DECEPTION

She called me because I was serving as her victim advocate: His family is mad at me and now I’m so confused. “He is trying to change but sometimes he …

“If his change requires your suffering to prove it, it isn’t change — it’s another performance.” — WeSurviveAbuse.com Somehow, we allowed ourselves to believe that when a man says he’s …

A man “changes”. Why do we women receive this as our “marching orders”? Do men do this? NO. They treat our changes and transformations as our personal issues. They barely …

Like so many Survivors of childhood sexual violence — and other forms of abuse — I live with chronic pain. Some days, it’s excruciating. But nearly every medical professional I …

Here’s the thing. “Real transformation invites partnership, not submission. True faith doesn’t need a cage—it needs room to breathe.” This is a pattern called ideological coercive control—when someone uses belief …

Speaking truth while living through it takes courage — and grace that history rarely sees in real time. False equivalence can be extremely effective, especially in public discourse, because it …

When women, girls, and children talk about boundaries, it’s not hate speaking. It’s concern. It’s exhaustion. It’s survival language. Too often, those who have been harmed or frightened are accused …

👁️ See It Clearly Watch who people protect — and who they hurt. Watch who they challenge — and who they stay silent around. Women. Children. The elderly. Minorities. These …

This is one of the most common — and most heartbreaking — questions Survivors ask. And it deserves a clear, loving, truthful answer. Yes. Coercion is assault. Let’s talk about …

Previous generations of women had different concerns because they had fewer options. Let’s start there. Many of our grandmothers and great-grandmothers didn’t compare notes with one another the way we …