My Mother, My Mirror : Recognizing and Making the Most of Inherited Self-Images

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ISBN: 9781572245693 | 1572245697
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Copyright: 4/2/2009

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InMy Mother, My Mirror, an experienced psychotherapist explores how mothers unwittingly pass on their self-esteem and body image issues to their daughters and shows readers how they can break the cycle. This book encourages the reader to understand and forgive her mother and build both a stronger sense of self and a stronger relationship with her mother.

acknowledgments	p. xi
introduction	p. 1
Discovering the Carnival Mirror	p. 2
The Kernel of the Book	p. 3
The Carnival-Mirror Self-Image	p. 4
Three Generations Inherit the Carnival Mirror	p. 6
The Five Thought Links	p. 9
How to Read This Book	p. 9
Before You Read On, Learn the Five Mother Mantras	p. 11
Mothers and Daughters, Mirrors And Viewers
The Self-Image: Do I See Me as Mommy Saw Me?	p. 15
The Truer Self-Image Leads to the Freer Self	p. 17
Jenny In The Consulting Room	p. 18
How Does the Self-Image Form?	p. 21
Culture's Effect on the Female Self-Image	p. 28
Let's Recap	p. 32
The Mother Image: Mommy in the Mind	p. 34
What Is the Mother Image?	p. 34
Mother Image: Mother's Understudy in the Unconscious	p. 35
How Does the Mother Image Form?	p. 37
The Mother Image Influences the Self-Image	p. 38
Soften the Negative Mother Image, Gain a Truer Self-Image	p. 40
Kimberly Changes the Mother Image to Change the Self-Image	p. 41
Let's Recap	p. 42
The Mother-Daughter Relationship: An Intricate Prism	p. 45
Know Your Mother, Know Yourself	p. 46
The Mother-Daughter Tango	p. 48
The Mother-Daughter Afghan	p. 49
Tuned-In Traits: The Hug Cycle	p. 53
Tuned-Out Traits: The Boomerang Cycle	p. 54
A Fictional Mother-Daughter Relationship	p. 57
Let's Recap	p. 59
Preoccupied Mother and Overlooked Daughter: Narcissus And Echo	p. 61
Daughter's Individuality, Mother's Anxiety	p. 62
Daughter's Individuality, Mother's Cheers	p. 63
Mothers with a Healthy Self-Focus	p. 64
Narcissus, a Preoccupied Mother?	p. 64
Mothers and Their Famous Echo Daughters	p. 69
Let's Recap	p. 79
The Mind-Body Moments: Echoes of the Mother-Daughter Past	p. 81
How Do Mind-Body Moments Form?	p. 83
Mind-Body Moments That Liberate the Self	p. 84
Symptoms: Mind-Body Moments That Detour the Self	p. 89
The Female Watersheds	p. 92
Let's Recap	p. 97
Self-Image To Self: How I See Myself Is How I Sense Myself	p. 99
Mother's-And Daughter's-Carnival-Mirror Self-Image	p. 100
What Is "Me"?	p. 101
Let's Recap	p. 108
Thought Links That Deepen Feeling
Thought Link 1: Mommy, How Did You See You? How Do I See Me?	p. 113
The First Thought Link	p. 114
The Touch Tools	p. 120
Let's Recap	p. 129
Thought Link 2: Mommy, I Was Afraid I'd Hurt You	p. 131
How Did Your Mother, as a Child, View Your Grandmother?	p. 132
Self-Sacrificing or Idealized Mother	p. 134
Mommy, I Was Afraid I'd Hurt You	p. 135
Facing Fear of Anger Through Thought Link 2	p. 138
Thought Link 2 In Fiction	p. 140
Let's Recap	p. 141
Thought Link 3: Mommy, I Was Afraid to Love You	p. 144
Alternating Between Anger and Love	p. 144
Mommy, I Was Afraid to Love You	p. 146
Facing Fear of Love Through Thought Link 3	p. 149
Let's Recap	p. 150
Thought Link 4: Mommy, I Was Afraid to Face What You Never Were	p. 152
Loving Mother or Rejecting Mother?	p. 153
Lovable Daughter or Rejectable Daughter?	p. 153
Mommy, I Was Afraid to Face What You Never Were	p. 155
Real Loss or Emotional Loss?	p. 158
Immigration: From Real Loss to Emotional Loss	p. 163
Thought Link 4	p. 166
Let's Recap	p. 168
Carnival Mirrors and Truer Mirrors
Thought Link 5: From The Carnival Mirror to the Truer Mirror	p. 173
The Carnival-Mirror Dolls	p. 176
Five Treatment Stages And Five Thought Links	p. 179
Let's Recap	p. 193
For Mothers: The Truer Mirror-For You, For Your Daughter	p. 196
Preoccupied Mother Sees Daughter As Self-Reflection	p. 198
Going on a Mother-Guilt Trip? Change Course!	p. 200
Daughters in Childhood	p. 202
Rapunzel Mother, Rapunzel Tween	p. 205
Teens' Crisis of Connection	p. 210
Getting It with Your Adult Daughter	p. 214
Let's Recap	p. 215
Appendix	p. 219
Suggestions For My Mother, My Mirror Groups	p. 219
The Recommended Reading, Listening, and Viewing List	p. 221
Glossary	p. 225
References	p. 231
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