by Janice Williams | Parenting, Personal Growth, Relationships, Wellbeing
“Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one.” Brad Paisley, singer/songwriter “Happy New Year,” most of us chime to our family and friends at the stroke of twelve. We hug, pop champagne, smile, anticipate what this new year may bring. For...
by Janice Williams | Mental Health, Personal Growth, Relationships, Wellbeing
Family togetherness, delicious food, warm hugs, relaxation, contentment being with our nearest and dearest. At least, that’s the Christmas dream, that’s the stuff we see in movies and deep down, we crave that familial connection. For some, though, it’s not the...
by Janice Williams | Personal Growth, Relationships, Wellbeing
Often I am asked about the work that I do as a Mother-Daughter Relationships Coach. It is an unusual vocation, it’s not a job title that many have heard of. It is an attachment model that helps women uncover underlying conflict and disconnection in their relationship...
by Janice Williams | Mental Health, Relationships
Not sure how to survive your difficult mother on Mother’s Day? Read on and discover that you are not alone in your journey. The words ‘celebrate’ and ‘happy’ are often synonymous for two specific days of the year – Christmas Day and Mother’s Day. Both days are...
by Janice Williams | Relationships, Wellbeing
In my blog about lost sense of self, I talk about the Lost Woman, loss of identity within mother-daughter relationships. There is a story of a teacher who gave her class of second-graders a written test about a magnet and its purpose. In the test, she included...
by Janice Williams | Mental Health, Relationships, Wellbeing
“Just when you think you’re done with the past, the past isn’t done with you” Alannah Hill. Emotional starvation in childhood creates difficulty in dealing with emotions and as adults, will seek out people to fill the emptiness within. In her memoir “Butterfly On A...