A middle-of-the-road information book and workbook -- nothing new or mindblowing, but helpful information. As with any other book about narcissism, it's challenging to read at times and can bring up a lot of feelings (which is why the workbook is helpful). I'd say this is on par with most other books I've read on the topic.

Excellent and very focused resource on the Narcissistic Mother, identifying the disorder and strategies to move beyond their abuse. I have an NM and am a psychologist, and all the core dynamics and behaviors are covered here, easy to navigate and highly understandable. A very useful resource.

One best read a book or find out a lot more about narcissistic mothers before picking up this one, as it's really a workbook - it starts with definitions of what a narcissistic mother is and goes a little into the hows & whys of it, but other than that, there isn't a lot of information pertinent to that topic. And it doesn't need to, because it's the workbook for the daughters of such mothers
The prompts and exercises really do a good job of helping one navigate through their feelings and identifying their values so they can find the groundedness to become their own person
However, the pitfall here is that it does bring up a lot of trauma, and not everyone will be in the right mindset to deal with it properly - this kind of work suggested in this workbook is best done with a solid support system around, preferably a therapist or counsellor around to help deal with all the trauma and feelings and memories that will be dredged up

Thank you NetGalley for my ARC. I found this book to be helpful and full of great tools. I plan to go back and complete the exercises.

Full of helpful tools! For those that struggle with the complicated relationship with their mother, this will be a great resource to get a better understanding of this dynamic and how you have been impacted. This author fills this workbook with the tools that you need to help you communicate, set boundaries and heal from this relationship.

I think many will be helped by this one!

Thank you to NetGalley and Rockridge Press for the ARC!

Not very good. Cut and paste exercises from the usual recovery/psychology sources. One profound life realization per chapter.

I learned a lot with this book about what a narcissist mother looks like. It opened my eyes to look at my own turbulent relationship with my own mother, the way she’d treated me, and how that has affected me in adulthood. The exercises were well explained and gave me the opportunity to work through some of the things I experienced in childhood. I didn’t complete all of them, as I think it’s a book I’ll have to come back to time and time again to get the full benefit. But I definitely do see myself using this book in the future.

Thank you to Netgalley, the publisher, and author for a chance to read and review this book.

So, I have never been the kind of reader who reads books classified as self-help! They have never been for me. But this title? I know this book won't be for everyone but I do know it will be for many. And I know we have been tamed to believe all mothers are perfect and good and all that crap, but sorry, that's not true. And I like that now we can find books that talk about how hurtful mothers can be too. I grew up with a mom who hurt me with actions and words all the time, I'm still dealing with that trauma she created. She still says "I never hit you" but I guess we haven't really shown everyone the painful some words can be. So yes, when I saw this book available in netgalley I knew I needed to read it. So I'll thank netgalley and the publisher for accepting my request.

"Recognizing and accepting that you have experienced narcissistic abuse is the first step towards reclaiming your power."

I really enjoyed it and it was a really interesting book, but not only that, it's explained in a way that if you haven't read anything about narcissism (NPD) before, you'll still be able to "get it". I enjoyed the explanations and how the author explains how it does cause PTSD, I was told that by my own psychiatrist but many people don't believe it and here it's explained perfectly. The second part has a work book and I was stunned by my answers!!! It made me think a lot, even if I have been in therapy for almost four years now.

I will get it in physical to be able to re-do the work book some other time. I highly recommend you to read it and it doesn't matter if your mom wasn't/is a narcissist, you'll find this information super interesting. The book is short and it goes straight to the point. You'll learn a lot with it!!!!

Thank you to Netgalley, Callisto Media, Rockbridge Press and author Ellen Biros for the arc.

You'll be able to see this review on instagram @pink.bibliophile

This workbook was a pretty good outline of how children with narcissistic parents live their lives, and i know this because I am an individual who happens to have a narcissistic mother.
However, it fell short for me.
The information in the first half of the book was really good. The sources were strong, the language was helpful and easy to comprehend for people without a psychology background.
The second part, the actual workbook aspect, was average. It’s about the same information you’d find in a DBT or another trauma centric workbook. This is understandable, as a lot of therapy techniques tend to overlap and different coping mechanisms and skills help a very wide variety of people, so I won’t dwell on this too much because it definitely is helpful information.

The part i disliked the most was that this book was geared towards daughters and daughters only. Everything that is explained in this book could very well happen to sons as well, and a simple shift of pronouns and language would make this workbook more accessible to a whole other genre of traumatized individuals.
This is a problem in a lot of the psychology community, everything is geared towards daughters, girls, women, but never men. Narcissists don’t discriminate on who they abuse. and i’d love to see more psychology professionals adjusting their practice and language to be more accepting of all genders. Not just men, but transgender and nonbinary individuals as well.