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Purpose, Belonging, Direction

  • Post author:Magda Gee
  • Post published:January 23, 2025
  • Post category:Musings

I read a quote today which has me weeping. I'm weeping all the time anyway just about over every single song and everything reminding me of all the love I…

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What I Won't Miss
May 5 - On the Beach
It Has Broken Me
The Pain from the Pain
The Matthew Effect
Triangulation, Alienation, Gaslighting Children
Living With Trauma and Overwhelm
The Agonizing Cycle of Stonewalling 
Familiar Shapes
“But What Did She Do?”

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2025 (41)

  • 08. May / What I Won’t Miss
  • 07. May / May 5 – On the Beach
  • 03. May / It Has Broken Me
  • 01. May / The Pain from the Pain
  • 30. April / The Matthew Effect
  • 29. April / Triangulation, Alienation, Gaslighting Children
  • 28. April / Living With Trauma and Overwhelm
  • 28. April / The Agonizing Cycle of Stonewalling 
  • 24. April / Familiar Shapes
  • 24. April / “But What Did She Do?”
  • 22. April / Be Grateful or Else
  • 22. April / Serves Her Right
  • 22. April / No Room for Safety, No Right to Sovereignty
  • 21. April / Unseen, Still Here: My Journey Through Family Estrangement
  • 14. April / This Was Their Prophecy
  • 13. April / Extensive, Expensive, and Avoidable
  • 10. April / Unraveling and Rebuilding
  • 01. April / Do Better…Paul
  • 30. March / I Wasn’t Ignoring Reality—I Was Conditioned to Doubt It
  • 30. March / Sorry I slapped you
  • 29. March / The Sudden but Slow Fade
  • 28. March / What Can I Do for You?
  • 23. March / Starved
  • 21. March / Harm Without Malice
  • 20. March / Love Bombing: Lies Before Hello
  • 19. March / When Love Fades
  • 19. March / The Two Truths
  • 19. March / Recognizing Love Bombing Signs
  • 18. March / Addiction to Toxic Love
  • 18. March / Breaking the Love Spell
  • 10. March / The Cure and the Curse
  • 09. March / The Truth is the Truth
  • 08. March / Little Wins
  • 08. March / Breaking Generational Chains
  • 02. March / The Art of Being Disposable
  • 25. February / Breaking the Cycle: A Miracle in Parenting
  • 20. February / Valentine’s Day: WTF
  • 19. February / Between Invisible & Seen: Finding True Belonging
  • 18. February / Starved
  • 18. February / Love & Self-Worth: The Legacy of Our Caregivers
  • 23. January / Purpose, Belonging, Direction

2024 (22)

  • 16. October / Just Shut Up
  • 15. October / I’m not angry. I’m overwhelmed.
  • 03. October / Accuracy of Language
  • 03. October / Rupture and Repair
  • 30. September / Breakdown or Breakthrough
  • 29. September / National Son’s Day
  • 18. September / Healing and Living
  • 16. September / Truthful vs Honest
  • 15. September / Just Be Positive
  • 08. September / Why a Smear Campaign?
  • 07. September / Painful Reminders
  • 03. September / Fallout from The Love Bomb
  • 02. September / Blessings and Privilege
  • 02. September / A New Low
  • 01. September / Several Things
  • 01. September / What if?
  • 18. August / More More More – PLEASE
  • 19. April / Wax Play?
  • 24. February / Rehash- ReCap
  • 24. February / Hit and Run and CPTSD
  • 18. January / Categorically and Inherently Wrong
  • 02. January / Bad Economy

2023 (21)

