A science-based self-help book based on over a decade of research. The book offers vital information, guidance, and real-life strategies for healing from childhood experiences and building true self-worth. Author Peg Streep outlines several distinct but interconnected steps to rebuilding your life from the effects of a toxic childhood: OPENING, EXPANDING, BREAKING, DISCONNECTING, RECOVERY, DIRECTION: Each step is clearly explained and detailed with stories of other women, approaches drawn from psychology and other disciplines, and unique exercises. The book will help the reader cope with their own self-doubt and make them aware of how your mother's treatment continues to shape your behavior even today. The message of the book is that what you experienced as a child should not continue to hold you back in life. What has been learned can be unlearned with effort.