The Daughter Detox Guided Journal And Workbook

A companion volume to the well-received Daughter Detox: Recovering from an Unloving Mother and Reclaiming Your life, this 200-page book will support your efforts at healing and recovery through unique and specially crafted exercises and prompted journal pages designed to clarify your thinking and enable you to see how your childhood experiences affect you in the here and now. The Daughter Detox Guided Journal and Workbook will permit you to explore your thoughts and feelings without feeling the pressure that a traditional journal with its blank pages often induces.The Guided Journal and Workbook follows the same seven stages of healing as Daughter Detox but in a much more active and participatory manner; this is a book in which reading is less important than activity. In each of the sections of the Workbook-DISCOVER, DISCERN, DISTINGUISH, DISARM, RECLAIM, REDIRECT, RECOVER-you will encounter a progressive series of exercises, each of which will push you closer to understanding by making the unconscious conscious and motivate you to start changing the behaviors that are getting in the way of your happiness and fulfillment. Among the skills the exercises and journal entries are meant to bolster and grow are:* Seeing yourself with clarity, and not as others have defined you* Listening and paying attention to your inner thoughts* Strengthening and expanding your emotional intelligence* Becoming better at articulating your needs in a relationship* Choosing relationships that work for you and enrich your life* Using visualization to calm yourself in times of stress* Getting in touch with the signals your body is sending you* Curbing your reactivity and managing your emotions productively

A self-help book based in science, the result of more than a decade of research, Daughter Detox offers the daughters of unloving mothers vital information, guidance, and real strategies for healing from childhood experiences, and building genuine self-esteem. Writer Peg Streep lays out seven distinct but interconnected stages on the path to reclaim your life from the effects of a toxic childhood: DISCOVERY, DISCERNMENT, DISTNGUISH, DISARM, RECLAIM, REDIRECT, and RECOVER. Each step is clearly explained, and richly detailed with the stories of other women, approaches drawn from psychology and other disciplines, and unique exercises. The book will help the reader tackle her own self-doubt and become consciously aware of how her mother's treatment continues to shape her behavior, even today. The message of the book is direct: What you experienced in childhood need not continue to hold you back in life. What was learned can be unlearned with effort. The book begins with DISCOVERY, opening up the reader's understanding of how she has been wounded and influenced by her mother's treatment. Recognizing the eight toxic maternal behaviors-dismissive, controlling, emotionally unavailable, unreliable, self-involved or narcissistic, combative, enmeshed, or role-reversed-lays the foundation for the daughter's awareness of how her way of looking at the world, connecting to others, and ability to manage stress were affected. DISCERNMENT delves into the patterns of relationship in her family of origin and how they played a part in her development, and then shifts to looking closely at how the daughter adapted to her treatment, either silencing or losing her true self in the process. Next up is DISTINGUISH, seeing how the behavioral patterns we learned in childhood animate all of our relationships in the present with lovers and spouses, relatives, friends, neighbors, and colleagues. The act of distinguishing allows us to see why so many of us end up in unsatisfying relationships, chose the wrong partners, or are unable to develop close friendships. Active recovery begins with DISARM as the daughter learns how to disconnect unconscious patterns of reaction and behavior and substitute actions that will foster the growth of self-esteem. Understanding the triggers that set us off, the cues that put us on the defensive, and the default positions of blaming ourselves and making excuses for other people's toxic behavior are addressed, as are unhealthy behaviors such as rumination, rejection sensitivity, and more. RECLAIM is the stage at which the reader begins to actively make new choices, preparing herself so that she can live the life she desires by seeing herself as having agency and being empowered. Making new choices and figuring out how to manage her relationship to her unloving or toxic mother is the focus of REDIRECT. There are stories to inspire and challenge your thinking, exercises that show you how to swap out self-criticism for self-compassion, guidance on how to use journaling as a tool of self-discovery and growth, and advice on goal setting.Finally, RECOVER challenges the reader to come up with a new definition of what it means to heal, suggests tools to overcome the obstacles she places in her own way, and strategies to become the best, most authentic version of herself.

Let your daughter know how you feel about being her parent, what you wish for her, and the important life lessons you feel she needs to know with this guided journal. Dear Daughter takes you through the process of composing a heartfelt permanent record of the unique relationship between you and your child. Without the daunting impact of a blank journal to fill, you can easily organize your thoughts, and express them without intimidation or the dreaded writer's block. With simple fill-in statements and questions, this book will help you create a lasting treasure for your daughter, whether she is a newborn, a recent graduate, a bride, or has become a mother herself.

With this beautiful uplifting and funny guided journal, Valentina the scapegoat daughter of a monstrous narcissistic mother offers the perfect gift of self-love and inspiration, for when you just can't deal with your narcissistic mother's bullsh*t any longer. If you are a daughter of a narcissistic mother, With "I hate you mother" you will find moments of deep connection to yourself, sadness, joy, and even laughter through journaling activities and inspirations that will set you free from the madness. Within these truly empowering pages, you'll find ways to let go of her bullsh*t and lift your self love and acceptance a little higher, something your f*cking mother never did. If you are reading these words you are already somewhere along the path to recovery from emotional and psychological abuse, this journal is your trusty companion along this path. Even if you were born in the wrong place, and grew up with a narcissistic mother, you can leave the past behind and build a better life for yourself. It's never too late, let's start now! Scroll up, click on 'Buy Now' or "Buy with 1-Click", and Get Your Copy today! The Book Contains: ◆ Premium matte cover design ◆ Inspirational quotes ◆ Coloring elements ◆ Funny jokes ◆ 135 pages ◆ Perfectly sized at 6" x 9"