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3 Common Obstacles to Setting Boundaries (audio)
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3 Common Obstacles to Setting Boundaries (audio)

TGJP August 10, 2022
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Mindset for a Comeback: 5 Tips (audio & video)
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Mindset for a Comeback: 5 Tips (audio & video)

TGJP August 1, 2022
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Surviving Abuse Daily: Live and Love Well
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Surviving Abuse Daily: Live and Love Well

TGJP May 16, 2022
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No Need to Stay Dissatisfied: 4 Things that Keep You Trapped
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No Need to Stay Dissatisfied: 4 Things that Keep You Trapped

TGJP May 14, 2022
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WE Survive Abuse: Adenomyosis Awareness Month

TGJP April 6, 2022
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Book Shelf: Finding Purpose in the Pain: Devotions for Victims of Parental Alienation
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Book Shelf: Finding Purpose in the Pain: Devotions for Victims of Parental Alienation

TGJP March 29, 2022
 I received a link to the book below and it put it on my heart to [...]
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6 Ways Asking for Help Enriches Your Life
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6 Ways Asking for Help Enriches Your Life

TGJP March 20, 2017
I realize that in our society, it is almost fashionable to come down o [...]
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🔥 When They Take It All Back: Why Some Survivors Recant
Campus violence, Child sexual abuse

🔥 When They Take It All Back: Why Some Survivors Recant

TGJP October 11, 2016
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Gaslighting Isn’t Love: Red Flags Black Women Can Choose to Name Out Loud — and Walk Away From
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Gaslighting Isn’t Love: Red Flags Black Women Can Choose to Name Out Loud — and Walk Away From

updated from April 7, 2023 Sometimes they try to make you feel like you're “too emotional,” “too sensitive,” or “doing too much.” But the truth is: [...]
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⭐ Why I Resist Diluted Language Like “Birthing People” Part 1
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⭐ Why I Resist Diluted Language Like “Birthing People” Part 1

  Updated from November 2025 How hard is it to just say "mothers and.....?"   In 2024, Black women had a maternal mortalit [...]
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You Deserve Safety—Even When You’re Just Trying to Keep Going
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You Deserve Safety—Even When You’re Just Trying to Keep Going

Some of us were never told that we deserved to feel safe.We were told to keep going.To be strong.To not make a scene.To forgive.To forget. [...]
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Part 2: Why I Resist Diluted Language
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Part 2: Why I Resist Diluted Language

But self-knowledgeBut self-knowledgeThe reason I refuse diluted language is because I have watched institutions dilute women's experiences f [...]
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They Want Us to Give Up “Mother” While Rapists Keep “Father”
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They Want Us to Give Up “Mother” While Rapists Keep “Father”

"Will a highly neutral parentage framework be sensitive enough to recognize unequal power, violence, coercion, reproductive abuse, and sexual [...]
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When Someone Refuses to Leave You Alone: Understanding Forced Access
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When Someone Refuses to Leave You Alone: Understanding Forced Access

When Someone Refuses to Respect Distance It's one thing to talk about the need for and importance of boundaries. We need to talk more about w [...]
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Every Solution Was Rejected Because Access Was the Goal: Understanding Forced Access, Coercion, and Why So Many Women Feel Pressured to Explain Themselves
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Every Solution Was Rejected Because Access Was the Goal: Understanding Forced Access, Coercion, and Why So Many Women Feel Pressured to Explain Themselves

A woman asks for safety. Everyone else asks for evidence.   🌿 Sometimes a woman is not asking for much. She is asking for rest. Sh [...]
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American Violet and the Fight to Remain the Expert on Your Own Life
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American Violet and the Fight to Remain the Expert on Your Own Life

  Control rarely begins with chains. It often begins with convincing people that their own eyes, ears, memory, and judgment cannot be tr [...]
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Was It Really the First Time? What Repeat Offender Statistics Reveal About Violence and Abuse
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Was It Really the First Time? What Repeat Offender Statistics Reveal About Violence and Abuse

The recent UK review that found serial rapists and offenders remained in policing despite serious warning signs and vetting failures. Which go [...]
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The Illusion of Progress: Why Women Don’t Have “Spare Rights” to Burn
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The Illusion of Progress: Why Women Don’t Have “Spare Rights” to Burn

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