Do you sometimes feel as if you are living your life to please others? Do you give other people the benefit of the doubt but second-guess yourself? Do you struggle with perfectionism, anxiety, lack of confidence, emotional emptiness, or eating disorders? In your intimate relationships, have you f...
—ALICE MILLER The roots of your parents’ control can often lie in events that occurred long before you were born. As one woman I interviewed said, “Knowing my mother’s past allows me to feel less like a victim. Knowing her past means she isn’t just this person who did mean things to me. It’s what...