WHAT IS MOTHER-DAUGHTER COACHING?

Mother-Daughter Sessions:

The Mother-Daughter relationship is one of the most profound and impactful relationships of our lives. It lives on intergenerationally as we pass along our traditions, values, attitudes, behaviors, and our genetics. Moms and daughters have so much pressure put on their relationship by society and from within themselves which only adds to the dynamics that exist within your relationship. Women have been told for centuries that they are too sensitive, too weak, too emotional, asking for too much, being too much, not giving enough, not nice enough, too loud, not working enough, working too much, not pretty enough, thin enough, too sexy, too uptight, too bossy, too quiet…you get it and have experienced at least some of it. All of  these societal demands and criticisms of women naturally show up in the relationship between moms and daughters, grandmothers and granddaughters, sisters; how can they not!? This external pressure causes the mother-daughter relationship to become a pressure cooker and thus the stereotype of the troubled mother-daughter relationship ensues.

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With Mother-Daughter sessions you and your mom/daughter have a judgement free, compassion filled space to finally hear and see each other in a new way.  You decide how you want to move forward in relationship with one another. We come to this table together, wanting connection, wanting healthy boundaries, wanting to make things feel better and this is often the common ground mothers and daughters stand on together. How to move forward in a new way after challenges, past hurts, miscommunications, misunderstandings; this is where I come in.

 

As a certified Mother-Daughter Coach and a licensed therapist, I coach clients through a process that will help you:

• Gain a new understanding of yourself and the other

• Increase compassion

• Have a new way of communicating with each other

• Break old cycles that have been handed down through generations

• Feel seen and heard

• Co-create supportive boundaries that help you take care of yourselves and your relationship

 

Unlike therapy, we don't drudge up and rehash the past in sessions. You won't be telling the same old stories in our sessions. In order to  move forward in a new way, you learn how be authentically YOU in this relationship.

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When we are willing to make changes, we can free ourselves from ingrained generational patterns and begin to pass along new ways of interacting, new attitudes, ones that feel supportive and life-giving rather than depleting.  You can choose to live differently for yourself and within your mother-daughter relationship. You can create change from the way things have always been and try a new way. It’s not ever too late, whether you are 82 or 22.

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Who is mother-daughter coaching for?

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• Mother-Daughter Coaching is for women ages 17 and older.

• Getting ready to go to college and finding there is growing tension between you? This is for you.

• Have a history of tension & distanced relationship but you both want more connection now? This is for you.

• Noticing difficult emotions arise as a new marriage approaches? This is for you.

• Pregnant and wanting do things differently for next generation and yourself as a mom or grandmother? This is for you.

• Have a decent relationship with your daughter or mom and just want to become closer, gain understanding and enrich your bond? This is for you.

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Who is mother-daughter coaching not for?

 

• Anyone under the age of 17

• Someone who has not done their own therapy or reflection work--if this is the first time you are doing any personal work, I recommend doing it individually first. You can check out my individual coaching under services.

• Someone who wants to find blame in the other party and not aim to understand other perspectives. Hurt and pain is universal AND you must be willing to be open enough to stand in the other person's shoes. 

• Someone who is looking for a quick fix. A complex relationship of many, many years will take time to unravel, unpack and rebuild/strengthen. This work is not something that will change things overnight, but with proper commitment to the process, exponential changes can occur.

 

What if my mom or daughter isn't available?

Individual Coaching for a Mom or Adult Daughter is possible.  

Learn more here

 

How to get started

Click the button below to fill out a contact form and I will be in touch with you soon.

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