Sunday, July 17 , 2022, in Asiago, an interesting literary meeting awaits you with Stefania Andreoli who will present her latest book "Lo faccio per me - Essere madri senza il mito del sacrificio" (Ed. Bur).
The appointment, which is part of the cultural review "Aperitif with the Author", organized by the Giunti Library of Asiago, is at 17:30 in Piazza Carli or, in case of bad weather, at the Palazzo del Turismo Millepini.
Free participation.
THE BOOK: I DO IT FOR ME - BEING MOTHERS WITHOUT THE MYTH OF SACRIFICE (ed. Bur)
Every Tuesday the psychotherapist Stefania Andreoli keeps on her Instagram profile a column of questions and answers. Here there are stories, current events and many doubts of parents. Moms, mostly. Disoriented, balanced, creative, willing, on the verge of a nervous breakdown, but all united by an ambition: to make the right choices. Right, yes, but for whom? Since becoming a mother, it seems implied that the only acceptable reason for any daily and life decision is "I do it for my son". "I do it for me" is a phrase that sounds selfish, unworthy for a mother. The reasons are historical, cultural, linked to the false myths of sacrifice and unconditional love and to a distorted interpretation of the famous maternal instinct. The pressure is strong: to leave work; to neglect interests, friendships and the couple's relationship; to feel guilty for a couple of hours at the hairdresser "taking time away from the family". In short, to say goodbye to a part of oneself. In this book Andreoli overturns the old beliefs and proposes the idea that the experience of motherhood can add, and not take away, richness to the female identity. Only by "doing it for herself", each finding her own personal way of being a mother – different from the others because it is the result of her own history as a person – will it be possible to free motherhood, making it healthy, contemporary and really useful for the growth of a child and for the future of society.
Stefania Andreoli
Psychologist, psychotherapist and analyst, she has always worked with adolescents, families and school dealing with prevention, training, orientation and clinic. Consultant among others for Walt Disney, Mondadori, Fabbri and De Agostini, he is president of Associazione Alice Onlus in Milan. He writes for the "Corriere della Sera" and "la27esimaora" and is a regular guest in several radio and TV programs, including "Catteland" on Radio Deejay. Former collaborator of the Ministry of the Interior for policies to combat gender violence, she is Honorary Judge of the Juvenile Court of Milan. For BUR he published Mamma ho l'ansia (2016), Papà fatti sentire (2018) and Mio figlio è normale? (2020).
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