The Mess of Me: Pain, Rejection, and the Fight to be Whole. - 2600

The Mess of Me Pain, Rejection, and the Fight to Be Whole by Joseph Atinsky What do you do when the life you built was never really yours? In this unflinching memoir, Joseph Atinsky lays bare the emotional cost of trying to be the “good son,” the “faithful servant,” the one who never rocks the boat. Raised in a swirl of emotional obligation, spiritual duty, and silent expectations, he learns to perform—and forgets how to breathe. But when the cracks finally show, so does the truth. This is not a story of tidy healing. It’s not a self-help book. It’s a deeply personal, spiritually raw, and emotionally honest journey through family rupture, religious disillusionment, and the slow, sacred work of disentangling identity from expectation. For readers wrestling with: Family systems, estrangement, or emotional enmeshment Religious performance and spiritual burnout Codependency, control, and the weight of keeping the peace What it means to follow God when the path leads away from your people. “God didn’t want my perfection. He wanted my permission—to meet me in the mess.” If you’ve ever asked, “Who am I when I stop trying to be what they need?”—this book was written in that space.
ASIN: B0F8S9BYRR
VSKU: BVV.B0F8S9BYRR.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Atinsky, Joseph|Miller, Cortney
Binding: Paperback