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Peg Streep

About

Peg Streep’s newest book, Verbal Abuse: Recognizing, Dealing, Reacting, and Recovering is available at Amazon. She has written or co-authored 15 books, including Daughter Detox: Recovering from an Unloving Mother and Reclaiming Your Life, The Daughter Detox Question & Answer Book: A GPS for Navigating Your Way Out of a Toxic Childhood, and two workbooks, The Daughter Detox Guided Journal and Workbook and The Daughter Detox Companion Workbook, all of which are available on Amazon. Among her other books are Mean Mothers: Overcoming the Legacy of Hurt (William Morrow) and Quitting—Why We Fear It and Why We Shouldn’t—In Life, Love, and Work (Da Capo).

Streep earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in English Literature from the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University. She is best-known for her work on the mother-daughter relationship, although she frequently writes on verbal abuse, goal disengagement, narcissism and narcissists, and brain science as well. She’s been interviewed extensively on radio and television, as well as for print and online publications. You can find her on Facebook and on Instagram.

Books by Peg Streep
Recent Posts
Why Parents and Adult Children Must Maintain Boundaries

Today, parents are more involved in the lives of their adult children, and familial estrangement is rising. Here are some ideas for how to troubleshoot a strained relationship.

Today, parents are more involved in the lives of their adult children, and familial estrangement is rising. Here are some ideas for how to troubleshoot a strained relationship.

Parents and Younger Adult Kids: Defining the Word "Toxic"

New attention has been paid to the family ties that don't hold up under pressure. Let's look at the word "toxic" and its impact on parents and their young adult children.

New attention has been paid to the family ties that don't hold up under pressure. Let's look at the word "toxic" and its impact on parents and their young adult children.

Healing From Childhood: Finding Your True Self

People sometimes say they lost sight of themselves, but it's not unusual for children in dysfunctional families to do just that: They may not know who they are.

People sometimes say they lost sight of themselves, but it's not unusual for children in dysfunctional families to do just that: They may not know who they are.

9 Ways to Make the Holiday Season Less Stressful

Studies show that the holidays are a mixed bag for most people. These tips could make your season smoother and maybe even joyous.

Studies show that the holidays are a mixed bag for most people. These tips could make your season smoother and maybe even joyous.

8 Things to Know if You Are Thinking About Estrangement

More and more attention is being paid to adult-child/parental estrangement, especially on social media. What you need to understand if this is something you're thinking about.

More and more attention is being paid to adult-child/parental estrangement, especially on social media. What you need to understand if this is something you're thinking about.

5 Myths About Adult Child-Parent Estrangement

After years of being a taboo subject, family ruptures have come out of the closet. But is there really an "epidemic" of estrangement? These myths could provide the fuel.

After years of being a taboo subject, family ruptures have come out of the closet. But is there really an "epidemic" of estrangement? These myths could provide the fuel.