The Invisible Labor of Being a Good Daughter with Dr. Allison Alford

Have you ever felt like no matter how much you do for your family, it's never enough? What if that exhaustion is not in your head, it's in the work nobody has ever given a name to? In the Season 7 premiere of the Glow Up, Gyrl Podcast, Kyra sits down with Dr. Allison Alford, communication scholar, speaker, and clinical associate professor at Baylor University, and author of Good Daughtering: The Work You've Always Done, the Credit You've Never Gotten, and How to Finally Feel Like Enough. Dr. Allison has spent over 10 years researching what she calls "daughtering," the often invisible emotional, cognitive, logistical, and identity labor that women carry in their families. In this conversation, she and Kyra unpack the four forms of invisible daughter labor, why the "good girl" script keeps women from ever feeling worthy, what it really means to be a "porcupine daughter," and how some daughters are quietly pushing their families forward in ways that go completely unrecognized. Whether you're holding your family together while running on empty, navigating generational patterns, or figuring out how to be a daughter on your own terms, this one is for you. Connect with Dr. Allison Alford: Website: daughtering101.com Instagram: @daughtering101 TikTok: @daughtering101 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/daughtering101 Connect with Glow Up, Gyrl: Website: glowupgyrl.com Instagram: @glowupgyrl TikTok: @glowupgyrl Facebook: @glowupgyrlatl LinkedIn: @glowupgyrl Email: hello@glowupgyrl.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices