Mother Daughter Wisdom. Understanding the Crucial Link Between Mothers, Daughters, and Health

Editorial Review
With such groundbreaking bestsellers as Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom and The Wisdom of Menopause, Dr. Christiane Northrup is one of today’s most trusted and visionary medical experts. Now she presents her most profound and revolutionary approach to women’s health. . . .

The mother-daughter relationship sets the stage for our state of health and well-being for our entire lives. Because our mothers are our first and most powerful female role models, our most deeply ingrained beliefs about ourselves as women come from them. And our behavior in relationships—with food, with our children, with our mates, and with ourselves—is a reflection of those beliefs. Once we understand our mother-daughter bonds, we can rebuild our own health, whatever our age, and create a lasting positive legacy for the next generation.

Mother-Daughter Wisdom introduces an entirely new map of female development, exploring the “five facets of feminine power,” which range from the basics of physical self-care to the discovery of passion and purpose in life. This blueprint allows any woman—whether or not she has children—–to repair the gaps in her own upbringing and create a better adult relationship with her mother. If she has her own daughter, it will help her be the mother she has always wanted to be.

Drawing on patient case histories and personal experiences, Dr. Northrup also presents findings at the cutting edge of medicine and psychology. Discover:

•How to lay the nutritional foundation to prevent eating disorders and adult diseases
•The truth about the immunization controversy–and the true meaning of immunity
•How we can change our genetic health legacy
•Why financial literacy is essential to women’s health
•How to foster healthy sexuality and future “love maps” in our daughters
•How to balance independence with caring, and individual growth with family ties

Written with warmth, enthusiasm, and rare intelligence, Mother-Daughter Wisdom is an indispensable book destined to change lives and become essential reading for all women.

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Customer Reviews

AMAZING BOOK

2007-05-03
This book is amazing. If you have a daughter or not this is a must read!

Some good advice, but a lot of misleading information...

2007-03-11
Christiane Northrup is not a psychologist, as another reviewer commented, but she sure tries to act like one. And she uses her own life experience as her only basis for many of her claims. If this book were just a memoir, I think I would have less of a problem with it. Much of the health advice in this book is either questionable in safety and value (such as consuming large amounts of soy, which is increasingly being shown to be dangerous, or not vaccinating your children at all) or is obvious to anyone with common sense (don't make an issue about how much your daughter eats, eat regular meals with the family, blah, blah). And all of the talk about menstrual cycles and celebrating your femininity and kundalini rising really rubbed me the wrong way. I am all for questioning traditional medicine and healing yourself in natural ways, but I need real science to back things up, not anecdotes from "intuitive healers" (aka psychics.) However, here and there sprinkled throughout the book there are interesting bits of information and interesting perspectives on the mother-daughter relationship. You just have to be a very critical reader while going through this book, and I definitely don't accept Dr. Northrup's authority unquestioningly.

Easy to understand

2007-01-18
I have other books by Christiane Northrup and I wasn't disappointed with this one. There are so many issues and points that are relevant, I seem to jump around and read what I want - but its easy to read and digest. Thank you!

Freeing, insightful, helpful

2007-01-16
This book is one of the most helpful books I have ever read. It offered so much insight and I identified with it so much! If you want to be enlightened about your womanhood, your relationships, your childhood, your health, this is a must read! Definitely recommend it.

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2007-01-13
I did not receive this product in the mail, but I have been advised that I will receive my money returned to me.

every woman can find understanding with this book

2008-07-23
Every woman will be able to find some understanding in this book, whether it be with their own mother or their daughters. The heart,mind and body are all addressed here and I have actually referred back to it as a reference book for different stages of development. I felt so strongly about it that I have given many as gifts and also donated one to my Library.Dr. Northrup delivers with this one!!

Redundant and self-absorbed

2008-03-24
The ideas were interesting but guilt-invoking. On the positive, the diet tips for omega-3s etc. to treat mild depression was helpful. However, I quit reading it about half way through once I realized everything I do is wrong: from giving my toddlers juice to allowing them to watch TV. I have heard all of this before and sometimes it simply is not practical to do everything perfectly. It is okay if your kids have a little sugar now and then and it's okay if they drive you crazy...it's even okay if you tell them they drive you crazy sometimes.

Lathrup takes the mommy guilt a step further by telling you that you are not only ruining your kids, but also the legacy of every future generation. I don't need to purchase a book to be told I am not perfect. And, just like every other parenting book, the author probably was not stuck at home dealing with the day-to-day mundane challenges of motherhood considering she is writing books and practicing medicine. I'm sure she left explicit instructions for her nanny.

Interesting!

2008-03-17
My sister in law suggested I read this, and it was really interesting! I learned a lot more than I thought I would. I would suggest this for any woman!

Female Health Manual

2008-01-24
Best book ever written on female health. If you have a daughter, get two copies of this book. One for you and one for her; encourage her to read it and keep it handy in her life. After reading it, I got copies for my daughter-in-law, and my nieces.

Dissappointing

2007-05-08
I have so enjoyed Christians & Mona Lisa's tapes on Intuitive Healing, I thought that this would be just as good. After listening to 2 of the CD's I switched them off, they were so full of negative stuff, that someone having a baby for the first time, would be so fearful of the process. I know when having my own first child, I stopped reading the information, simply becasue we are "wired" to think the worst, instead of what we need to think "It's OK"