Reclaiming the inner mother. How to work through maternal trauma and find personal strength.

Innovative research on the personal, cultural, and global consequences of intergenerational trauma passed from mother to daughters, as well as methods to overcome the destructive cycle. Why do women strive to live quietly and unnoticed? Why do they hold back in their professional and personal lives? What fuels the insecurity they often experience? In this book, leading feminist thinker Bettani Webster identifies the cause of female psychological trauma. She calls it maternal trauma and shows how destructive beliefs and behaviors are passed from traumatized mothers to their daughters. Through her seminars, courses, and lectures, Webster has helped countless women reassess their lives and relationships with their mothers, giving them the opportunity to properly express their pain and encouraging them to share their experiences. In this manifesto and self-help guide, she offers practical tools for identifying manifestations of maternal trauma in our everyday lives and strategies that we...