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- Mother’s Day: Like many holidays, it can be a day of celebration and joy or a day of sadness, disappointment, and anger. It can amplify painful feelings between and about children and parents. If your relationship with your mother is bad, Mother’s Day can be a day of reconciliation — or it can make a difficult situation worse.
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May 10, 2014 · If your relationship with your mother is bad, Mother’s Day can be a day of reconciliation — or it can make a difficult situation worse.
- Reflecting on & Reassessing Your Relationship with Your Toxic Mom
- Setting Boundaries with Your Toxic Mom
- Healing: Celebrating & Prioritizing Your Mental and Emotional Health
- Summary of What Not to Do
As Mother’s Day approaches, you may naturally start thinking about your relationship (or lack thereof) with your mother, and this can be a good thing. “[Taking] the time to reflect a little bit” on the relationship allows you to start to sit with and process your feelings instead of just getting angry, Kathryn Smerling, Ph.D., LCSW, tells Romper. W...
Deciding to attempt to build or rebuild a relationship with a toxic person is a big deal, and you’ll likely need to set some boundaries to protect yourself. It might feel intimidating to go into this situation with demands of boundaries, but Limm points out that it’s about what you need to feel safe and comfortable. “Most people are uncomfortable s...
Maybe you have no interest in connecting with your mom this Mother’s Day, and that’s OK. To make the day a little easier, though, Limm suggests taking a break from social media for the day and celebrating other meaningful people in your life. “Identify people in your life who have been nurturing, kind, compassionate, [and] emotionally available to ...
Again, it’s extremely important to protect yourself when you’re trying to manage Mother’s Day with a difficult relationship. As you consider how you want to move forward with celebrating the holiday (or not celebrating it), here are a few things to try not to do: 1. Don’t apologize for having boundaries or feel like you need to compromise them for ...
- Ashley Ziegler
May 12, 2024 · The day seems to perpetuate bad things about being a mother. To me, Mother's Day perpetuates some of our culture's worst ideas about mothers and women.
- Ashley Austrew
I can see that Mother’s Day is painful—far more painful than joyous. The pain is spread all over social media: “I miss my mom” or “I miss my son.” What is even harder?
- Meredith Atwood
May 8, 2022 · Estranged relationships can cause Mother's Day to be filled with unprocessed hurt and resentment that only time, willingness, transparent conversation and therapy will heal.
Mar 23, 2022 · Mother’s Day is fast approaching – but it isn’t an easy day for everyone. Whether you’re estranged, grieving or have a tricky relationship with your mum, the build-up to the big day along...
May 7, 2021 · It’s Mother’s Day on Sunday, and while it’s always important to recall that this day has become just another calculated retail opportunity, that doesn’t soften its capacity to sting.
