(dys)mothered: Healing Through the Thorns

By Alexas Bourgeois

(dys)Mothered: Healing Through the Thorns
By Alexas Bourgeois

What happens when the one who gave you life also becomes the source of your deepest ache?

In this raw, soul-stirring memoir, Alexas Bourgeois cracks open the silence surrounding the mother wound-the grief that comes not from loss by death, but from emotional absence. With unflinching honesty and poetic grace, (dys)Mothered is both a reckoning and a reclamation. It traces Alexas' journey from abandonment to awakening, from perfectionism and people-pleasing to self-acceptance and spiritual rebirth.

Through personal storytelling, reflective prompts, and a heart-centered exploration of identity, legacy, and lineage, this book invites readers to:

Confront the impact of being emotionally unmothered

Reclaim the parts of themselves buried beneath survival

Build the inner mother they always longed for

Break generational cycles with grace, boundaries, and courage

And bloom-even when raised among thorns

(dys)Mothered is for every woman who has felt unseen by the woman who raised her, yet dares to become the nurturer, protector, and safe place she never had.

This is more than a book.
It is a mirror.
It is a balm.
It is your permission to heal.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F89CCM2S
• ISBN13: 9798283388847
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"