  • 24. December / Better Not Cry- Better Not Pout
  • 05. November / Holding On– But also letting go
  • 14. October / Goals, Ambition, Mental Health
  • 05. October / How Do I Handle This?
  • 26. September / Trojan Horse(repost from 2017)
  • 24. August / The Pain We Do Not Heal(re-post from 2018)
  • 22. August / If you can’t convince them, confuse them(re-post)
  • 22. August / A Different Kind Of Sex(re-post)
  • 01. August / Public Service Announcement
  • 29. July / Shame and Guilt and Fear
  • 29. July / Perspectives
  • 26. July / Roles and Scripts
  • 11. July / New Dynamics
  • 26. June / Like a Moth to a Flame
  • 17. June / Big Triggers
  • 10. June / Trolling for Love on Match.com
  • 13. May / Good, better, and not enough
  • 09. April / Relax- Calm Down
  • 08. April / My Friend in the Mountains
  • 12. March / New Love- Old Wounds
  • 12. February / It Is Like This

2022 (37)

  • 31. December / Held and Free
  • 24. December / Scapegoating- How it begins
  • 17. December / AMEN(ds)
  • 11. November / Cycles of Healing
  • 06. August / Dog Whistling
  • 05. August / My First Bullies
  • 27. July / Are you seriously still talking about it?
  • 26. July / Out Of My Control- In My Control
  • 17. July / dis-GRACEd
  • 14. July / Amazing Grace
  • 14. July / Stuff that is important to me
  • 11. July / In healthy, healing, loving family systems…
  • 07. July / She would never say it, but…
  • 05. July / Dear Maggie
  • 04. July / July 4
  • 12. June / YOU ARE THE ONLY PROBLEM!!!
  • 30. May / Things Learned
  • 29. May / Blind Spots- We All Have Them
  • 27. May / Circling The Drain
  • 16. May / Just Another List
  • 12. May / Unfit
  • 08. May / Goals
  • 23. April / Why I Did IT
  • 12. April / The Non-Redeemable
  • 31. March / Get Well Soon—PLEASE
  • 19. March / 60 Year Old Bearded Alcoholic Girlfriend
  • 15. March / Maybe I Am
  • 13. March / Perfection v. Self Reflection
  • 11. March / The House Rules
  • 12. February / Fuuuuuuuuuck
  • 05. February / Narcissistic Bullying
  • 01. February / Pathological Shaming
  • 22. January / Want Sum?
  • 20. January / Love Does & Does Not
  • 18. January / Clean MRI
  • 17. January / So Then
  • 14. January / Wednesday Morning Text

2021 (45)

  • 31. December / There are Some Good Things
  • 28. December / WIATF?
  • 26. December / December
  • 21. December / On Fidelity
  • 16. December / Good Input
  • 07. December / Connection & Purpose
  • 27. November / Mercy
  • 26. November / JOYful Thanksgiving
  • 25. November / Another Thanksgiving
  • 17. November / Random Thoughts on Love, Parenting, & Truths
  • 13. November / Why (subtext:You suck and are crazy and we disapprove of you)
  • 11. November / Fight Starters 100% Guaranteed
  • 01. November / Doing The Lord’s Work
  • 31. October / Not A Great Fit
  • 27. October / Daily Reminders
  • 26. October / 2021 Happy Birthday
  • 22. October / Choosing
  • 08. October / The Commandments
  • 03. October / Mental Health Awareness
  • 26. September / Narcissists Seek Validation -Not Help
  • 19. September / My Trauma is My Gift
  • 18. September / Step ZERO
  • 09. September / 9.11
  • 05. September / Covid and the Narcissist
  • 23. August / Proud and Protected
  • 21. August / Hard To Love
  • 07. August / Thoughtful Cruelty
  • 17. July / Artificial Indifference
  • 28. June / Today v. Yesterday
  • 28. June / Fuck yoooooooooooooooo
  • 03. June / Clearly
  • 29. May / PTSD and Insanity
  • 29. May / Me Tooooo
  • 22. May / Risk Taking Mistake Making
  • 18. May / Wrong Beliefs- A Mother’s Day Post
  • 04. May / Depression and Sex
  • 18. April / Alien
  • 17. April / Trying
  • 23. March / Anne Lamott – Recovery Badass
  • 14. February / Mistakes Were Made But Not By Me
  • 08. February / Big Shot
  • 07. February / Night-Time
  • 27. January / Smile GDI!
  • 14. January / On Loyalty and Abuse
  • 04. January / Happy New Year

