Category: Female Safety
They Weren’t Just Controlling—They Were Consuming
Survivors often face: the coercion to disappear inside someone else’ [...]
🛑 When Children Are Punished for Feeling, They Learn to Go Along with Harm
There’s something we don’t talk about nearly enough:
When children ar [...]
Lobotomies and Trust Issues: The Historic Reasons Black Folks Avoid Therapy (w/links)
Listen, followers of my work know that I have been open about getting [...]
RECANT: She Just Wanted Her Life Back
There is a lot going on in the world. But the pain of sexual violenc [...]
🕯️ The Truth About “Victimhood” as an Insult
There is a lot going on in the world. But crimes against women—especia [...]
🛑 What the 2023 Supreme Court Stalking Case Means for Women — And Why We Must Act Now
There’s a lot going on in the world right now. The headlines are heavy [...]
The Tender Hands the World Must Never Forget
The Richard Speck murders had a deep and lasting impact on how Americ [...]
How Women’s Pain Is Minimized to Keep Men Comfortable
If there were no men in the room,no men in the equation,no men to prot [...]
Teaching Tales: Three Women Who Faced Injustice and Fought Back with Truth
Some betrayals are personal.Some are legal.Some are spiritual.But when [...]
Injustice Trauma: When the Violence Isn’t the Only Wound
There is a kind of pain that cuts deeper than bruises.A wound that doe [...]
She Deserved Help: What Kitty Genovese’s Story Still Teaches Us About Silence, Judgment, and the Cost of Looking Away
I saw a video of a very young woman getting flipped into the pool yest [...]
When the Bank Said No: How Credit Laws Once Trapped Survivors in Abuse
Before we begin, a word to younger generations: Please extend grace to [...]
🔥 What Is Gaslighting?
Gaslighting is when someone tries to make you doubt your own reality—y [...]
🛑 What Is a Boundary? (And Why It’s Not a Punishment)
A boundary is not a wall to keep people out.It is a door that you cont [...]
🌺 Believing Yourself First: A Return to the Oldest Wisdom You Have
Before the world taught you to doubt yourself,before people gaslit you [...]
Boundaries Are Living Proof That You Believe Your Life Is Worth Protecting
Systems will tell you that you are safe.Systems will tell you they exi [...]
🌬️ Benediction for the Journey: On Letting Go
Letting go is not weakness.Letting go is not failure.Letting go is not [...]
Boundaries Are Sacred: Honoring the Line Between Survival and Self-Betrayal
Boundaries aren’t walls.They’re doors you open for love — and shut to [...]
🔁 Starting Over: A Sacred Act of Power, Not Failure
They don’t talk about how painful starting over can be.They don't ta [...]
🌿 Healing After Emotional Abuse: You Are Not Broken, You Are Becoming
Healing after emotional abuse isn't about "getting back to normal."I [...]