Health

(And How to Come Home to Yourself) Self-abandonment isn’t always loud. It often slips in quietly, disguised as being “easygoing,” “low maintenance,” or “strong.” For Survivors, self-abandonment can become a …

10 Future Faking Abuse Statements “I’m going to get help—just give me a little more time.”Used to delay accountability and stop the Survivor from leaving. “Let’s have a baby… that’ll …

When men try to crown one woman and crucify another based on looks, that’s not preference—it’s control wrapped in a compliment. That ain’t admiration. That’s a system.And baby, we were …

There comes a time in the life of every Survivor, every truth-teller, every woman who’s been underestimated, overlooked, or left to fend for herself—when she must look within and say: …

When someone in your life always chooses to have hurt feelings, especially over things that aren’t intended to be hurtful, it can feel like walking through a minefield barefoot. You’re …

I know. This is sensitive territory. This is my battle too.    As a Survivor, I know how heartless, cruel, and unkind people can be to those of us on …

“My mouth had no words, but my body remembered everything.” There’s something we don’t talk about enough—not in hospitals, not in public, and certainly not in Survivor spaces. What happens …

On yesterday there was a non-subtle outcry on at least one social media application calling for Black people to go to Los Angeles, California and get involved in the conflict …

We talk a lot about what you lose when you heal:The people who walk away.The identities you shed.The illusions you release. But let’s talk about what stays.Because everything doesn’t fall …