If you’ve ever felt alone …
Did you know that women experience twice the rate of feeling depressed as men, regardless of race or ethnic background. An estimated one in eight women will contend with depression this year.
“Maternal” depression is under the radar in our culture, with an estimated 1 in 10 children experiencing a depressed mother in any given year.
Depression is a “suppressing” … of our authenticity, a suppressing of the uncomfortable feelings that cover up our truest self. We feel distanced from our real essence, like we’ll never find our way back “home” and we often feel like we’re alone.
The journey back home to ourselves is the most important life journey we’ll ever take.
One of my clients, Joye, shared her journey to her real, authentic self and family and I was so deeply touched that I wanted to share it with you. Whether you are a mother, in a relationship, struggling in you career or within yourself, I hope Joye’s experience speaks to you as it did me:
“Once upon a time, I was blessed with 3 beautiful children. As they were each put into my arms, my dreams for them were filled with joy. The look of pure innocence and stillness took my breath away.
No one told me that one day, each one of these precious babies would struggle with their own individual challenges…2 of which would battle mental illness.
When I became a mom, no one told me that you would have days that you wished you didn’t have kids, because their pain was too unbearable to watch. When I became a mom, no one told me I would be picked to care for these beautiful children and that our lives would not align with “the norm” and that I would have to find another way to parent other than what society and “growing up in the south” tells us to do.
In my 16 years of parenting thus far, there is no “white picket fence” and it seems as though the Beaver Clever Family does not exist…at least in my house, it doesn’t.
What does exist is love, pain, hardship, gratitude and laughter.
We spent the weekend together as a family (without tech)! There were moments I was fully engaged and there were moments I sat back and watched my family laugh and cry…we embraced the laughter and supported each other in our tears. It hasn’t always been like that. We’ve done a lot of “faking”, but this weekend was real and I loved every minute of it.”
If you are called to take the profound journey back home to yourself, if you’ve been thinking about enrolling, there’s still time to join my new On Line Course:
HEALING THE HEART OF THE INNER CHILD
You won’t be alone. We’ll be taking this journey back to our true selves together. There’s also a private FB group where you’ll find community, receive support and answers to your questions. A beautiful group is forming.
Invest in yourself. I promise it’ll be the greatest journey you’ll ever take and I’d love to have you with us