Category: Surviving Daily
When a Name Is a Doorway Back to Harm: Why women’s personal choices are not public property
Some decisions look so simple. From the outside. A last name. A [...]
How Abusers and Systems Use “You Have It Good” to Normalize Deprivation
Gratitude is something I practice as a core part of my healing.
But a [...]
Telling the Truth Is Not Blame: Responsibility, Survival, and Complicity in a World That Harms Women
“America has the laws and the material resources it takes to insure ju [...]
Anger Isn’t Ruining Your Healing. Silence Did. (10 Quick Reclamation Tips)
For a long time, many of us were taught that anger was the danger. [...]
Not Everyone Who Speaks the Language of Protection is Protecting the Same People
We love movies like 'Avengers' when beings from different walks of lif [...]
When “Nothing is True”: The Erosion of Shared Reality Through Mandated Language
For some of us who have worked with Survivors of abuse and violence, a [...]
They Love What We Give, Not Who We Are: The Quiet Erasure of Women’s Inner Lives
When we say, “He objectified her,” we make it sound like mere casual d [...]
You Were Seeking Safety, Not Sex: A Truth for Survivors of Childhood Abuse
When a child is sexually abused, too much of the truth gets twisted by [...]
The Cost of Agreeability: How We Uphold the Barriers We Think We Are Fighting
I've served the women who responded to violence and were facing harshe [...]