You Are Not Your Mother: Releasing Generational Trauma and Shame

Karen C. L. Anderson

Aug 2023 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Alex Picard

About this audiobook

What is your relationship to shame? How can you overcome it and live an intentional life of vulnerability? You Are Not Your Mother guides listeners on how to see shame, and live separately from it. Explore your personal roots to shame with an expert. As a top authority on recovering from growing up in toxic families, Karen C. L. Anderson walks you through her shame story, her relationship with her narcissistic mother, and the simple practices she has developed to alleviate guilt from unhealthy relationships. Author of bestselling Difficult Mothers, Adult Daughters with over 150,000 copies sold, Karen offers tools to process, understand, and move beyond childhood trauma so you can not only survive, but thrive. You'll find: Karen's story on dealing with a narcissistic mother and how she overcame her shame; journal prompts, mind-body practices, and simple exercises to release shame and toxic habits; and a guide on how to finally identify shame, and how to embrace living free from it. If you enjoy therapy books and content on emotion management, then this book is for you! If you liked I'm Glad My Mom Died, Mother Hunger, or Uprooting Shame And Guilt, you'll love You Are Not Your Mother.

About the author

Karen C. L. Anderson is an author, storyteller, and master-certified life coach who works adult daughters to create safety, intentional identity, and healthy boundaries so they can take care of themselves in the relationship they have with their mothers.

Alex Picard brings a lifetime of work in the theater as an actor and director to her work in front of the mic. With a background in Shakespeare, she excels at connecting listeners to the author's world. A Boston native, she records from her home studio, is an accidental gardener, and once ran a marathon on purpose.