Mental Wellness and Healing

I am growing in curves, not in straight lines. My journey bends like water and still arrives on time. We are not okay everyday….and that is okay. Have you ever …

The holidays carry a weight most people never see. For Survivors, gatherings can be a battlefield of memories, expectations, and unspoken wounds. Your voice may tremble with truth, or it …

I see you. You see me. We see one another. There are groups who are targeted because of who they are — yet the moment they try to name that …

It’s a strange kind of exhaustion—working beside women who understand abuse in private relationships, yet act confused when the same dynamics show up in systems and institutions. They can name …

It’s wild how quickly the world silences women.The minute a woman says she’s uncomfortable, cautious, or afraid, people look at her like she’s exaggerating.Like she’s fragile.Like she’s imagining things. They …

“They may call you hateful. But what they won’t call you is gone — because you trusted yourself.”  Ignore the noise of people who do not know better. Lack of …

For years, people thought that once trauma reshaped the brain, the damage was permanent. But we now know the truth: the brain is alive, adaptable, and capable of repair. Yes …

A womanist does not enter this conversation as a spectator — we enter it as those who have lived inside the body that the world debates. Long before words like …

People who support Survivors—from all walks of life—should know this: many Survivors are people of faith. Not all. But many. Some draw strength from Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Catholicism, African traditional …

“If his change requires your suffering to prove it, it isn’t change — it’s another performance.” — WeSurviveAbuse.com Somehow, we allowed ourselves to believe that when a man says he’s …