2020 (66)

  • 21. December / The Art of Plausible Deniability
  • 15. December / Wish You Were Here
  • 12. December / Tell the Truth
  • 02. December / No Deal!
  • 30. November / My JOB
  • 19. November / Let Go or Be Dragged
  • 04. November / Week Five
  • 29. September / A Different Kind of Life
  • 27. September / We Love Jilan
  • 24. September / Cover Up!
  • 22. September / What Shame Does
  • 14. September / ACA Daily Reading January 12- Fear
  • 13. September / ACA Daily Reading January 11- False Self
  • 12. September / I Don’t Get It
  • 09. September / Before Recovery
  • 07. September / September 7
  • 03. September / Introverting
  • 26. August / uniformity v. solidarity
  • 14. August / Pain
  • 02. August / What is Schadenfreude?
  • 26. July / Affiliations and Attachments
  • 23. July / Kindness Is Not Conditional
  • 13. July / Or Else — Bring it
  • 01. July / Be The Reason
  • 23. June / Mama
  • 17. June / What We Choose
  • 09. June / Torture
  • 08. June / MY White Privilege
  • 12. May / Things I struggle with
  • 11. May / Twenty-five Things
  • 05. May / I AM
  • 02. May / Wrong But Not Bad
  • 24. April / I Am Free
  • 23. April / Who I Am
  • 21. April / Hickeys and Large Pores
  • 20. April / Yeh- No
  • 13. April / How I Used To Be
  • 10. April / You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught
  • 09. April / Serves You Right
  • 08. April / Under The Influence
  • 07. April / To Repair or Repaint
  • 30. March / Gossip Culture
  • 27. March / If it hurts me, it is bad for me
  • 26. March / Incongruous Behaviors
  • 25. March / The Five Rules
  • 25. March / Self Doubt v. Purpose & Belonging
  • 21. March / Look For The Helpers
  • 20. March / Not So Classy
  • 19. March / What is Wrong?
  • 17. March / I Choose Corona Virus Over…
  • 11. March / I Can Only Imagine
  • 08. March / An Altruistic Donor
  • 07. March / Liver Anyone?
  • 29. February / Just Because
  • 26. February / Emotionally Barbaric
  • 24. February / Healing is Excruciating
  • 18. February / To Struggle Is Human
  • 03. February / Either Or
  • 01. February / The Bare Minimum
  • 28. January / I Will Change The Things I Can
  • 15. January / Who Even Does That?
  • 14. January / Bold and Sensitive
  • 13. January / First Class
  • 07. January / Raising a Modern-Day Knight
  • 06. January / Learning to Say No to Yourself
  • 03. January / What Sort of Person Behaves Like That?

2019 (58)

  • 31. December / Bye Bye 2019
  • 30. December / Recovering From The Family Disease
  • 27. December / Back to Step One
  • 26. December / No More
  • 20. December / A Book Club Must Read
  • 14. December / Boundaries Are Hard
  • 11. December / Listen, Learn, Serve
  • 09. December / Obedience to the Unenforceable
  • 30. November / Eggshells are Easily Broken
  • 27. November / Claiming Responsibility
  • 18. November / Thank You for Letting Me Go
  • 12. November / Freedom from THE Shame
  • 08. November / Cycle Breaking–and the Fall Out
  • 06. November / Better Living
  • 24. October / Sweet Mercy
  • 29. September / My Saddest Day
  • 26. September / The Anatomy of Trust
  • 21. September / Because I was Terrified
  • 07. September / Fuck Shame
  • 12. August / Love Does
  • 28. July / Deselection
  • 04. July / Repair or Repeat
  • 04. July / Feeling Empowered
  • 21. June / You Deserve Better
  • 18. May / Sometimes The Solution Sucks
  • 12. May / On Mother’s Day
  • 21. April / “Happy” Easter
  • 13. April / I Feel You—literally
  • 18. March / An Inconvenient Child
  • 04. March / Life and Love are Messy by Rachael Alaia
  • 02. March / Are You an Empath?
  • 02. March / Bye Mom
  • 28. February / A Litany for Survival
  • 19. February / Making Amends
  • 18. February / Things Which Once Caused Me Shame
  • 18. February / Goddammit Magda
  • 17. February / Together, We Belong
  • 15. February / The Exact Right Words
  • 14. February / On Being Psycho
  • 12. February / The Things We are Learning
  • 11. February / Say Yikes and Move On!
  • 07. February / Educated by Tara Westover
  • 05. February / Unity v. Division
  • 30. January / Learning to Belong
  • 29. January / The Quality of My Thoughts
  • 26. January / Formatting Errors v. Compatibility Issues
  • 25. January / No Means No
  • 24. January / Never say Never
  • 20. January / You Can’t Make Me and Neither Can I
  • 19. January / Trust in Kindness
  • 14. January / Day 15 I Can Not Be Counted On
  • 13. January / Day 14 Character Analysis
  • 12. January / Day 13 Second-Handers
  • 07. January / Day 8 Reflection
  • 05. January / Atypical Day 6
  • 03. January / Day 4 Schitt’s Creek
  • 02. January / Day 3 The Fountainhead
  • 01. January / 2019 Day 1

