Can a mother be a daughter's best friend? -- Catch and release -- A paradigm shift: Where's the gap? -- Attachment vs. individuation: Like mother, like daughter -- Differences between supporting and enabling: She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother -- Characteristics of friendship: "You've got a friend" -- Archetypes: Mother superior : my mom is running my life from across state lines -- Marriage, motherhood, and divorce: From here to maternity -- Boundaries: Staying close is hard to do -- Tyranny of beauty: "Mirror, mirror, on the wall..." -- Lessons learned: Close encounters ... of the mothering kind -- Strategies: Strengthening healthy connections.