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Katherine Fabrizio

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A licensed psychotherapist for over 30 years, Katherine Fabrizio has been working to help women heal from the guilt, shame and self-doubt that holds them back from living fully.

Katherine believes at the heart of the is problem is the dysfunctional dynamic daughters have with their mothers.

She reasons that because all women have been wounded by the patriarchal culture they can't help but pass these wounds down the maternal line.

To heal, she maintains we need to look no further than the divine feminine. In her book she explains how to look beyond the maternal lie and use feminine power to right the wrongs of mother/daughter dysfunction. .

Katherine has worked as a singer, painter and writer- lover of all things feminine, sensual and creati
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Why Does My Mother Act Jealous Of Me?

  Some daughters notice a painful shift in their relationship with their mothers when they begin to succeed. Instead of pride, accomplishments may be met with sarcasm, criticism, or subtle put-downs. After more than thirty years in the therapy room, I’ve come to recognize a pattern beneath many of these moments—what I call the mixed-message trap, where praise carries an unconscious barb. “Mom has

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The River Is Waiting by Wally Lamb
"There’s no way to review this book properly. I’m not ok. I am NOT ok. My friends told me it wrecked them and that wasn’t enough. This book will live with me forever. "
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The River Is Waiting is the third book I've read by New York Times best selling author Wally Lamb [see She’s Come Undone, 1992, and I Know This Much Is True, 1996].

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“The rebel may shrug off attempts to please Mom since she deems it impossible anyway and cast herself as “the bad child.” She escapes the pressure of being good and looks outwardly independent—but beneath the outward facing, tough chick act is a little girl who wonders if she is loveable. As a result, she has trouble letting anyone get close—better to keep people at arm’s length. The rebel has trouble trusting, while the Good Daughter naively seems to trust everyone. They are mirror images of each other, each a distorted reflection of their mother’s unintegrated aspects of herself.”
Katherine Fabrizio, The Good Daughter Syndrome: Help For Empathic Daughters of Narcissistic, Borderline, or Difficult Mothers Trapped in the Role of the Good Daughter

“You carry this false belief into your adult life, where you think you are selfish when you attend to your own needs instead of Mom’s.”
Katherine Fabrizio, The Good Daughter Syndrome: Help For Empathic Daughters of Narcissistic, Borderline, or Difficult Mothers Trapped in the Role of the Good Daughter

“The truth will set you free, but first,
it will piss you off.„ —Gloria Steinem”
Katherine Fabrizio, The Good Daughter Syndrome: Help For Empathic Daughters of Narcissistic, Borderline, or Difficult Mothers Trapped in the Role of the Good Daughter

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Loneliness is the human condition. Cultivate it. The way it tunnels into you allows your soul room to grow. Never expect to outgrow loneliness. Never hope to find people who will understand you, someone to fill that space. An intelligent, sensitive person is the exception, the very great exception. If you expect to find people who will understand you, you will grow murderous with disappointment. The best you'll ever do is to understand yourself, know what it is that you want, and not let the cattle stand in your way.”
Janet Fitch, White Oleander

“If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.”
Edith Wharton

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