emotions - The Daughter Journey

Biological Blues

So my mother, whether rightfully or unrightfully so, gets the blame for my childhood and adulthood challenges. Well, I had a slap-in-the-face epiphany yesterday when I […]

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beliefs, birthday, emotions, family, father, feelings, mother, september, suicide, Uncategorized

So, what is The Daughter Journey?

I’ve shared a lot about my mental health challenges which do stem from my childhood and how my mother raised and treated me. I’ve written about

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blogging to be better, childhood, children, emotions, family, inner child, mother, mothers, transparency, writing

It’s the little things that mean the most.

I came home at 4:30pm smiling after a fairly easy day at work, full of laughter and good conversation with my coworkers. Yes – laughter and

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ah-ha moments, beauty, blessings, contentment, emotions, gratitude, Jesus, love, new understanding, peace, reflection, simplicity

When you find out your ex is married with a baby on the way and you’re still getting drunk in bars…

you pick yourself up. you pray for strength. you stop thinking “what could have been” and you get honest about how shitty the relationship was. you

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change, emotions, heartache, loneliness, love

The day my dog saved my life

It was a Monday about 3 years ago. I had a super depressed day, spent all day in bed on Saturday. Did some crying, felt like

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anxiety, bad day, challenges, chocolate, death, deceit, depression, dying, emotions, feelings, food, life is hard, mental illness, sabotage, sadness, self-sabotage, shame, suicide

Journaling after reading Nouwen’s Imperative: Live Patiently with the “Not Yet”

I never felt received by my mother, my father, and my stepfather. This lead to me not feeling received by others outside of the home, first

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acceptance, childhood, church, counseling, depression, drinking, emotions, family, getting over my past, growth, Henri Nouwen, hope, love, medication, relationships

This post is probably a “no-no”

…in the blogging world. …in the job search world. …in the Christian world (which is not of the world) …in the “You’re a 40 year old

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ah-ha moments, authentic self, baggage, beliefs, blogging to be better, borderline, childhood, domestic violence, emotions, family, father, fear, getting over my past, healing, inner child, mother, soul awakening, transformation

[Emotional] Rollercoaster

Today was one of those days…where 7 days feel crammed into one, with all of a week’s worth of errands to run, tasks to complete, and

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blessings, blogging to be better, choices, contentment, emotions, enjoy the journey, healing, Joyce Meyer, life is what you make it, mood cycles, reflection, taking control

I’m still relevant

I was just re-reading my “About” page, checking for typos and just generally making sure the content is still relevant. And yes, unfortunately it’s still relevant.

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