Chanler, A. (2017). Mindfulness meets enmeshment: Disentangling without detaching with embodied self-empathy as a guide. Spirituality in Clinical Practice, 4(2), 145-151.
An event in the author’s personal life leads her to reflect on the impact of the physical dimension of mindfulness meditation on enmeshed relationships, those in which boundaries are porous and the expression of empathy is felt disproportionally by 1 person.
Chanler, A.B. (2016, May). Tangled up in you: Mindfulness meets enmeshment. Symposium at the 2nd International Conference on Mindfulness, Rome, Italy
Podcast from the Shrink Rap Radio website on April 7, 2016.
A review of Maternal Desire: On Children, Love and the Inner Life, by, Daphne de Marneffe. New York: Little, Brown, 2004, 401 pp. Ann Chanler, Ph.D. (2008). Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 44:309-316
MOTHERHOOD is powerful business. Whether it involves thinking about having children, balancing work with family, or struggles with infertility, the discourse is passionate. Sadly, however, there is one thing mothers today do not seem to be able to talk about, namely, the pleasure they take in being devoted to and spending time with their children.