The Unmasked Journal
Where we name what hurts and reclaim our own knowing.
For the woman who has spent her life questioning herself while understanding everyone else.
For the woman asking, "Is this my trauma response, or am I being hurt?"
For the mother who holds everything together while quietly falling apart.
For the neurodivergent woman who has spent so much of her life masking that she's forgotten what it feels like to simply exist as herself.
Here, we have the conversations that are too often left unspoken.
About emotional abuse and neglect. Relationship anxiety. The shadow side of empathy. Nervous-system overwhelm. Boundaries, self-trust, and the complicated journey of finding yourself beyond survival.
Through lived experience, thoughtful education, and honest reflection, we'll explore the patterns that shape our lives without shame, judgment, or someone else deciding our truth for us.
Because sometimes healing begins when someone finally gives you language for what you've been experiencing.
Welcome to The Unmasked Journal.
With love, Jess — The Mystic Midwife
Dear My Sweet Daughters: I Once Asked My Mother Why She Stayed. Then I Understood.
For 32 years, I questioned why my mother stayed in relationships that hurt her. I believed I would never make the same choices. Then I found myself in her shoes. This is an open letter to my four daughters about the invisible nature of emotional abuse, the pain we inherit, the choices we make, and my deepest prayer: that they inherit my wisdom without ever having to survive my suffering.