EP: 153 ARE YOU A GOOD DAUGHTER? -DR. ALISON ALFORD ON "DAUGHTERING."

What if the invisible work you've been doing your whole life finally had a name? Dr. Alison Alford joins the show to introduce a concept she's spent over a decade researching: daughtering — the emotional labor, mental load, and relational effort women pour into their relationships with their parents, often without recognition or credit. In this conversation, we explore why daughters carry so much guilt despite giving so much, where healthy connection ends and enmeshment begins, and how to stop measuring your worth as a daughter by a checklist of tasks. Dr. Alford also shares how to have honest conversations with siblings, partners, and parents about reshaping these dynamics — without blowing everything up overnight. Whether you live across the country from your parents or down the street, whether you're the eldest or the youngest, this episode will give you language for something you've always felt but couldn't quite name. Dr. Alford's book, Good Daughtering: The Work You've Always Done, the Credit You've Never Gotten, and How to Finally Feel Like Enough, is available now. Follow Dr. Alford: @daughtering101 on Instagram.