The author of a 100,000 copy-selling book on mother/daughter relationships takes readers to the next level: This is the definitive book on understanding and overcoming this family dynamic with practical steps on forgiving and flourishing.

AN ENCOURAGING GUIDE FOR GROWTH AND SELF-EXPLORATION IN MOTHER-DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIPS Your bond with your mother is one of the most important factors influencing your life. But what if your mother is an emotional withholder or hard to even have a relationship with? Karen C. L. Anderson has good news for you: a fraught connection with your mother doesn’t need to stand in the way of your own health and happiness. Inspired by her own journey, Anderson’s Di_icult Mothers, Adult Daughters shows women how to emotionally separate from their mothers without guilt and anxiety so they can finally create a life based on their own values, desires, needs, and preferences. Through story and helpful, practical tools, Anderson compassionately leads women who struggle in their relationships with their mothers through a process of self-awareness and understanding. Drawing on her own life experience, Anderson has personally guided hundreds of women to profound growth and transformation with the strategies and insights you’ll find in this book. The results are nothing short of miraculous. What You’ll Learn Inside This Book • How to heal and transform your mother “wounds” from sources of pain into sources of creativity and wisdomt • How to tell your story in a way that empowers you, instead of making you powerless • How to create, articulate, and maintain impeccable boundaries in your mother relationship • How to “re-mother” yourself and acknowledge, honor, and meet your own preferences and needs

"...truth is, you are not your mother’s daughter. You are you. An autonomous adult who is a creature of goodness, light, and love and made up of the magic of Life. A woman who has the ability to take what happened to you in the past, and transform it into greater wisdom, depth and authentic love. And you can now redefine who you are, and what’s possible for you to create in this lifetime that is outside of your relationship with your mother. ... Make this book your best friend. Sleep with it by your bedside. Read it each time you’re about to call your mother to remind you of the power you’re holding to have that conversation go well. Ultimately, I encourage you to use these chapters to help awaken you to who you really are, and the possibilities you’re holding for great healing, health, and happiness. Not in spite of all you’ve been through, but in many ways because of it." - Katherine Woodward Thomas, author of "Calling in 'The One'" “A practical and uplifting guide for the scores of women whose relationship with their mothers is less than optimal!” ~ Christiane Northrup, M.D., ob/gyn physician and author of the New York Times bestsellers: "Goddesses Never Age: The Secret Prescription for Radiance, Vitality, and Wellbeing", "Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom," and "The Wisdom of Menopause" “The work that Karen C.L. Anderson is doing with daughters in regards to their mothers is some of the most important work on the planet today. When we understand how influenced our minds are by what happened when we were growing up, we can then decide to let it go. In this book, Karen gives us the steps to do just that. I know from experience that this work is not easy, but it is by far the most important work I have ever done. Let Karen show you the way.” ~ Brooke Castillo, Master Coach Instructor & Founder of The Life Coach School “At the very best of times, the mother-daughter relationship is one of complexity. An unloved Daughter - a Daughter that is abandoned emotionally - experiences a relationship peppered with harsh behavioral minefields: enmeshment, confusion, grief, fear, anger, shame...behaviors that can take control, making it not the reality she wants, but the reality she thinks she has to live. The Peaceful Daughter's Guide shows a way to navigate this difficult minefield and how to come back on the other side to create the reality you want. This is not a book that's filled with behavioral data and no support. It is a first-hand account of someone who has walked the complicated walk of the Unloved Daughter and who has found a better way. It offers exercises to help bring more clarity (and understanding) to this relationship. It is obvious that Karen's experience is what drove her to create this guide. And it is what makes it such a sincere, loving and inspirational resource for helping others.” ~ Jo Pillmore, Mindset Coach “A valuable read for anyone who has or had "mother problems." And there's a bonus: The strategies she suggests could be helpful in any close relationship in your life.” ~ Marsha Hudnall, MS, RDN, CD, President & Co-Owner, Green Mountain at Fox Run “An empowering book that offers clarity and validation as well as strategies for freeing yourself from the control of an unhealthy mother relationship.” ~ Susan Forward Ph.D., author of Toxic Parents and Mothers who Can't Love “Karen C.L. Anderson brings daughters from suffering a difficult mother/motherhood relationship to surviving and thriving with her honesty, humor, and pragmatic guidance.” ~ Ann Imig, Founder LISTEN TO YOUR MOTHER "Whether you can still call your mother, or not, this book will inspire healthy, life-changing patterns in what is so often the most fraught terrain of our lives. It models and inspires grace, acceptance, forgiveness, and thriving. I can still call mine, and Karen C.L. Anderson’s high dose of rational, and yes, magical thinking…has made all the difference.” ~ Laura Munson, New York Times and international best-selling author of This Is Not The Story You Think It Is "Congratulations to Karen C.L. Anderson who has approached, embraced and translated, in the most compassionate and engaging way, the most essential of subjects: the relationships of mothers and daughters. With grace, courage and articulate brilliance, Anderson tells her own story with unhesitating integrity and complicated respect, thereby inviting the rest of us to do the same. For that, and for her clear, uncompromising prose, I would suggest that every woman who has struggled with her relationship to motherhood—from any perspective—reach for Difficult Mothers, Adult Daughters. -Dr. Gina Barreca, Professor of English and Feminist Theory, University of Connecticut, Syndicated Columnist, author of If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse? "Here’s the truth. Karen C.L. Anderson’s moving book is not just for the relationship you have with your mother. It will help you thrive in all your intimate relationships through moving stories, helpful tools, and brilliant ideas. This is a must-read for anyone who finds themselves accepting bad behavior from others over and over again, and are finally ready to make a change. It only takes one person to change a dynamic between two." - Dr. Nancy Muirhead, Clinical Psychologist.

Recent studies show that up to 20% of midlife women have problematic relationships with their mothers and that many women wish they had better relationships. Having a difficult mother can set a woman up for having difficult relationships, a lack of boundaries, a less fulfilling life, and less resilience. With the surge in information and discussion of such mental illnesses and personality disorders as bipolar disorder, narcissism, and borderline personality disorder, many women are seeking guidance on dealing with a mother who might have one of these conditions. This book is packed with practical advice, tools, and writing prompts that will help women gain clarity in regards to how they want to show up in their relationship with their mother. Website: http://kclanderson.com Facebook: http://facebook.com/KarenCLAnderson/ Twitter: @KCLAnderson Instagram: KCLAnderson Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/kclanderson) Workshops/Programs: Impeccable Boundaries for Your Life & Relationships How Peaceful Daughters Heal The Mother Wound Impeccable Boundaries for Peaceful Daughters Talks: Healthy Boundaries for Business (Southeastern Connecticut Women's Network) What My Husband's Ex-Wife Taught Me About Belonging (Listen To Your Mother - Providence 2017) Self-Care For People Who Don't Think They Have Tim For Self-Care (keynote for the Southeastern Regional Action Council Annual Meeting) Impeccable Boundaries For Your Life & Relationships (Polkadot Powerhouse) A sampling of pieces I've written: http://womenforone.com/rumbling-truth-self-loathing-shame-infidelity/ https://otvmagazine.com/2016/08/19/what-my-husbands-ex-wife-taught-me-about-belonging/ http://modernmarried.com/karen-c-l-anderson-on-mother-daughter-relationships-love-marriage/ http://womenforone.com/rumbling-truth-grandmothers-life-death/ http://mariashriver.com/blog/2014/03/3-tips-for-overcoming-a-lifelong-fear-of-conflict-karen-anderson/