Category: Power
✂️ Unlearning the Lie: When “Being a Good Person” Means Upholding Harm
Some of us were taught that being a “good person” meant keeping quie [...]
Dear Survivor: You Were Not Born to Absorb Abuse or Protect Harmful Men
A Message for Every Woman Who Was Taught to Shrink Herself to Keep the [...]
💔 When the Weight Is More Than Weight: Understanding the Link Between Trauma and Body Size
I know. This is sensitive territory. This is my battle too. As a S [...]
🌺 Affirmation Post: “I Will Not Apologize for Surviving”
A truth spoken from generations who endured, to those rising now.[...]
When Chaos Is a Weapon: How Some Partners Use Crisis to Control You
And why you’re not “mean” for wanting peaceIt starts with a ba [...]
Thread Made Iconic: A Love Letter to Our Bodies and the Women Who Sew Beauty Into the World
My Granny used to take us to the sewing shop, her eyes scanning the ro [...]
When Setting Boundaries Feels Wrong (But It’s Actually You Healing)
"We don't warn one another how hard this part is."
Sometimes setting [...]
🖤 “They Couldn’t Deny What They Never Gave”
✊🏾 1. Many Black women rejected the idea that womanhood flows from w [...]
Red Flag #1: If They Won’t Let You Have Privacy, They Don’t See You as Human
When Privacy Is Forbidden—It’s a Deadly Warning
Some people believe t [...]
Healing Alone Isn’t a Weakness—It’s a Sacred Survival Strategy
Some of us were raised in surveillance. Silence is sacred. Solitude is [...]
🚩 5 Signs You’re Facing Control Disguised as Concern
1. They Center Their Comfort Over Your Safety
If your boundary caus [...]
Why Setting Boundaries Feels Like Breaking Rules You Never Agreed To
You finally speak up.You say, “I can’t do that.”You say, “I don’t feel [...]
The More You Heal, the More You Offend Those Who Don’t Want To
Healing is sacred work. And yet, it can come with surprising backlash— [...]
5 Reasons Abusive People See Your Boundaries as Unnecessary
When you begin to heal, grow, or protect yourself, one of the first [...]
📌 Allyship Is Not a Dating Obligation
Let’s make something abundantly clear:
Being an ally to a group, a [...]
🚫 You Can Be in a Movement—and Still Be Submissive
Let’s talk about something that doesn’t get said enough:
Just becau [...]
💭 Gullible Isn’t Always What You Think It Is: 10 Questions to Reclaim Your Mind
Some women believe that as long as they aren’t like those religious [...]
What Stays When You Start Healing
We talk a lot about what you lose when you heal:The people who walk [...]
Who Leaves When You Start Healing
They don’t always leave when you’re breaking.Sometimes they leave wh [...]
Healing Changed Me—And Some People Only Loved the Version of Me Who Didn’t Know Her Worth
A post for the Survivor who’s outgrowing relationships built on thei [...]
