Making Peace With Your Mom: Steps to a Healthier Mother-Daughter Relationship

By H. Norman Wright and Sheryl Macauley

Now's the Time to Make a ChangeYour relationship with your mother can set the pattern for how you function in other relationships, and in the world. When you think about your mom's influence-even if she is no longer in your life-do you feel hurt, frustrated, angry?Through sound counseling and real-life stories, trusted counselor H. Norman Wright and his daughter, Sheryl, reveal why your mother-daughter relationship doesn't have to control your life or your future. They address the critical issues, including how to:Discover your mom's parenting style and its effectRewrite memories and messages from the pastBreak old communication patternsFind forgiveness-for yourself and your momMake progress even if she refuses to changeWith godly wisdom and practical insights born from experience, this book shows how you can start building a new relationship with your mother--today.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764202901
• ISBN13: 9780764202902
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Bethany House
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.5" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

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trust me, if you are dealing with any issues - great or small - between you or your mother, whether she is living or deceased, you will want to read this book. Norman Wright and his daughter have loaded dynamite into this book and it is absolutely explosive. It has changed my total perspective on things in dealing not only with my mother but with myself and other people as well. I love it.

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This book is wonderful! I have had a very difficult relationship with my mother for quiet sometime now. This book really helped to put things into perspective and give hope to the future. If you have a difficult relationship with your Mother this is the book to read.

RESTORING THE MOTHER-DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIP

When you think about your mother's influence - even if she is no longer in your life - do you feel hurt, frustrated, or angry about your past? If you have unresolved issues concerning your relationship with your mom, it can impact every area of your life. This book, written by licensed marriage and family therapist H. Norman Wright and his daughter, offers godly wisdom and practical insights to help today's women make peace with their moms. Co-author Sheryl Wright Macauley admits that rebellion in her 20s caused a rift between her and her mom, yet through God's healing, their relationship has been restored. Using these experiences and God's wisdom, she wants to reach out to women and offer them hope. Each chapter includes questions and space for journaling, making this a therapeutic experience for readers. Packed with real-life stories, I highly recommend this book for all moms and teen-up daughters to read. --Christian Women Online Book Buzz

Review - Making Peace With Your Mom: Steps to a Healthier Mother-Daughter Relationship

Have you ever wondered why it is that you can hear your mother's voice in your head even when she isn't around? Or why your mother can infuriate you like no one else can? Readers will learn the answers to the questions and more in Making Peace With Your Mom: Steps to a Healthier Mother-Daughter Relationship. This book is filled with practical advice for daughters with mothers of every type - from overbearing to neglectful and even those who have lost their mothers. Readers will learn the reasons behind their mothers behavior and ways that they can deal with the emotional stress of the mother/daughter relationship. Wright and Macauley have also included journaling pages with questions for the reader about their relationship with their mother. This gives the reader a chance to apply the helpful advice to their own situation. H. Norman Wright and his daughter, Sheryl Wright Macauley, tackle this difficult subject of mother/daughter relationships in Making Peace With Your Mom. Wright, a licensed therapist is the author of more than seventy books. Macauley is an award-winning artist and a daughter who contributes heartfelt glimpses into the relationship she has with her mother. Review by: Jill Hart, [...]

Come to terms with your mother

Reviewed by Stephanie Rollins for Reader Views (1/07) H. Norman Wright has written more than 70 books. He is a licensed marriage therapist. His daughter, Sheryl Wright Macauley, an illustrator, joined him to write "Making Peace with Your Mom." Wright and Macauley summarize well the different types of mothers. Some neglect. Some smother. There are many in-betweens. How many of us remember the criticism of our mothers that still haunt us into adulthood? "Making Peace with Your Mom" teaches us how to cope with those negative feelings. "Making Peace with Your Mom" mixes Godly advice with quips from women about their relationships with their mothers. Many of the descriptions are sad. "My mother had a deep hatred for me. She seemed jealous. If I was prettier or thinner than her, she hated me and let me know it." Other statements were uplifting and reminded me of the importance of motherhood. "My mother is loving, nurturing, encouraging, and kind." The theme throughout the book is that your mother will probably not change her behavior unless you take the initiative to make her change her behavior. Ultimately, it is our responsibility to be accountable for our own feelings. Why do we want to avoid scrutinizing the relationship we have with our mothers? As one woman explains, "I am afraid to look too closely. I guess I'm afraid of what I'll find. I don't want to discover that what I felt all along is true." It is so much easier to sweep it under the rug--or is it? Wright and Macauley explain that the anger, frustration, and other negative feelings we have in association with our mothers will affect each aspect of our lives, especially our relationships with our daughters, if we do not address the issues. Though we may not be able to change all the annoying behaviors of our mothers, we can change the way we react to the behaviors. "Making Peace with Your Mom" inspired me to try harder to be a mom that my daughter deserves. I hope when she grows up that she sees that I truly have tried to be what she needed me to be. I want her to describe me as one stated in the book, "As a little girl, my mom was always there for me. She was a stay-at-home mom who worked alongside my dad...."