Category: Boundaries
When Courage Takes the Mic: Tish Hyman Speaks Truth to Leaders About Protecting Women and Children
She is facing opposition from all directions.
But, that doesn't alwa [...]
🌱 If Stress Can Shrink Your Brain, Can Healing Grow It Back?
For years, people thought that once trauma reshaped the brain, the dam [...]
When Chaos Becomes Normal: Relearning the Language of Calm and Boundaries
Some of us grew up learning to breathe in the middle of storms.
We le [...]
🌿 Who Still Treats Women’s Safety as Sacred?
“When a woman says, ‘I don’t feel safe,’ she’s not creating a problem [...]
Why Do People Call Gender-Critical Women “Extremists” When We’re Just Talking About Safety?
Survivor advocacy has always required naming what endangers women and [...]
We’re Done Paying the Toll for “Acceptance”
We are not what ignorance calls us.We are not who ignorance sa [...]
When Women Forget We Are Women
When women stop listening to other women about safety—when you say, “T [...]
You’re Not Broken. You Were Trained to Survive Chaos.
Some of us were raised in rooms where silence was survival.
Where [...]
Stop Calling It Respect When It’s Really Silence
When children are trapped in abusive homes, they’re not just harmed by [...]
What Happens When Women Fully Stop Performing Labor For the Male Gaze?
Words That Tried to Tame WomenFor generations, women have been sha [...]
Black Women Have Always Spoken Truth to Power — and We Still Will
In the end anti-black, anti-female, and all forms of discrimination ar [...]
🌿 Faith, Healing, and the Work of Safe People
People who support Survivors—from all walks of life—should know th [...]
Twelve Steps to Danger: How Alcoholics Anonymous Can Be a Playground for Violence-Prone Members (from ProPublica)
Karla Brada Mendez thought that she was getting a second chance on lif [...]
✊🏾 Since When Did a Man Saying He’s Changed Become a Gospel Truth?
She called me because I was serving as her victim advocate:His fam [...]
💛 They Warned Her to Stay Quiet. Tish Hyman Turned Up the Volume (UPDATE)
*We wrote this post when the woman cried out. It is an international s [...]
Red Flags: Why Do Some People Refuse to Challenge Systems of Harm — and What Does that Reveal About Them?
Women’s safety movements grew from necessity — from the silences of la [...]
Real Activism Protects Children, Not Egos
If the full extent of your “activism” against grooming is railing agai [...]
The Hidden Bill: What Violence Against Women Really Costs
When we talk about violence, we rarely talk about what the financial c [...]
Fire Test: When You Ask Women to Support Violence
You are sending forth aspiring leaders who have no history of standing [...]
Why They Call It Identity Politics When We’re Just Naming the Wound
The term “identity politics” has become almost like a lightning rod in [...]