emotions - The Daughter Journey

So, what is The Daughter Journey?

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

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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It’s the little things that mean the most.

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

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

/ change, emotions, heartache, loneliness, love

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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The day my dog saved my life

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

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

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

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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This post is probably a “no-no”

/ 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

…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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[Emotional] Rollercoaster

/ 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

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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I’m still relevant

/ authentic self, authenticity, baggage, beliefs, blogging to be better, borderline, childhood, doubt, emotions, feelings, finding my place, getting over my past, growth, guilt, inner child, inner critic, living a better story, love, loving myself today, mistakes, moving forward, ownership, pain, questions, self-sabotage, survival, truth

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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Day 1/Day 18

/ beliefs, blogging to be better, change, church, clarity, commitment, dragontree, dreams, emotions, energy, exercise, growth, healing, inner critic, journaling, Motherless Daughters Ministry, Rituals for Transformation, stability

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I am on the 18th day of Rituals for Transformation (RFT) but this is the first day of my “blog everyday” promise. It’s a promise to

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Making Waves: Keep Moving Forward

/ adderall, adhd, anxiety, attitude, authentic self, beliefs, blogging to be better, challenges, change, control, counseling, depression, emotions, getting out of bed, housekeeping, how to live, inner child, just do it, laundry, life, life is hard, living a better story, living below my potential, loving myself today, mental illness, mood cycles, morning anxiety, moving forward, Outdoors, reflection, searching, self loathing, self talk, self-doubt, self-sabotage, soul, sunshine, transparency, vyvanse, where do I fit in?, will i ever be good enough, worrying

I have no idea why I’m sitting outside, in the sunshine and fresh air, writing. Yesterday I was in bed until 2 pm, then I went

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The Instagram Effect

/ challenges, depression, emotions, finding my place, how to live, life, loving myself today, patterns, self loathing, self talk, self-doubt, small self

This could easily be titled The Twitter Effect. And maybe it should be. I manage my company’s social media accounts and I noticed that I feel

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The Emotionally Absent Mother Class

/ acceptance, big steps forward, blogging to be better, books, borderline, childhood, counseling, depression, doubt, emotions, feelings, getting over my past, guilt, healing, inner child, inner critic, mother, narcissism, relationships, searching, self talk, self-doubt, self-sabotage, writing

During a search for support groups for daughters of borderline or emotionally absent mothers, I came across Motherless Daughters Ministry. As I read through their website,

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P.M. Ponderings

/ authenticity, beliefs, connection, depression, emotions, fear, getting out of bed, getting over my past, living below my potential, self-doubt, will i ever be good enough

I’m going to try something new. I’m still working on the whole staying consistent thing, so we’ll see how long this lasts. Basically, I’m going to

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Got Anger?

/ anger, counseling, emdr, emotions, getting over my past, mother

I had a revelation in a counseling session a couple weeks ago. For the first time, my counselor did the EMDR method. It was odd at

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Free Workshop Equals Priceless Revelation

/ ah-ha moments, anxiety, authentic self, big steps forward, clarity, connection, dragontree, emotions, energy, feelings, getting over my past, healing, looking forward

energy healing, workshop, dragontree, transformation, revelation

I did an online energy healing workshop yesterday hosted by Briana Borton, founder of The Dragontree (http://thedragontree.com/about/). Yes, yes, to some “energy healing” sounds hokey, and

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