Daughtering w/ Allison M. Alford

About this episode

Cara Santa Maria interviews Dr. Allison M. Alford about her book on the experiences of adult daughters.

In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by Professor, researcher, and speaker empowering adult daughters, Dr. Allison M. Alford. They discuss her book, Good Daughtering: The Work You’ve Always Done, the Credit You’ve Never Gotten, and How to Finally Feel Like Enough . Follow Allison: @daughtering101

People in this episode

Host: Cara Santa Maria

Guest: Allison M. Alford

Topics covered

• empowerment
• adult daughters
• family dynamics
• self-worth
• book discussion

Keywords

• daughtering
• empowerment
• self-esteem
• family
• book

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Good Daughtering: The Work You’ve Always Done, the Credit You’ve Never Gotten, and How to Finally Feel Like Enough

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