Siblinghood

Resolve Conflict, Heal Resentment, and Find Peace in Your Sibling Relationships

Do you ever wonder why you and your siblings are so different from each other, even though you grew up together? Or why it can be so hard to get along with or understand your siblings, even as adults? Maybe you’re the eldest daughter who’s burnt out from chronic caretaking, or perhaps you wonder why your parents still treat your sibling as the golden child who can do no wrong. Maybe you just aren’t that close to your siblings and feel grief over the bond that never formed, or you were once close to your sibling but have drifted apart in adulthood. Siblinghood is an insightful guide to understanding, navigating, and healing our complex relationships with our adult siblings–whether we’re close, estranged, or somewhere in between.


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As the youngest of 13 in a blended family, Minaa blends her personal experiences with psychological insights as a therapist and social worker as she explores one of our most influential yet least examined family bonds: adult sibling relationships. Minaa has become a trusted voice in mental health, and she is dedicated to helping people build belonging and connection, both in their families and communities.

This Book Will Give
You The Tools To

Manage sibling relationships impacted by trauma, parental favoritism, and mental health conditions like narcissism and addiction.

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Learn the difference between sibling rivalry and sibling abuse (and why we aren’t talking about this enough)

Navigate codependency, family dysfunction, and boundaries in low or no-contact sibling relationships; and

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Learn how to thoughtfully create chosen siblings and seek out healthy, meaningful relationships

Praise for Siblinghood

  • “In Siblinghood, Minaa B. skillfully explains how sibling relationships shape our development into adulthood, how these bonds are strengthened, and how they can be broken over time. This book serves as a helpful guide for anyone seeking to understand and improve their sibling connections —whether that means becoming closer, creating more space, or accepting the relationship as it is. Siblinghood will transform how we understand the impact our sibling relationships have on us.”

     

    —Dr. Judith Joseph, TIME100 Creator and author of the bestselling book High Functioning

  • "Siblinghood is a masterful guide to understanding, repairing, and redefining one of life’s most influential relationships. Thoughtful, compassionate, and deeply insightful, this book doesn’t just transform how you understand your siblings—it transforms how you understand yourself
     ―Dr. Mariel Buqué, bestselling author and founder of Break the Cycle

  • "Siblings are our first peers, witnesses, and the people who share an intimate understanding of the family we came from, yet few of us are given the language to understand how deeply these relationships shape us. In Siblinghood, Minaa brings her warmth, wisdom, and clinical insight to this under-explored familial dynamic, offering the reader a new way to understand, navigate, and make peace with the sibling relationships that have shaped their lives. Siblinghood is a much-needed book for reflection, growth, and ultimately healing, and we are so lucky to have Minaa B's voice guiding the way.”

    —Vienna Pharaon, LMFT, author of the bestselling book The Origins of You

  • “Not once in my training as a licensed psychotherapist did anyone so much as mention the sibling relationship. We give much weight to intimate partnerships and parent-child bonds, but the sibling connection is a crucial part of human development and one that is too often overlooked. Minaa B’s Siblinghood is here to change that. With her personal story woven in with years of clinical experience, Minaa B provides a roadmap for one of life’s most important relationships. Whether your sibling is your best friend or someone you’ve been estranged from for years, there’s hope and guidance in this book for you. Highly recommend.” 

    —Britt Frank, LSCSW, SEP, author of The Science of Stuck and Align Your Mind

  • “Siblinghood finally gives us language, research, and frameworks to navigate a relationship that many of us were not taught not to examine; and a relationship that is often overlooked as being impactful to our development and identity: our siblings. Minaa writes with the clarity of a clinician and the warmth of a friend, making complex concepts easy to understand and offering tools you can use immediately. This book fills a real gap in how we talk about family healing, which is often focused on the parent-child relationship alone. Siblinghood doesn't offer any resolutions; instead, it is an invitation for you to reflect on the earliest relationship in your life and how it has shaped you. This book will live in my resources toolkit for friends and clients who might be struggling with their sibling relationships, or those just trying to understand themselves and their families better.” 

    —Israa Nasir, author of Toxic Productivity