DECEPTION

Abusers accuse victimized people of “playing victim” because it serves as a power tactic. Here are the key reasons: 1. Deflection of Responsibility If the abuser labels you as “playing …

Boundaries are love not hate. They are love in action — love for your peace, your time, your healing, and your future. Saying “no” is not cruelty; it’s clarity. Protecting …

I wasn’t deeply familiar with this young woman prior to watching the Lifetime movie. I’m a bit out of her target age range. But being a teenager and then enjoying …

Covert abuse is abuse that hides in plain sight. It’s harm done in ways that are subtle, disguised, or easily denied, making it harder for the victim—and often outsiders—to recognize …

The Power of Being Labeled an Outsider History shows us that women who were labeled “outsiders” often became the very women who changed the world. From Sojourner Truth to Anna …

When a human being, especially a woman who has been carrying others for too long, reaches her breaking point, several things can happen—physically, emotionally, and spiritually. 🌑 1. The Body …

There is a particular kind of heaviness that comes from pouring into everyone else’s needs while your own remain empty. It doesn’t happen all at once. It builds slowly, quietly, …

You can’t find what you are not looking for. Knowledge is power. And when adults refuse to see the truth, perpetrators are protected, children are harmed, and Survivors are betrayed. …

Women know this story all too well: We raise alarms. We say, this is unsafe, this will hurt us, this will hurt our children. And what do we hear back? …

How come they can build these things that bring men in closer proximity to women and children but not more homes for the unhoused, affordable homes for working class folks, …