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The Emotionally Absent Mother: A Guide To Self-Healing And Getting The Love You Missed (2010)

by Jasmin Lee Cori(Favorite Author)
4.18 of 5 Votes: 2
ISBN
1615190287 (ISBN13: 9781615190287)
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English
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The Experiment
review 1: In simple language this book describes how a mother who is disengaged, emotionally absent or emotionally detached can cause specific deficiencies in her children. Author Jasmin Cori describes exactly what a good mother does and what a disengaged mother does and how it makes the child feel. She also describes methods of therapy and states that there are three choices for healing 1. find a surrogate mother, 2. get professional therapy, 3. learn to mother yourself. I found that this book was the most helpful of all the books I read on the subject.Favorite Quotes from the book:Not feeling safe, on the other hand, is the setup for anxiety to take hold. ... It comes from feeling alone and unsupported in situations we can’t handle by ourselves and from being in relationship... mores with unavailable or unresponsive caregivers.p. 64If a family claims you as their own but you don’t really feel that they know you are see you for who you are, you’ll feel like an outsider within your own family.p. 67Receiving passive love can be deeply healing for undermothered women, who had to be so active in trying to earn love. - Soonja Kimquoted on p. 136
review 2: This book gave me alot of insight to why I behave and react to certain situations. I can now be more aware and try to change and be a better parent to my children than my mother was to me. I feel this is a book that could help those who are struggling with inner turmoil. I don't feel it helped me repair my past relationship with my mother as much as it made me want to BE a better mother to my own children. less
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compcua
Excellent! The second half gives exceptional guidance on healing methodology.
Gart
A truly excellent book! A one-of-a-kind about a topic rarely written about!
Paige
I made it half way, and just never really could pick it up again.
laudie
I found this book to be very helpful.
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