Category: Self care
Weaponized Witnessing: When They Watch You Fall, But Never Help You Rise
Thereâs a kind of watching that doesnât come from love.A kind of wat [...]
Harm-Jacking: When Your Pain Becomes Someone Elseâs Weapon
There have always been obstaclesâbut there have also always been rea [...]
Our Tongues Survived the Fire: The Story of Xhosa, Survival, and Respect
There are languages that carry the rhythm of a peopleâs soul.Languages [...]
9 Reasons Survivors Build Their Own Healing Spaces (and Why Thatâs Sacred, Not Segregated)
People ask: âWhy do you need your own healing space?â The an [...]
Why We All Build Our Own Healing Spaces
It may be noticed when specific groups build their own
healing spac [...]
When Healing Language Gets Mocked: Gaslighting by Cultural Delegitimization
They asked you to speak. Or, it is time and space designed for speak [...]
Who Benefits From My Silence?
Every time I swallowed the truth, someone else got fed.Fed with powe [...]
If Any of Your Relationships Run on Silence and Lies, Itâs Time to Reclaim Your Voice
I need to speak to you plain today.
There comes a time in healing w [...]
People Donât Just âIgnore Red Flagsâ â Theyâre Protecting Something
When someone stays silent about abuse, overlooks harm, or rewrites the [...]
When the Gate Swings Open: The Floodgate Effect and the Harm That Follows
Some harms donât happen in isolation.
They happen because someone was [...]