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I Started Reading, "I'm Glad My Mom Died" by Jennette McCurdy
Dysfunctional Families Torie Wiksell | Therapist, Coach, & Host of You're Not Crazy Dysfunctional Families Torie Wiksell | Therapist, Coach, & Host of You're Not Crazy

I Started Reading, "I'm Glad My Mom Died" by Jennette McCurdy

I started reading, “I’m Glad My Mom Died,” and the truth is, this book hit way too close to home for me. Look, I knew we’d have some things in common like having very complicated and dysfunctional relationships with our moms and having moms who’ve both died. But, I honestly didn’t think I’d have much else in common with the author, Jennette McCurdy.

Oh how I was wrong. So, so wrong.

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5 Things You Need to Hear if You’re the Cycle Breaker in Your Family
Emotionally Immature Parents, Cycle Breakers, Dysfunctional Families Torie Wiksell | Therapist, Coach, & Host of You're Not Crazy Emotionally Immature Parents, Cycle Breakers, Dysfunctional Families Torie Wiksell | Therapist, Coach, & Host of You're Not Crazy

5 Things You Need to Hear if You’re the Cycle Breaker in Your Family

Breaking free from generational patterns of trauma and dysfunction and forging a new path can be both liberating and exhausting. While you’re building a much happier and healthier life for yourself, being the cycle breaker in your family can feel really isolating at times.

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