by ACpatterson | Mar 4, 2019 | Inspirational, Teaching/Training
This past weekend, I watched an episode of the tv show, Iyanla Fix My Life on the OWN Network. This particular episode was about siblings who grew up in foster care because their mother was a drug addict and they had been taken away from her. Their stories seemed to...
by ACpatterson | Feb 26, 2019 | Teaching/Training
I hope by now you’ve read Parts 1 and 2 of this series. The way our fathers show up in our lives or fail to show up at all can have many negative consequences on us as we become adult women. The last time we discussed what it’s like to have a Disapproving...
by ACpatterson | Feb 4, 2019 | Advocates, Inspirational
Are you finally ready to release the pain of fatherlessness in your life? Are you ready to stop allowing the patterns of beliefs and behaviors to hinder your relationship with love and your relationship with money? Then make 2019 the year that you decide to Grow up....
by ACpatterson | Jan 30, 2019 | Advocates, Teaching/Training
In my last article, I talked to you about “Our Daddy Love Styles.” Daddy Love Styles are ways in which the father demonstrates his love to his daughter and the impact that love style has on her life once she becomes an adult. The Daddy Love Styles are part...
by ACpatterson | Jan 17, 2019 | Inspirational, Teaching/Training, Uncategorized
There are many women whose fathers were in the home while growing up. Yet, based on your father’s love style and its impact on your life, you could be living out many of the patterns associated with being a fatherless daughter. Most of the statistics we read...
by ACpatterson | Nov 23, 2018 | Inspirational
Thanksgiving is the time of the year when we Americans take time to be with family and friends and give thanks. Last year, I had to experience Thanksgiving for the first time without my mother. I didn’t know how I was going to make it through the holidays without...
by ACpatterson | Sep 24, 2018 | Inspirational, Teaching/Training
So much is at risk when it comes to women and girls. We have our political leaders, which are the majority of men, who are now deciding our state in this country. We have medical doctors treating women as cattle by not addressing the root of many of our health issues....
by ACpatterson | Sep 4, 2018 | Inspirational, Teaching/Training
I’ve been doing this work with fatherless women for about a decade now. I mean working with women who grew up with an unattached, unavailable or absent father. What I have discovered is a lot of women don’t consider themselves fatherless because either they had a...
by ACpatterson | Jul 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
There are numerous of books, television shows and workshops out that offer advice on how to find true love. They tell you to get a new makeover, lose some weight, make a detailed list of your requirements or even go hang out where eligible single folks hang. While all...
by ACpatterson | Jul 23, 2018 | Inspirational
Let’s face it! We cannot escape being hurt or wounded in life. It’s simply apart of the human experience. Especially those us us who carry father wounds. Most of us have experienced heart break, un-met expectations, being abandoned, rejected or even abused at...
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