Category: Mental Wellness and Health

When the Help Hurts: Understanding Institutional Betrayal
There is a special kind of pain that comes when the place you turned t [...]

They Hope You Never Realize How Powerful You Already Are
đč They Hope You Donât See It
There is something they hope you never r [...]

How to Respond with Strength When Abusers Accuse You of Playing the âVictimâ
Abusers accuse victimized people of âplaying victimâ because it serv [...]

Survivor Affirmation: I Will NOT Shrink Truth to Comfort Those Who Fear Boundaries
Boundaries are love not hate.
They are love in action â love for your [...]

Courtney Stoddenâs Lifetime Movie Exposes the Public Grooming of a Child Brideâand the Cruelty of Celebrity Culture
I wasn't deeply familiar with this young woman prior to watching the L [...]

Signs of Covert Abuse and Why It is So Harmful
Covert abuse is abuse that hides in plain sight. Itâs harm done in way [...]

What Happens When Women Reach Their Breaking Point: The Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Cost of Carrying Too Much for Too Long
When a human being, especially a woman who has been carrying others fo [...]

‘Playing Victimâ: How Racism Silences Black Voices and Blocks True Healing in America
Wherever there is harmâwhether domestic violence, sexual violence, sta [...]

Feminism Can No Longer Afford to Be Generalized
Feminism can no longer afford to live in generalizations.When it does, [...]

Affirmations for Strength and Boundaries Around Black Women’s Humanity: Rooted in Baldwinâs Wisdom
"We can disagree and still love each other, unless your disagreement i [...]