2018 (86)

  • 31. December / No, But This Time I Mean It
  • 21. December / Clear Boundaries are not Grudges
  • 20. December / Are You My Mother?
  • 17. December / Our Mother Who Art in Heaven
  • 17. December / Social Media for Abuse Awareness
  • 16. December / Pills That are Hard to Swallow
  • 04. December / BUT WHY THO—Dear Mom
  • 03. December / Rest In Peace
  • 02. December / Fake Peace
  • 25. November / This Is Not My Kingdom
  • 24. November / Walls or Bridges
  • 22. November / Gentle Thanksgiving
  • 19. November / Being Human Means Making Mistakes
  • 09. November / Boundaries and Being Non-Dead
  • 06. November / How I Tricked Him Into Loving Me
  • 02. November / Healing After and During Betrayal
  • 29. October / Communicating Truth
  • 26. October / Aha!
  • 25. October / Happy Birthday ?
  • 14. October / Why Lie
  • 11. October / Some Letters
  • 06. October / The Part Where You Fucked Up
  • 02. October / The Smiling Poop Emoji
  • 25. September / Grandma’s Favorite—awww so sweet, y’all
  • 24. September / Thank Good Gods
  • 23. September / Undeserving
  • 10. September / Supporting Gay Tweens- Even when they are not “yours”
  • 26. August / It is Not that I Don’t Care..
  • 17. August / For the Love
  • 14. August / Because Obviously
  • 10. August / On Forgiving
  • 03. August / Like-hearted
  • 28. July / Are We Good?
  • 26. July / Stand Your Ground
  • 25. July / It Might Just Suck
  • 23. July / On Bullying
  • 22. July / First, Your Spirit
  • 19. July / On Gossip
  • 16. July / The Tightrope
  • 12. July / Get Well Soon
  • 09. July / Emergencies and Celebrations
  • 09. July / The Opposite of Love
  • 08. July / A Letter for Children
  • 06. July / Life and Death
  • 05. July / Independence Day
  • 04. July / No Laughing Matter
  • 03. July / We Learn What We Live
  • 02. July / Low Blood Sugar and Anxiety
  • 02. July / Be the Nice Kid
  • 01. July / Indirect Communication
  • 29. June / Problem or Unpleasant Fact–How to Know
  • 28. June / Right, Wrong, or Just Human
  • 26. June / We Belong to Each Other
  • 25. June / But Why Though
  • 24. June / You Do Not Have to Agree with Me to Love Me
  • 23. June / Ambition or Denial
  • 22. June / You Got What You Deserved
  • 22. June / Six Things
  • 17. June / When Bad Things Happen to Good People
  • 10. June / Check Your Self- Sometimes You Are the Toxic Person
  • 07. June / Mental Health–We all have mental health.
  • 04. June / How to Achieve Menschdom by Guy Kawasaki
  • 26. May / What is Love?
  • 22. May / A Letter to My Sons
  • 20. May / Abuse is Abuse
  • 15. May / A Letter From My Sons
  • 13. May / Courage to Change
  • 11. May / happy mothers’ day
  • 06. May / The Zero-Sum Game–Everyone Loses
  • 03. May / Every Time I Judge
  • 02. May / Recovery Celebrations
  • 13. April / Best Days of Our Lives
  • 05. April / Shame on Who(or whom)?
  • 02. April / Get Over It—Umm Okaaay
  • 29. March / DGAF–I Totally Give
  • 28. March / I am sorry that…
  • 12. March / Thank You for Teaching Me
  • 21. February / The Legacy of Rage
  • 16. February / Serves You Right
  • 15. February / Parenting and Power Struggles
  • 23. January / Food and Truth-In Abundance
  • 19. January / We Can Do Hard Things
  • 16. January / One Goal 100% of the Time
  • 12. January / Am I an Asshole-I Don’t Think So(anymore)
  • 05. January / Breakups
  • 02. January / Shannon Thomas- Healing From Hidden Abuse

