Faith in Storms

They told you walking away meant you gave up.That you weren’t strong enough to “stick it out.”That you didn’t try hard enough, didn’t pray hard enough, didn’t love hard enough. …

They called you difficult.Unreasonable.Too sensitive.Hard to love. But what they really meant was:You stopped making it easy for them to mistreat you. You stopped laughing at disrespect.You stopped minimizing the …

There are people who remember you in your survival state.And they romanticize it. They call it “loyalty.”They call it “love.”They call it “the good times.” But what they’re really doing …

Not everyone wants to see you healed.Some people were only comfortable when you were quiet, unsure, still bleeding. Your pain made you easier to control.Your guilt made you easier to …

If you’re not an advocate for giving violent, manipulative, deceptive, abusive males more rights and protections—Then you need to say that.And sound like it.And act like it. Because if your …

They taught us early how to carry it. The silence. The secrets.The shame.The duty. They said it was our role. Our burden. Our badge of strength. They didn’t always say …

You look at her and ask, “Why did she stay?” But you don’t know the whole story. You saw a snapshot.She’s been living the full movie. To you, it might …

We don’t automatically grow just because we’re more diverse.🌱 Diversity is not the finish line. It’s the starting bell. We grow when we choose to rise to that diversity—when we …

Healing after emotional abuse isn’t about “getting back to normal.”It’s about building a new normal — one where you trust yourself again, where your needs matter, and where your peace …

In a world where women — especially minoritized women, poor women, disabled women, elder women, and other marginalized women all over the globe — have been insulted, underestimated, and dehumanized …