Health

🍷headed into the fourth of July, right?…….Freedom? Because they’d rather keep us on defensethan dare teach him self-control. Because it’s easier to hand us rulesthan hold him accountable for crimes. …

We weren’t handed safe spaces.We’ve had to build them from scratch— with whatever was in our hands,whatever was in our hearts,and sometimes, just with breath and hope alone. For generations, …

It may be noticed when specific groups build their own healing spaces but nearly everyone builds their own healing spaces where people who live, speak, cry, die, and sing like …

Every time I swallowed the truth, someone else got fed. Fed with power.Fed with protection.Fed with the benefit of the doubt. But it wasn’t me. 🗣️ Silence Is Not Neutral …

Let’s talk about something real. Have you ever looked back at a situation and thought—”Wait… that wasn’t okay. That was messed up“? Maybe it was a parent who “loved you …

Too often, when the topic of prostitution or “sex work” comes up, the first question is: “Why did she choose that?”But I’ve been walking beside Survivors for over 30 years, …

Because you shouldn’t have to hold the whole world just to be loved, safe, or seen. 💬 For When You’re Exhausted from Holding It All Together: I am allowed to …

(And Why That Voice Isn’t the Truth) You’ve left the relationship.You’ve named what happened. Maybe you’ve even started to heal.But some days… the voice still creeps in: “You should’ve known.”“You …

But What Happens When You Stop? The Sign:You minimize your gifts, your pain, your truth—because you’ve been told your full presence makes people uncomfortable.So you soften your words, dim your …

Self-abandonment is one of the most overlooked consequences of surviving abuse, harassment, or assault.It’s what happens when you learn—often in order to survive (poverty, abuse, violence, racism, sexism, misogyny, disability)—that …