Why will I never stop talking about how we can save our teen girls from suicide, self harm, depression, sexual exploitation, violence, social media and cyberbullying? Because it’s within our grasp, it’s not complicated and it will make all the difference for our girl’s wellbeing. Along with excellent mental health…

One of the most important lessons I’ve learned as a daughter is if I haven’t healed my past, I CANNOT mother my daughter with the presence that I want. I was still triggered, disappointed, rejected, hurt by my mother’s (innocent) behavior and she had no idea. Conversations needed to happen…

The internet is full of suggestions for places to go and things to do on a mother-daughter weekend. While these places are lovely, they offer nothing that is specific to nurturing our relationship as mother and daughter. There are no activities with a goal of strengthening the our bond. They…

This is what I told my mother this Mother’s Day. Twenty plus years after the fact it needed to be said. For teen girls and mothers there is often much regret with how it all went down. Have you said these words yet? Perhaps you will release the shame you’ve…

Mothers and daughters who travel together have the ability to connect on a whole new level. It is through the experience of culture, food and exploration that they give their relationship the gift of growing together. When mothers and daughters hear about my work for the first time, they immediately tell me what they think are the breakdowns in their relationship. She’s jealous, she was too strict, she’s too demanding, etc. …

When mothers ask too much of daughters. I’ve been working with a client to help her use her voice with her mother to set boundaries and create a healthier dynamic between them. When she approached her mother to share her feelings about a difficult situation, her mother said, “what about…

This weekend I pulled out my family recipe book for the 4175th time since my daughter was born to make my mom’s chocolate chip muffins for Sunday brunch and she seemed to notice it for the first time. She immediately grabbed the book and had tons of questions. “How did…

This morning I was sitting in a doctor’s waiting room waiting to for my to be called. While I was waiting something interesting happened. A woman who had also been waiting went up to the desk and asked if she hadn’t been called yet because her doctor was running behind…