2017 (160)

  • 27. December / They Belong Together
  • 26. December / Sweet Surrender
  • 19. December / Connection and Protection
  • 18. December / It is Not About You
  • 12. December / Name it To Tame it
  • 11. December / Winners Change and Grow, Staying the Same is for the Others
  • 10. December / BIRTHDAY MIRACLES
  • 04. December / What You Believe In, Becomes Your Reality, Your Life
  • 02. December / It’s That Time of Year
  • 28. November / Home is Where You Can Afford to Live–Right?
  • 25. November / Children Learn What They Live
  • 22. November / Count Your Blessings
  • 19. November / Paper Plates–The Cheap Kind
  • 17. November / Every Chapter Matters
  • 10. November / Trojan Horses
  • 09. November / So This
  • 08. November / Truth to Bullshit
  • 05. November / Narcissist Be Like
  • 03. November / Kthanksbye
  • 01. November / The Loss of an Estranged Parent
  • 31. October / Thanksgiving with Family-More Spooky than Halloween–More Tricky than Treaty
  • 28. October / The Opposite of Faith
  • 27. October / Broken But Not Destroyed
  • 26. October / Hug Rapers-Break the Cycle
  • 25. October / A Year of Miracles-or Just One Day
  • 24. October / Soul (Rapey) Sister
  • 23. October / Happy Birthday
  • 22. October / We Can Do Hard Things
  • 21. October / One Day at A Time
  • 18. October / Emotional Honesty and Healing v. Play Acting
  • 17. October / Poor Sally Draper
  • 16. October / Recovery from Life
  • 12. October / A Friend of Bill’s
  • 10. October / Life on Life’s Terms
  • 09. October / Loving Myself, Unapologetically, and Without Permission
  • 03. October / The Shit Before the Shift
  • 02. October / We Don’t Have to Feel Starved
  • 27. September / Nope…I can’t
  • 26. September / You Do Not Have to Stand for the Pledge
  • 25. September / Sorry Not Sorry
  • 24. September / Braving The Wilderness
  • 17. September / You Are Either With Me or You Are Against Me
  • 22. August / Death Wishing and Hopelessness
  • 16. August / It is NOT NORMAL
  • 15. August / Are You Effing Insane?
  • 14. August / Stonewalling-How it Works
  • 13. August / Relief Is Available–Name It to Tame It
  • 08. August / Truth Speaking–Amen
  • 06. August / Our Feelings Can Teach Us
  • 04. August / Jeff Brown Wisdom on Spiritual and Emotional Healing
  • 31. July / Triangulation-How It Works
  • 30. July / Then You Win
  • 30. July / The Difference Is….
  • 28. July / How Upsetting for Children
  • 23. July / Children-Make Them Feel Loved
  • 16. July / Love is Many Things, BUT Never Deceitful
  • 09. July / What Is that smell? Could it be bullshit?
  • 06. July / The Fighter
  • 04. July / Independence Day 2017- Freedom from ……..
  • 30. June / Mindful Parenting
  • 27. June / PSA–Match.com Works When You are Honest
  • 25. June / Destroying Others is Monstrous Behavior
  • 18. June / Fathers Day Feelings
  • 15. June / To Thine Own Self Be True
  • 15. June / I know what I Bring to the Table
  • 06. June / Historical Revisionist–Future Revisionist
  • 01. June / The Day You Were Born
  • 31. May / No, No Thank you, Unfortunately, That Wont Work
  • 29. May / Memorial Day 2017-Dying for Peace
  • 23. May / Self Love is the Shit
  • 20. May / Stay Close to Anything That Makes You Glad to be Alive
  • 19. May / Starved
  • 17. May / The Broken Clock
  • 16. May / Me Too, Tell Me More
  • 13. May / We Who Are Your Closest Friends
  • 11. May / I Wish You Well
  • 10. May / The Miracles of Recovery
  • 08. May / Gratitude Continued
  • 06. May / Project Miracle
  • 05. May / Just Be Happy-Goddammit
  • 02. May / Letting Go of Obsession- One Day At A Time
  • 01. May / Shame Shifting
  • 30. April / Happy Mother’s Day
