The bond between a mother and her adult child can be frenzied and fraught, loaded and exasperating, undermining and energy-sapping. “You can’t change anyone else,” says Philippa Perry, psychotherapist and author of The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read. If you decide to be kind towards your mother, and accepting of her, that may shift your relationship. “People go years and years intending to have a better relationship with their mum,” says Browne. “No one has the perfect mother, but she’s the only one you’ll ever have – and life is better if you can love her.”

Source: The Guardian March 21, 2020 15:00 UTC