Your siblings think they know best? Where were they while you were the caregiver for your elderly parents? Read about how to deal with criticism after you feel you’ve given everything you can. Carol Bradley Bursack, AgingCare.com You’ve put your life on hold. You’ve given until it hurts. You’re doing everything you can to help…
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When you are a caregiver, it is hard to live up to the expectations of the holiday season. These are some tips for celebrating the holidays while caring for your elderly parents. By Carol Bradley Bursack, AgingCare.com There’s an image of holiday perfection that our culture encourages. Starting with Thanksgiving, we areinundated with fantasy images…
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by Gale Berkowitz An alternative to fight or flight. A landmark UCLA study suggests friendships between women are special. They shape who we are and who we are yet to be. They soothe our tumultuous inner world, fill the emotional gaps in our marriage, and help us remember who we really are. By the way,…
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By Stephanie Mitchell Why is the mother-daughter dynamic such a complex one? Some mothers want to walk and talk just like their adult daughters. Some daughters need their mothers’ acceptance before they make any move. Linda Perlman Gordon and Susan Morris Shaffer, authors of Too Close for Comfort? Questioning the Intimacy of Today’s New Mother-Daughter…
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Excerpted from The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Mothers and Daughters by Rosanne Rosen Building Blocks A belief system is composed of fundamental ideas that affect how an individual looks at and evaluates a set of circumstances, experiences, or individuals. Indeed it colors the overall way in which one looks at and approaches the world around…
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More… Mom is a Girl’s Best Friend? Authors Say No: Mothers and daughters often have a complicated relationship, so when the two are close as adults, everything is great, right? Not so, say co-authors of new book, Too Close for Comfort? Questioning the Intimacy of Today’s New Mother-Daughter Relationship. Article by Sharon Jayson, USA Today…
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www.Professorshouse.com A great many mother daughter relationships feel about as healthy as a swig of beer coupled with a joint after downing some cough syrup with codeine. They are terribly strained for years, and end up resolving themselves to a chronic stand off usually during the daughter’s thirties or forties, where the relationship can remain…
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By Cynthia Tierra To avoid an argument before it starts, don’t participate. This may sound obvious, but it isn’t. Otherwise we would never argue. Most arguments involve personality conflicts. Both personalities involved in the argument feel they have something to gain or lose in the outcome. According to this perspective, someone must win and someone…
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Metamessages in Family Talk Excerpted from I Only Say This Because I Love You: Talking to Your Parents, Partner, Sibs, and Kids When You’re All Adults By Deborah Tannen Why does talk in families so often go in circles, leaving us tied up in knots? In this illuminating book, Deborah Tannen, the linguist and and…
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Did You Know? “When I Married My Mother” has been named one of the Top 50 Memoirs for the Summer of 2009by the Library Journal Coming Soon: Barb and Laurie interview author, Jo Maeder! We’re still editing.