The Mother-Daughter Puzzle: A New Generational Understanding of the Mother-Daughter Relationship - Softcover

Hasseldine, Rosjke

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0955710413 ISBN 13: 9780955710414

Publisher: Women's Bookshelf Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

From the sales desk to the boardroom, too many women feel as though they are “giving from a place of empty,” constantly putting their wants and needs last in a culture that expects them to give and never take. If this describes you, take heart! The source of your dilemma might well spring from the relationship you have (or had) with your mother, your daughter, or both.

In The Mother-Daughter Puzzle, Rosjke Hasseldine, an internationally recognized expert on the mother-daughter relationship, Huffington Post blogger, and Adjunct Lecturer at the University of New Hampshire, provides a step-by-step guide on how to connect the dots between what’s happening in your mother-daughter relationship and how society and your generational family treats women. Rosjke’s book teaches you how to map your mother-daughter history, an eye-opening way to help provide answers to your dilemma. From this mapping, you’ll also learn how to raise your entitlement to speak and be heard, and to challenge and change harmful sexist beliefs and cultural stereotypes, so you can enjoy an emotionally connected, mutually supportive mother-daughter bond.

“In The Mother-Daughter Puzzle, Rosjke Hasseldine explores one of the most influential relationships in women’s lives. Her stories vividly demonstrate the dynamic nuances of this grounding relationship, and how those dynamics shape the way women relate to themselves, their work, and how they engage in other interpersonal relationships. She challenges readers to assess the mother-daughter dynamic in a new way and engage in processes that foster equality and structure egalitarianism.”

Helen LaKelly Hunt PhD, author of And the Spirit Moved Them: The Lost Radical History of America's First Feminists.

"This is a very important book. It can help us all to understand the mother-daughter relationship and guide us to create a positive one. A must-read."

Gloria Feldt, former President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Co-Founder and President of Take The Lead, author of No Excuses.

 

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About the Author

Rosjke Hasseldine, an internationally recognized expert on mother-daughter relationships, has helped thousands of women from around the world heal their mother-daughter relationship. Her first book, "The Silent Female Scream", aptly detailed the challenges women face in being heard. In "The Mother-Daughter Puzzle" she explains all she has learned through her long career as a mother-daughter relationship therapist/coach, while guiding the reader through her groundbreaking model and Mother-Daughter History Mapping exercise. An accredited and registered psychotherapist with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, Rosjke holds a master's degree from Indiana University, is a professional member of the American Counseling Association, and recently was a presenter at the 61st Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Rosjke has contributed commentary for BBC Radio, and been featured in Psychologies, Vice, Cosmopolitan, She, Mother and Baby, The Times, and The Scotsman. A native of New Zealand, Rosjke teaches both her counselling clients and fellow mental health professionals how to uncover the complicated dynamics of the mother-daughter relationship.

Edition details

• Publisher: Women's Bookshelf Publishing
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0955710413
• ISBN 13: 9780955710414
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176