…distortions and get support from multiple sources to set in motion new, healthy patterns instead. On my own journey as a recovering “parentified daughter,” I learned early the painful belief…

…the happiness of our mother. You may observe your mother’s unhappiness and begin to feel guilty for your own success. This is particularly common in women who were parentified daughters…

…that we see life through a distorted and self-sabotaging lens. What you carry daily from your childhood may cloud your judgment in your professional life. For example, parentified daughters, or…

…inner mothering with the exhausting burden of being a parentified daughter, who had to grow up too quickly. It took time for me to eventually see that being my adult…

…standards of friendships. How to Heal in Adulthood Parentified daughters, who had some degree of a role reversal with their mothers, develop an inflated sense of power—an adult-like belief that…