Will I Ever Be Good Enough?, Karyl McBride, PhD
Will I Ever Be Good Enough?, Karyl McBride, PhD
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Will I Ever Be Good Enough?
Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers

Author: Karyl McBride, PhD

Narrator: Karyl McBride

Unabridged: 7 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/21/2011


Synopsis

The first book specifically for daughters suffering from the emotional abuse of selfish, self-involved mothers, Will I Ever Be Good Enough? provides the expert assistance you need in order to overcome this debilitating history and reclaim your life for yourself. Drawing on over two decades of experience as a therapist specializing in women's psychology and health, psychotherapist Dr. Karyl McBride helps you recognize the widespread effects of this maternal emotional abuse and guides you as you create an individualized program for self-protection, resolution, and complete recovery.

Narcissistic mothers teach their daughters that love is not unconditional, that it is given only when they behave in accordance with maternal expectations and whims. As adults, these daughters have difficulty overcoming feelings of inadequacy, disappointment, emotional emptiness, and sadness. They may also have a fear of abandonment that leads them to form unhealthy romantic relationships, as well as a tendency to perfectionism and unrelenting self-criticism or to self-sabotage and frustration. Dr. McBride's step-by-step program will enable you to:

—1) Recognize your own experience with maternal narcissism and its effects on all aspects of your life

—2) Discover how you have internalized verbal and nonverbal messages from your mother and how these have translated into overachievement or self-sabotage

—3) Construct a personalized program to take control of your life and enhance your sense of self, establishing healthy boundaries with your mother and breaking the legacy of abuse

Warm and sympathetic, Dr. McBride brings a profound level of authority to Will I Ever Be Good Enough? that encourages and inspires you as it aids your recovery.

About Karyl McBride, PhD

Karyl McBride, Ph.D., is a licensed marriage and family therapist with more than thirty years of experience in public and private practice. For the past twenty years, Dr. McBride has been involved in private research concerning children of narcissistic parents. She lives in Denver, Colorado. More information can be found at www.nevergoodenough.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Maxine

I have read this book 3 times now and in my opinion it’s still THE best book out there about Narcissistic Mothers. This is the must have book if you grew up and/or still have a narcissistic mother in your life or even suspect that you do. I am one of those unfortunate daughters. Narcissistic mothers d......more

Goodreads review by Lola

This is an amazing book. Really, if you recognize yourself somehow in the title; read it. I actually already knew a lot of the stuff in the book because I was raised by narcissistic parents and diagnosed with some traits of the disorder when I was 20 years old. I had however conveniently convinced m......more

Goodreads review by Tofu

I had such high hopes for this book, but was ultimately disappointed in the results I received from reading it. The book is in three basic sections: recognizing narcissism in your mother, how this narcissism affected you, and ending how it affected you. The first two sections helped me. I was able t......more