Suggested Interview Questions for Mary Marcdante
My Mother, My Friend

Top Ten 

• Why did you write My Mother, My Friend?

• What are some of the best lessons women have learned from their mothers?

• What’s the best way to get started in knowing our mothers better?

• What are three tips to create a better friendship with my mother?

• What are the ten things I should talk about with my mother?

• In the preface you said that in your research you found four common questions that women wanted to ask their mothers but were afraid to ask. What are those questions?

• What question was the scariest for you to ask your mother?

• You allude to your mother coming to you in a dream and telling you to write My Mother, My Friend. Tell us more about that.

• What about men and mothers? Is My Mother, My Friend for them too?

• What’s the most important message you want to leave with our listeners?

• Where can listeners get more information?
  

For Hour-Long Interviews
Mary Marcdante/My Mother, My Friend
Phone:  (858) 792-6786   Fax: (858) 792-4078    PO Box 2529    Del Mar, CA 92014
Email: Mary@MaryMarcdante.com    Website: www.marymarcdante.com

• Why did you write My Mother, My Friend?

• What are some of the best lessons women have learned from your mother?

• What’s the best way to get started in knowing our mothers better?

• What are three tips to create a better friendship with my mother?

• What are the ten things I should talk about with my mother?

• What did you learn about mother/daughter relationships?

• What if I already have a good relationship with my mother?

• What if I don’t like my mother? (Ask this just before a break!)

• What are the most important topics to start with?

• In the preface you said that in your research you found four common
  questions that women wanted to ask their mothers but were afraid to ask.
  What are those questions?

• What question was the scariest for you to ask your mother?

• What questions do women often overlook or avoid asking?

• How does a woman’s mother impact her self-worth?

• In the chapter on resolving conflict you give sixteen specific assertive
  phrases to use with a resistant mother. Give us an example.

• How can a woman respond to a critical mother?

• How do you deal with a mother who is passive?

• Family secrets. How do you get a mother to talk about her secrets?

• What assertive response can a woman say to her mother
  when she says, “That’s none of your business?”

• Tell us one of your favorite stories from My Mother, My Friend.

• Tell us about your relationship with your mother.

• What about men and mothers? Is My Mother, My Friend for them too?

• You say that there are four things mothers want from their adult
  children to feel more appreciated. What are they?

• What tips do you have on how to appreciate our mothers better?

• You allude to your mother coming to you in a dream and telling
  you to write My Mother, My Friend. Tell us more about that.

• What’s the most important message you want to leave with our listeners?

• Where can listeners get more information?