Healing

We don’t often speak about the impact that trauma has on hair. Maybe we should. Throughout my healing journey, my hair has told on me. And the women around me …

Supporting Prostituted Persons Means More Than Just Words “Shaming women doesn’t work because that is not the root of the problem.” -Tonya GJ Prince Too many people talk about supporting …

 Originally posted March 27, 2024   Affirmation:  I am the catalyst for change,  the voice that speaks truth to power.   Gaslighting insults are designed to undermine the victim’s reality, …

In a world where algorithms dictate whose voices are heard and whose truths are silenced, storytelling becomes an act of revolution. It is an act of defiance. It is resistance …

  Pain hurts like hell. Let people heal.       As someone who has stood on both sides of the battle for healing—as a Survivor and an advocate/facilitator—I have …

When people discuss domestic violence, they often focus on the emotional and physical impacts on human Survivors. Yet, there is another layer of suffering that frequently goes unnoticed—the heartbreaking situation …

Update:  This was published August 30, 2015. Remember that day? I do. Driver Samuel DuBose was shot in the head by a campus police officer in the head. It was …

I saw this online from Dr. Mozelle Martin and wanted to share it. Self-awareness is a powerful thing, is it not? .-Tonya GJ Prince  (Trauma -including generational trauma-is exhausting even …

  “Be a good girl”😡   We are indeed all the villain in someone’s story. We are all flawed and imperfect.  But there are degrees to this.  This morning though, …

“Your silence will not protect you.” — Audre Lorde, The Cancer Journals Audre Lorde’s powerful words remind us that silence in the face of injustice, harm, or oppression only allows …