My Daughter Myself

<p>Grief and mourning are taboo subjects in our society so how do you interact with the world when yours has been ripped apart by loss? Until recently people's struggles with mental health and parenting were also hidden topics. Connie Easterbrook was raised in a Dutch household where <em>sterkte</em> (meaning 'strength') was the way to resolve life's problems but life didn't bless her with an easy path. Connie was a sensitive and anxious child who despite having four children didn't find parenting easy. Her eldest daughter Simone died in a car accident when she was twenty-one yet this was the second tragedy Connie had faced because her youngest brother had died by suicide when he was twenty-seven. </p><p><em>My Daughter Myself </em>is Connie's journey towards understanding the complex mother-daughter relationship she had with Simone and her complicated experience of grief. As Connie studied psychology and counselling her parenting struggles her losses and her battles with depression became clearer. <em>My Daughter Myself </em>exposes the flaws of our keep-calm-and-carry-on culture while shining a light on personal insight and growth.   </p>