Breaking Free, Blooming Wild
Navigating the Pain & Power of Mother-Daughter Relationships 

Published 24th September 2025

What if the person who was supposed to love you unconditionally was the one who left the deepest wounds?

In this compassionate and powerful guide, psychotherapist and mother wound specialist Charlotte Pardy helps you understand the silent impact of growing up with a narcissistic, emotionally unavailable, or controlling mother, and shows you how to begin the journey of healing.

   Blending professional insight with lived experience, Breaking Free, Blooming Wild offers a path to reclaim your voice, set healthy boundaries, and live a life rooted in truth, not trauma. With stories, reflections, and practical tools, this book will help you untangle guilt, release shame, and reconnect to the woman you were always meant to be. Whether you’re just beginning to question the dynamics you grew up with, or you’re deep in your healing journey, this book is a companion, a guide, and a quiet revolution.  

You are not too much. You are not too broken. You are ready to bloom - wildly, bravely, and on your own terms.

Available on Kindle and Paperback through Amazon.

About the Author

Charlotte Pardy is a psychotherapist, speaker, and mother wounds specialist with over a decade of experience supporting women to heal from the deep emotional scars left by narcissistic, emotionally unavailable, or controlling mothers.

A mental health professional and lifelong advocate for emotional resilience and truth-telling, Charlotte brings together psychological insight, lived experience, and sacred spaceholding to guide others through the often unseen journey of healing.  She is the founder of Daughters of the Roses, a therapeutic membership for women breaking cycles of guilt, shame, and self-abandonment, and is known for her warm, wise, and empowering presence. Her work blends grounded therapeutic practice with deep emotional understanding, helping women feel seen, safe, and supported.  

When she’s not writing or teaching, you’ll find Charlotte with her family and dogs, tending her garden, or holding circle with other women seeking to Bloom Wild in the wake of wounding.