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Themes

  • Fear — Understanding and overcoming the anxieties that hold us back

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“We teach what we need to learn. And we teach it until we get it.”
— Irene Tomkinson, Not Like My Mother: Becoming a Sane Parent After Growing Up in a Crazy Family
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“My mothering needed a tad more Mother Theresa and a lot less Lizzy Borden.”
— Irene Tomkinson, Not Like My Mother: Becoming a Sane Parent After Growing Up in a Crazy Family
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“I had been running as fast as I could for all of my adult life. A person cant listen effectively while running. A running mother is not able to pick up clues. She is not able to let go of her own a...”
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“An angry woman is a bitch. An angry man is strong, whereas, a sad man or a fearful man is a wimp. A sad or fearful woman is frail.”
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“Alcoholism or addiction is a disease because it fits the definition of disease. It is progressive and chronic, and left untreated, it will kill.”
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“I had been running as fast as I could for all of my adult life. A person can’t listen effectively while running. A running mother is not able to pick up clues. She is not able to let go of her own ...”
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