The Turnaround Mom: How an Abuse and Addiction Survivor Stopped the Toxic Cycle for Her Family--And How You Can, Too!

As a psychotherapist working with postpartum depression ([...]) and a Life Coach working with new mothers ([...]), I found this book to be one of the simplest and most profoundly useful books on parenting I have come accross. I have shelves and shelves of books on parenting and none of them demonstrate and describe so clearly how easily the cycle of dysfunction and abuse is transmitted across generations; and how this does not need to take place. It's message is very uplifting and hopeful. No matter how bad things were in your family of origin, you CAN break the cycle of abuse and neglect and create a working, functional family for your children. Carey Sipp demonstrates how it can be done: It takes courage, self-reflection and self-honesty, yes! But she goes further than that, there are practical steps you can and must follow: extreme self-care, recovery from addictions, the dedication to building a support system and then consistently asking for help and feedback from your community and friends, and the willingness to slow down and think things through. Each chapter focuses on one of these necessary changes and is beautifully organized into four parts: 1. A description of an aspect of the authors own toxic childhood 2. A description of how she almost repeats that aspect with her own children 3. How she manages to turn it around and be a functional mother 4. Practical steps for how the reader can turn it around. I recommend this book to all moms. There is something here for each and everyone of us.

Great book, really helped me see how drinking effects children. Great steps for making a lasting change. I reread it all the time. Great for anyone with kids.

This great book helped motivate me to change and be the kind of mom I want to be. Ms. Sipp in her honest and open account about her life and her process to change inspired me and now I buy a book for all the women in my life to inspire them. Thanks!

In The Turnaround Mom, Carey Sipp goes back into her past and shares with us how living life with an alcoholic and violent father was. She offers us the tools to end the legacy of toxicity. She shows us how victims of family abuse and domestic violence can overcome their past and serve as role models for their children. Her book inspires and demonstrates how it is possible to break the cycle of addiction and raise healthy, happy children. I think it was GREAT.....