Mother-Daughter Wisdom : Creating a Legacy of Physical and Emotional Health

by Christiane Northrup, M.D.

From the Back Cover:

Even before birth, our mother provides us with our first experience of nurturing and care. She is our first and most powerful female role model. Our cells divided and grew to the beat of her heart. Our skin, hair, lungs, and bones were nourished by her blood, blood that was awash with the neurochemicals formed in response to her thoughts, beliefs and emotions. If she was fearful, anxious, or deeply unhappy about her pregnancy, our bodies knew it. If she felt save, happy and fulfilled, we felt that too.

Our bodies and those of our daughters were created by a seamless web of nature and nurture, of biology informed by consciousness, that we can trace back to the beginning of time. Thus, every daughter contains her mother and all the women who came before her. The unrealized dreams of our maternal ancestors are part of our heritage. To become optimally healthy and happy, each of us must get clear about the ways in which our mother's history both influenced and continues to inform our state of health, our beliefs, and how we live our lives. Every woman who heals herself helps heal all the women who came before her and all those who will come after her.