it is given only when they behave in accordance with maternal expectations and whims. As adults,these daughters have difficulty overcoming feelings of inadequacy,disappointment,emotional emptiness,and sadness. They may also have a fear of abandonment that leads them to form unhealthy romantic relationships,as well as a tendency to perfectionism and unrelenting self-criticism or to self-sabotage and frustration. Dr. McBrides step-by-step program will enable you to: (1) Recognize your own experience with maternal narcissism and its effects on all aspects of your life (2) Discover how you have internalized verbal and nonverbal messages from your mother and how these have translated into overachievement or self-sabotage (3) Construct a personalized program to take control of your life and enhance your sense of self,establishing healthy boundaries with your mother and breaking the legacy of abuse Warm and supportive,Will I Ever Be Good Enough? offers a roadmap for healing and growth, empowering you to break free from the cycle of abuse and create a life filled with joy, fulfillment,and love.

Will I Ever Be Good Enough? is an essential guide to recovery for women with selfish,emotionally abusive,and toxic mothers—designed to help daughters reclaim their lives.

The first book for daughters who have suffered the abuse of narcissistic,self-involved mothers, Will I Ever Be Good Enough? provides the expert assistance you need in order to overcome this debilitating history and reclaim your life.

Drawing on more than two decades of experience as a therapist specializing in womens health and hundreds of interviews with suffering daughters,Dr. Karyl McBride helps you recognize the widespread effects of this emotional abuse and create an individualized program for self-protection,resolution,and complete recovery.

Narcissistic mothers teach their daughters that love is not unconditional,that it is given only when they behave in accordance with maternal expectations and whims.

As adults,these daughters have difficulty overcoming feelings of inadequacy,disappointment,emotional emptiness,and sadness.

They may also have a fear of abandonment that leads them to form unhealthy romantic relationships,as well as a tendency to perfectionism and unrelenting self-criticism or to self-sabotage and frustration.

Dr. McBrides step-by-step program will enable you to:

1. Recognize your own experience with maternal narcissism and its effects on all aspects of your life

2. Discover how you have internalized verbal and nonverbal messages from your mother and how these have translated into overachievement or self-sabotage

3. Construct a personalized program to take control of your life and enhance your sense of self,establishing healthy boundaries with your mother and breaking the legacy of abuse

Warm and supportive,Will I Ever Be Good Enough? offers a roadmap for healing and growth, empowering you to break free from the cycle of abuse and create a life filled with joy, fulfillment,and love.

Weight: 234g
Dimension: 212 x 144 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781439129432