Our Mothers, Ourselves
How Understanding Your Mother's Influence Can Set You on a Path to a Better Life
Zondervan · Print & ebook · August 4, 2015
In Our Mothers, Ourselves, Henry Cloud and John Townsend show how understanding how our mothers have profoundly influenced our lives can set us on a path toward wholeness and growth.
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- Who it’s for
- A reflective look at how a mother's care can shape adult life and relationships.
- Themes
- Maternal influence on adult life, Personal growth and wholeness, Healthier relationships with mothers
- Genres
- Parenting Grown Kids, Christian Family & Relationships, Christian Personal Growth
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In Our Mothers, Ourselves, Henry Cloud and John Townsend show how understanding how our mothers have profoundly influenced our lives can set us on a path toward wholeness and growth. No one has influenced the person you are today like your mother. The way she handled your needs as a child has shaped your worldview, your relationships, your marriage, your career, your self-image - your life.
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Our Mothers, Ourselves can help you identify areas that need reshaping, to make positive choices for personal change, and to establish a mature relationship with Mom today. - The Phantom Mom - The China Doll Mom - The Controlling Mom - The Trophy Mom - The Still-the-Boss Mom - The American Express Mom You'll learn how your mom affected you as a child and may still be affecting you today. Our Mothers, Ourselves is a biblical, realistic, and empowering route to wholeness and growth, to deeper and more satisfying bonds with your family, friends, and spouse - and to a new, healthier way of relating to your mother. This book was previously titled The Mom Factor.
The Mother Bond
A reflective look at how a mother's care can shape adult life and relationships.
Come here for
- Tracing childhood influence through self-image, work, marriage, and relationships
- Recognizing familiar patterns in its named maternal types
Expect
- A biblical, realistic frame for personal change and a more mature bond with Mom
- Attention to family, friendship, and spousal relationships alongside the mother-child bond
Where it sits
| Parenting Grown Kids | 84% |
|---|---|
| Christian Family & Relationships | 25% |
| Christian Personal Growth | 17% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Parenting Grown Kids
- Midlife & Beyond
- Christian Family & Relationships
- Christian Personal Growth
- Authors
- Henry Cloud, John Townsend
- Publisher
- Zondervan
- Published
- August 4, 2015
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Maternal influence on adult life · Personal growth and wholeness · Healthier relationships with mothers
- Reading lane
- Parenting Grown Kids