If you are a middle-aged woman with an adult daughter, you know that the transition from Mom of a child to Mom of an adult with a mind of her own can be tricky.  It isn't always easy to remember that you've done your job and need to let her be an adult now.  And, it isn't always easy as a daughter to let go of all those real or imagined slights and hurts you felt as a child.

Dr. Nancy Oelklaus has shared an excerpt out of her book , Journey from Head to Heart: Living and Working Authentically, that illustrates these tensions, and offers some perceptive insights into how to re-create that special mother-daughter relationship.