  • 28. April / Psychological Invalidation Is Abuse
  • 27. April / Always a Third Way
  • 26. April / Dear Lord………
  • 24. April / Welcome to McDonalds
  • 22. April / What Would Lena Dunham Do?
  • 21. April / What Is Your Problem, Anyway?
  • 20. April / I Love Jesus
  • 17. April / When Someone Shows You Who They Are
  • 15. April / Let’s Roll-Grappling On and Off the Mats
  • 14. April / Shaming and Blaming–Not Welcome Here
  • 13. April / Kindness Can Not Be Legislated–BUT Unkindness Can
  • 13. April / Follow Your Heart- Be True and Honor Yourself
  • 11. April / The Matriarchal Family
  • 07. April / Hallelujah Anyway–Anne Lamott with Reverend Chip Edens
  • 06. April / Heaven Knows……
  • 05. April / Pray for a Miracle
  • 04. April / Understanding Unforgiveness- Repair or Release?
  • 03. April / One Day at a Time, They too Shall Pass
  • 02. April / No Solution- No problem
  • 31. March / Surrender…. or Try Harder, More, Better
  • 30. March / The Imaginary Letter-The One That Never Comes
  • 29. March / Greatest Achievement-hahaha
  • 29. March / Letter to Mother and Sister
  • 28. March / Tools for Life
  • 27. March / An Invitation to Heal-Repair or Release
  • 24. March / Good Grief
  • 23. March / The Menu-Life Choices
  • 23. March / You Spot It–You Got It
  • 21. March / House of Cards
  • 21. March / Fools Rush In
  • 15. March / Painful Dynamics- Repair or Release
  • 14. March / Submission is for Jiu-Jitsu and Other Stuff
  • 13. March / Moving On is Acceptance
  • 12. March / Be Relentless: Eliminate the Poison in Your Life
  • 11. March / Love is Compromise–Not Submission
  • 10. March / Courage and Compassion-but first self esteem!
  • 09. March / I Am Your Biggest Fan- I Am Your Mother
  • 08. March / Heartfelt Apologies- A Beginning, Not an End to a Conversation
  • 07. March / Instead of Focusing on Rejection
  • 06. March / I Am Not Just Raising Boys
  • 04. March / Eff Socializing and Small Talk-if it is not for you
  • 02. March / Take Time for Creativity
  • 01. March / I Will Be Changed But Not Reduced
  • 28. February / Money-Not the Problem, Not the Solution
  • 28. February / Fascinating and Affirming Article on Narcissism and Gas-lighting
  • 27. February / Wake The Fuck Up
  • 26. February / The Games Continue
  • 25. February / Kindness v. Friendliness
  • 24. February / Speak Your Heart – Listeners Will Listen
  • 23. February / We Are Only As Sick As Our Secrets
  • 22. February / Being Heard v. Being Erased
  • 20. February / It is not Impossible, but UNpossible
  • 18. February / Bless Them, Change Me
  • 17. February / Lord of the Flies- Yikes
  • 16. February / Valentines Day Perfection- Until….
  • 13. February / Paying it Forward
  • 12. February / Insanity is…
  • 10. February / Feelings are not Facts
  • 03. February / Sadness- Part of the Healing Process
  • 02. February / Building and Destroying Trust
  • 01. February / My Dog and I are Both Canaries
  • 31. January / When Your Mother Is Just Not That Into You
  • 30. January / GPS Your Heart
  • 27. January / Together We Rise–Yes We Do
  • 25. January / Knowing and Using Our Power for Good
  • 20. January / Why Lie?
  • 18. January / Let’s Talk About Sex-Please
  • 17. January / True Perfection
  • 17. January / Happy People are Kind
  • 16. January / On Khloe Kardashian’s Revenge Body
  • 12. January / Boundaries are for Badasses
  • 12. January / Problem v. Unpleasant Fact
  • 10. January / Prayer Works!
  • 06. January / When People Show Us Who They Are
  • 05. January / Faithful Living in 2017- Day 3
  • 02. January / A New Day-New Strengths
  • 01. January / 2017 Best Practices for Self-Love

