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What others say about The Mother-Daughter Relationship: Activities for Promoting Lifework Success:

Gelardin provides an interesting and valuable mix of candid autobiography, original poetry and activities for the reader’s personal exploration, well-seasoned with the ideas of noted experts in career development.

Deborah Bloch, Ph.D., Professor, University of San Francisco

It is a moving and important book that can be used in conjunction with career training programs. The reason this book is important is that it could be a very early entry in the soon to be burgeoning literature on a relational approach to career development.  This approach focuses on the connection, not separation, between love and work and emphasizes attachment and a secure base from which one can explore work and life.  Dr. Gelardin’s story contributes mightily to this theoretical direction.  It explores relational career development authentically and intimately. It could be a supplement for counseling classes.

Mark Savickas, Ph.D., Professor, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine

I see this book as a memoir. It is not a typical career book by any means, nor is it a self-help book. It is intimate and detailed and full of telling and personal anecdotes. It's not an autobiography, but a series of interrelated stories/essays/memories.

Mary H. Jacobsen, MSW, Author, Hand-Me-Down Dreams: How Families Influence Our Career Paths

Thought provoking and provocative…this beautiful and practical guide to enhancing your relationship and understanding of how are you leading your life and influencing your daughter, is easy to read, organized and practical.

CJ Johnson, U.S. Coast Guard Transitions Manager

Sally Gelardin has written a beautiful, intensely personal reflection about the troubled transitions of modern life. If you want to change your life or job, you will find inspiration and courage in these pages.

Charles Derber, Ph.D., Professor, Boston College

Engaging, lyrical, and illuminating… your readers will appreciate your searing honesty and full-hearted compassion, as well as the livable wisdom captured in the end of chapter exercises.

Maureen Walker, Ph.D., Associate Director of Support Services, Harvard Business School

Dr. Gelardin's book is one that skillfully weaves the author's thoughts and emotions as she re-examines her own relationship with her mother as she strives to understand her impact on her daughter's life. This is a book that should be read by not only mothers and daughters, but by men as well.

Richard Knowdell, NCCC, International Trainer and Consultant to Multinational Organizations