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The best news on the planet is that your mother doesn't have to change in order for you to be happy. In fact, author Karen C.L. Anderson will take it a step further and say your mother doesn't have to change in order for you to be free, peaceful, contented, and joyful. You can emotionally separate without guilt: Inspired by her own journey, Anderson's Difficult 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.

Ehrlichkeit sich selbst gegenüber ist die Basis jeder Partnerschaft. Wir wollen so gesehen und geliebt werden, wie wir sind: von Kopf bis Fuß, mit Haut und Haar. Doch wie lieben wir eigentlich? Wo entsteht Liebe, wie drückt sie sich aus, wie finden wir zu ihr? Paartherapeut Umut Özdemir veranschaulicht mithilfe unseres Körpers die Grundprinzipien von Liebe und Beziehungen: Wie wir auf unser Herz und unsere Bedürfnisse hören, wie richtige Kommunikation leichter über die Lippen geht, wie gemeinsame Erfahrungen Augen öffnen – und wie wir so gemeinsamen Schrittes eine langfristige Partnerschaft erreichen.

Ti accolli sempre i problemi degli altri anche quando non vorresti, reagisci in modo eccessivo davanti a piccole cose, hai sentimenti persistenti di rabbia, solitudine, tradimento o abbandono: se ti riconosci in questa descrizione potresti essere stato cresciuto da genitori emotivamente immaturi. La psicologa clinica Lindsay Gibson da anni studia gli effetti distruttivi che una genitorialità immatura può avere sui figli.

If you have a family member who suffers from mental illness, but refuses to seek treatment, you may feel like you're caught in a trap. If you try making life easier for your loved one, you wind up perpetuating dependency and entitlement. If you push for treatment, you are met with resistance or outright animosity. And when you reach out to professionals for help, you are told that nothing can be done unless your family member is ready to change. So, how can you escape the "family trap?"