Grow-Together

Recovering from the past.

Join me on a journey of self-discovery. It’s time to peel back the layers of self to reveal our natural beauty.

As we age we accumulate years of baggage. Layers upon layers of unresolved shame, guilt, resentment and bitterness build up. It’s time to strip away what is weighing us down.

Together we will grow into the women we are meant to be. All it takes is:

Stepping Out of Denial – you alone are the problem

Revealing Your Defects of Character – while embracing your flawed self

Breaking Free – letting go of what doesn’t serve you

Creating an ideal – who do you strive to be?

Karen Esbenshade the face of the grow-together blog.

Why me?

Because I am conquering my past.

Meet Karen

At the age of fifty it was time for me to grow up. After a self-induced traumatic event, following a night of binging on alcohol, I found myself arrested for assault. This signaled change was needed for my life. Off to rehab I went to work on my alcohol problem to only discover it wasn’t alcohol, but my pride which would stand in the way of my recovery.

I wore my pride as a mask to hide what was going on behind the surface.

How often do you look into the mirror and question who that woman is staring back at you? Are you wearing a mask to full others, while only fulling yourself? It’s time to unabashedly take down that mask and be that woman you have always wanted to be.

Journaling Our Way To A Healthy Tomorrow

Since I started my recovery journey, I have been doing a thorough introspection and have discovered who I am. Through my writing I share my personal truths and daily struggles. From my earliest memories I let others define my self worth.

We may be shaped by our past, but not defined by it.
Karen Esbenshade

With an identity lost following my childrearing years, I let society, my family, and my past dictate who I was. We may be shaped by our past, but not defined by it.

Today I am writing my story and creating that ideal woman that I strive to be. Journey with me as we recover from our past and grow into the beautiful women we are meant to be.