When You're Trying Not to Fall Apart: Supporting Girls' Mental Health and Mother-Daughter Relationships

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges of supporting girls' mental health and the dynamics of mother-daughter relationships during adolescence.

Send us Fan Mail Apologies for the sound on this episode In this episode, I dive deeply into the challenges of supporting girls' mental health, especially for mothers working their way through the difficulties of the mother-daughter relationship during adolescent behaviour changes. We explore why your daughter's nervous system dysregulation directly affects your own and why it's not a sign of failure but biology. You'll gain insights into recognising your own dysregulation and learn pr...

People in this episode

Host: Rach Friedli

Topics covered

• girls' mental health
• mother-daughter relationships
• adolescent behaviour changes
• nervous system dysregulation
• supporting mental health

Keywords

• mental health
• mother-daughter relationship
• adolescence
• nervous system
• dysregulation
• support
• parenting

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