Dysfunctional Families: Healing from the Legacy of Toxic Parents

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Dysfunctional Families: Healing from the Legacy of Toxic Parents

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Recovering from toxic parenting and dysfunctional family dynamics is often a lifelong process. This new collection of essays by Katherine Mayfield, award-winning author of Stand Your Ground: How to Cope with a Dysfunctional Family and Recover from Trauma offers new insights for healing, gleaned from the popular Blog on Dysfunctional Families at www.TheBoxofDaughter.com.Essay topics include embracing your inner gargoyle, how to stop feeling powerless, learning to forgive yourself, increasing self-esteem, and several works on understanding the Law of Attraction, along with humorous looks at the dysfunction that often pervades family dynamics.Katherine Mayfield is editor of the Maine Review, and the award-winning author of a memoir on recovering from emotional abuse called The Box of Daughter: Healing the Authentic Self, as well as other books on dysfunctional families and recovery from bullying and emotional abuse.

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Published December 27, 2014
ISBN 24874292
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After spending years working in the corporate world, Katherine Mayfield finally decided to pursue a lifelong passion for writing. They currently reside in a quiet suburb where they spend most of their time outlining new stories, reading extensively, and occasionally attempting to bake.

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