Dear Dani, thank you for sharing your story, it sounds like a painful process you have gone through. I’m so very glad you’ve been able to find answers in my book and take the steps to heal. Sending you all my best!

To finally be able to give myself credit for not blindly accepting what “professionals” diagnosed me as. I was diagnosed with having a histrionic personality and being emotional to be the center of attention. I knew it was B.S. but they’re the one with all the letters after their name, right? WRONG! I trusted this “professional” had my best interests in mind and thus expressed the unbearable nightmare I was living in a very vulnerable and genuine way. And because I felt I could be my vulnerable and openly honest self in this clinical environment I was harmed even more than I could have ever imagined. I … thanks to one person …who not only recognized emotional neglect BUT made sure to share the knowledge not just amongst the ranks of “professionals” but to the very individuals that have spent lifetimes trying to understand themselves and the often damaging diagnosis attached to them as absolutes. I am many things but histrionic for attention is NOT one of them! My mother did her best, I in turn did my best but my children have more than their best, they have knowledge and I intend on making sure my grandchildren don’t fall victims of 4 generations of mother’s doing their best with the worst of life’s lessons they were given to work with. EVERY MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONER SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO LEARN THIS AND GO THROUGH YOUR SYSTEM OF ACQUIRING THIS KNOWLEDGE! You open the most profound and healing pathway for the future of humanity! I am with my entire soul grateful to see and heal my emotional self and know it’s not just another label that doesn’t feel right or even fit me but the result of something NOT done and until now not understood. I for the first time in 50 years understand myself and believe that I am going to be ok. I can heal and find the happiness I have always believed was out there for me. And if I don’t get there before my end, I know my children can heal and my grandchildren can begin a better legacy. And all because because one person chose to write a book that shared their knowledge with people like me. You have changed the future of humanity with your gift.

Dear Kami, my heart goes out to you. I want you to know that it’s extremely hard to see ill intentions in our own mothers and sisters and close family. It’s not your fault, it’s theirs! I encourage you to talk to a CEN-trained therapist and get support and help working through this.

Dear Gillian, it’s so nice to see your comment! I, too, live by it. I hope all’s well!

Dear Janene, if you let it go, it will be stuck in your head and heart and interfere with your friendship. I always suggest erring on the side of communicating.