2016 (46)

  • 29. December / I Choose to Share, Heal, Expand-I Write the Ending
  • 27. December / Letter to Mom
  • 26. December / Letter To Self
  • 24. December / Saying Ouch
  • 23. December / AMEN
  • 21. December / BadAss Friends
  • 20. December / Most Wonderful Time of the Yeeeeear
  • 19. December / Safe Distance is not Non-love
  • 18. December / Even The Broken Clock is Right Twice a Day
  • 16. December / What We Focus on Grows
  • 14. December / No is a complete sentence.
  • 11. December / Love is kind-right?
  • 10. December / Go Where The Love Is
  • 09. December / Inside Jokes and Situational Nicknames
  • 08. December / Get Back Up! (again)
  • 07. December / Holiday Performances-Broken Enough to Feel, Foolish Enough to Share
  • 07. December / Silence- Not Equal to Peace and Grace
  • 06. December / Today is Difficult
  • 05. December / Love a Promise, Not an Emotion
  • 04. December / Fearless Authenticity-I Heart the Dowager
  • 03. December / Kindness Comes from the Kind-hearted
  • 02. December / Courage and Vulnerability
  • 01. December / What Is Love?
  • 30. November / Loyalty
  • 29. November / Silence
  • 29. November / A Narcissist’s Prayer
  • 27. November / Golden Memories
  • 26. November / The Key
  • 25. November / Best Day Ever
  • 24. November / Thanksgiving Thoughts for Those Contemplating No Contact
  • 22. November / Big Heart–Big Boundaries
  • 20. November / Happy? Birthday
  • 19. November / Greasy Hair and Furry Legs
  • 18. November / Even the Best of Us
  • 16. November / What Is Needed…
  • 16. November / THERE YOU ARE….BORROWED FROM MOMASTERY-BLOG BY GLENNON DOYLE MELTON
  • 14. November / We Write Our Own Endings-Brené Brown
  • 13. November / Finding My Voice-and my lil pink axe
  • 12. November / Unlearning-One Day at a Time
  • 11. November / This Is How–Augusten Burroughs
  • 10. November / Emotional Experience, Real, Though Not Universal
  • 07. September / Forgiveness
  • 21. August / WBA-Terminology
  • 15. August / Big Effen Surrender
  • 01. June / Fearless Humor–Only a BadAss Would Own this Thinking
  • 18. April / Absolute Authenticity Has Its Price

2015 (5)

  • 06. August / BadAss Lil Warrior
  • 31. May / GOD’s Grace
  • 25. May / Love is the Answer
  • 20. May / Different Kinds of Love
  • 18. April / What We Model for Our Children…

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