by Janice Williams | Mental Health, Mothers and Daughters, Parenting, Personal Growth, Relationships, Wellbeing
Generations of women have been conditioned to prioritise others’ emotions over their own. Mothers, shaped by this legacy, often seek emotional support from their daughters who, in turn, struggle to set boundaries without guilt. This cycle leads to resentment,...
by Janice Williams | Mental Health, Parenting, Personal Growth, Relationships, Wellbeing
The Invisible Women Now that I’ve celebrated another trip around the sun, I have been assigned a new name – Dear, Lovely, Lovie, Sweetie, Honey and many iterations from these. Though these names are cute to some and well-meaning to others, I find these...
by Janice Williams | Mental Health, Parenting, Personal Growth, Relationships, Wellbeing
Signe Hammer: “Mothers of daughters are daughters of mothers and have remained so, in circles joined to circles, since time began.” Signe Hammer refers to the generations of women connected together, relationships with each other, linking mothers and daughters down...
by Janice Williams | Mental Health, Parenting, Personal Growth, Relationships, Wellbeing
Are you feeling invisible in your relationship with your mother? Do you feel like she’s too busy to notice you? Always walking in her shadow, trying to get her attention? I often hear comments from women about their mothers, along the lines of – “it’s impossible...
by Janice Williams | Mental Health, Parenting, Personal Growth, Relationships, Wellbeing
The other day I was reflecting on patriarchy and stereotypes in families and in the mother-daughter relationship. Recently I read a story by Prerna Singh Rai. A young woman, Arohi, wants to be a journalist, but her father wants her to be an accountant. Arohi points...
by Janice Williams | Mental Health, Parenting, Relationships, Wellbeing
This blog examines mother-guilt and shame of motherhood. Have you seen the film The Lost Daughter? I found it fascinating and tense, sad and complex, yet honest in its portrayal of women who are at a crossroads in life. The film examines motherhood, the...
