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How Survivors Can Create a Support System That Works for Them
As Survivors, many of us are not used to asking for what we need. &nbs [...]

Survivor Affirmation: Challenges Teach Me Valuable Lessons
Challenges Teach Me Valuable LessonsWhen I encounter challenging situa [...]

The One Question Every Parent of a Girl Must Ask Themselves
Memory Lane (2000's) “No!” “Nobody kisses me! Except my mother, m [...]

Survivor Affirmation: I Am an Advocate On Purpose
I Am an Advocate On PurposeCommunity and environmental causes benefit [...]

Survivor Affirmation: Courage Launches Me Above My Fears
Courage launches me above my fears.Fear is a natural and healthy feeli [...]

Survivor Affirmation: I Am My Own Best Cheerleader
Updated for 2025
I stand with myself in all seasons.When no [...]
Domestic Abuse And Suicide Prevention: How To Help A Loved One
Heads up! This post comes from Michelle Peterson from RecoveryPride.o [...]

The Forbidden Truth About Intimate Partner Violence & Abuse Revealed by Wyatt O'Brian Evans
I'd like to introduce to some of you a Survivor who makes me smile ins [...]
🔥 When They Take It All Back: Why Some Survivors Recant
Updated for WeSurviveAbuse.com, 2025
Let’s return to this uncomfo [...]

How to Start Talking to Young Children about Sexual Abuse
My whole world shifted. As always, it was the fault of the mother. Yes [...]

One of the Worst Pieces of Advice I Was Ever Given about Surviving Child Sexual Abuse
I am a voracious reader. As early as I can recall my mother requ [...]

8 Phrases of Comfort Parents Can Communicate to Children to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse
So every night my mother would come to tuck me in at night.   [...]
7 Ways Survivors Can Embrace Authenticity and Present Yourself Honestly:
*updated for 2025
Dear LORD, Please Bless Us All—Because This Is Me.
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Survivor Affirmation: I Can Make a Difference!
I can make a difference I have the ability to make a difference. I hav [...]

10 Excellent Memoirs about the Sexual Violence Survivor's Journey
Glad to see that we are in a season of listening to the powerful voice [...]

UPDATE: How Good Parents Miss Child Sexual Abuse and 5 Questions to Change That
Update: I published this during the summer months (2015). It s [...]

Survivor Affirmation: During Difficult Times My Intuition Speaks
I am able to hear my intuition speak during difficult times. During [...]

That Time the Media Blamed & Shamed a Teenage Human Trafficking Victim
Consensual sex and sexual violence are two very different interactions [...]

Activism & Self Care: Tonya's Favorite Things On the Web This Week
Okay, so the heat won this week.Most of you are aware that I have a ch [...]
⚠️ Trigger Warning: Child Sexual Abuse, Victim-Blaming
Updated for 2025Updated from 2016: I was watchin [...]