Mothers Who Can't Love: A Healing Guide for Daughters

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Charlene had controlled Karen for so long, she had every reason to believe her daughter would buckle, that she'd never have to follow through on her threats. If you are an adult child of a narcissistic mother, this audiobook is for you, and if you are not sure whether your abusive mother is a pathological narcissist, you will find out.

D., author of the smash number one best seller Toxic Parents, offers a powerful look at the devastating impact unloving mothers have on their daughters - and provides clear, effective techniques for overcoming that painful legacy. You need not speak nice to her, you need not forgive her, you need not love her no matter the financial support she gave as a parent. Do you feel frustrated because you can’t seem to find a way to heal and establish loving relationships with others? It will take you years to overcome the trauma of having a mother who despises you and openly chose to neglect you.I don’t trust that anything good will happen for me,” a woman who was an unprotected child tells herself.

The truth is that narcissists (all of us) fall on a spectrum somewhere between utter selflessness on the one side and arrogance and grandiosity on the other.I can’t help myself from thinking whether there’s some kind of hidden agenda, you know, and I’ve learned in therapy that that has everything to do with my mother. If you were that little girl, the daughter of a mother who couldn’t give you the love you needed so much, it’s likely that much like Heather, you now go through your days with a cavernous gap in your confidence, a sense of emptiness and sadness. While it’s a hard answer to swallow, some parents simply aren’t taught how to provide their children with meaningful love.

Bestselling author Susan Forward looks at the devastating impact unloving mothers have on their daughters and provides effective techniques for overcoming that painful legacy.

The author dismisses the assertion that “giving birth makes [women] inherently capable of nurturing. There are also fathers who treat their children with contempt, and mothers who don’t love their children. To begin with, there are mothers who do love their children but love them badly or in their own way.