A Mother Apart

by Hart, Sarah

• ISBN13: 9781845900946
• ISBN10: 1845900944
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-05-30
• Publisher: Crown House Pub Ltd

Summary

The number of mothers living apart from their children continues to rise. Women leave their children, lose custody, lose touch, choose part-time motherhood or fi nd themselves with no contact at all, for a whole range of reasons. A Mother Apart: How to let go of guilt and fi nd happiness living apart from your child moves beyond the stigma linked to mothers who leave their children and offers understanding and practical support to help mothers come to terms with their emotions, as they adjust and come to terms with life apart from their child. This book provides insight and sympathetic approaches to help manage complex situations and strong emotions, including how to understand and free yourself from excessive guilt and other diffi cult feelings, grieve your loss and move on with an open heart, learn the art of big hearted mothering: deep love from afar, over time, fi nd positive ways to integrate your life as a mother apart and independent woman and fully appreciate how the capacity to love deeply from afar makes you one of the most extraordinary mothers in the world.