Category: Wisdom
How Survivors Can Preserve the Lessons from Their Experiences for Storytelling
originally published 11/20/2015 To tell your story, you are going [...]
I’m Terrified to Tell You that I’m a Rape Survivor Because
I’m Terrified to Tell You that I’m a Rape Survivor Because I’m Afraid [...]
Cherishing Me: Marriage That Supports My Self-Love (video)
When a woman says, "I want to be married and have ch [...]
Even In Social Justice Movements, Black Pain for White Gain
Letter from Birmingham Jail By Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., 16 A [...]
Keep Sweet, Pray and Obey on Netflix
I believe that watching and reading stories about abuse of power [...]
6 Ways Asking for Help Enriches Your Life
I realize that in our society, it is almost fashionable to come down o [...]
6 Ways Asking for Help Enriches Your Life
I realize that in our society, it is almost fashionable to come down o [...]
🔥 When They Take It All Back: Why Some Survivors Recant
Updated for WeSurviveAbuse.com, 2025
Let’s return to this uncomfo [...]
The Book I Avoided—Until I Couldn’t Anymore
By a Survivor Who Now Understands Why the Caged Bird Sings
I’ve [...]
7 Ways Survivors Can Embrace Authenticity and Present Yourself Honestly:
*updated for 2025
Dear LORD, Please Bless Us All—Because This Is Me.
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10 Excellent Memoirs about the Sexual Violence Survivor's Journey
Glad to see that we are in a season of listening to the powerful voice [...]
⚠️ Trigger Warning: Child Sexual Abuse, Victim-Blaming
Updated for 2025
Updated from 2016: I was watchin [...]
How Some Teachers Are on the Frontlines of Fighting Child Sexual Abuse
Did you know that some victims of child sexual abuse prefer to confi [...]
Songs Survivors Play to Survive Disaster
I Tried
One day years ago I was trying to make it through a ch [...]
Explain Like I'm 5: What victims of domestic violence go through to get justice
I originally posted this on 9/3/15. On 5/16/2016 I aided a victim in D [...]
Survivor Affirmation: I Value Wise Counseling
I value wise counseling.In times of confusion, wise words enable me to [...]