Category: Abuse
10 Empowering Reminders About Suicide Threats as Emotional Manipulation
Your Boundaries Are Sacred. If someone threatens to harm themsel [...]
10 Rights of Survivors When An Abusive Person Dies
"Be a good girl"😡
 We are indeed all the villain in som [...]
The Magic Trick: How Grooming Feels in the Beginning
They welcome you in with warmth, with open arms. They set the ta [...]
How Domestic Violence Fuels the Cycle of Poverty
For many victims, domestic violence traps them in a cycle of poverty. [...]
Heads Up: Lying Is a Powerful Abuse Tactic
Abusers don’t just harm; they manipulate reality itself. Lies are [...]
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Believing Everyone Plays Fair? Here’s How It Backfires (Infographic)
Believing everyone respects boundaries is a hopeful but dangerou [...]
Reclaiming Autonomy: How Women Lose Control—And How to Take It Back
💡 Why This Matters
Across history and in private moments, women h [...]
Recovery: 20 Reasons to Leave an Abusive Relationship
 As a veteran advocate for victims of domestic and sexual violen [...]
Women, Justice, and Mercy: A Call for Compassion in Incarceration
In the United States, a presidential executive order is ordering [...]
Sad But True Little Known Facts About Women in Prison
It is only by the grace of God that every female Survivor o [...]
The Manipulative Power of Changing Language
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Her: I need a protective order.
Judge: Did he actually say t [...]
Red Flags for Women: Silent Signals of Control in Relationships
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I was riding in the car with my date. O [...]
The Whispers That Steal Your Sanity: Understanding and Fighting Back Against Gaslighting
 Let's be honest, the word "gaslighting" gets thrown around a lo [...]
How Enablers Fuel Suffering for Women and Girls
We have known for a long time now that all it takes is indiffere [...]
Unchain the Warrior Within: Empower Yourself as a Woman Who Fights for Herself
 1. "I just want y'all to be honest about......"YOUR hair
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8 Common Characteristics of People Who Support and Enable Abusive People (Infographic)
Some people find truth-telling to be abhorrent and offensive.&nb [...]
Revisting the Silencing of Silenced Women and Girls: R Kelly
 When the groundbreaking documentary Surviving RKelly [...]
Why People Should Stop Asking Survivors of Abuse “Why Now?”
When it comes to domestic and sexual violence, most of us will never [...]
Umoja: Belief as a Source of Strength, Not Control
Umoja is a
 Kiswahili word
 that means "unity"
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Radical Self-Worth: A Woman is a Miraculous Human BEING
updated August 2025It has been my professional experience, wor [...]