Recs if you like Will I Ever Be Good Enough? Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers...

for the parentified daughters, for the eldest daughters, for the daughters who have had or still have a complicated relationship with their mothers or mother wound. this one is for you!

This is a personal curriculum reading list that was put together to help with understanding CPTSD and how to begin the journey to recovery. This list was created with people who identify as creative women in mind; however, the titles on this list are useful reads for anyone who wants to figure themselves out and hopefully live life feeling more at ease, safe, and confident.

the complicated inheritance of being someone's daughter. maternal wounds, generational trauma, inherited neuroses, impossible expectations, and the many ways love can leave a mark. mothers we love, resent, misunderstand, and spend a lifetime trying to figure out. daughters caught between becoming their mothers, disappointing them, and figuring out who they are without them. // some family issues require a little more than a family group chat.

— suggestions always welcome!

nonfiction that feels like going to therapy (without the copay)