The Power of Self-Affirmation in the Black Community
When an executive order was released "canceling" acknowledgment of Black History Month on the federal level, did you notice that Black peo [...]
She Never Saw It Coming: The Danger of Assuming a Man Will Take Care of You for a Lifetime
No woman envisions herself needing the services of a domestic violence or rape advocate. No woman walks into a marriage or long-term relationship expe [...]
💔 If I’m Healing, Then Why Am I Hurting?
A gentle truth for the days when healing aches more than harm ever did.
We don’t talk about this part enough.
The part where healing hurts.
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🔥 Black Women Didn’t Just Get Here—We Dragged Ourselves Through Fire to Arrive
You may have heard it said:“Black women are the most educated group in America.”
And while that phrase is often used to uplift and celebrate, it dese [...]
‘Playing Victim’: How Racism Silences Black Voices and Blocks True Healing in America
Wherever there is harm—whether domestic violence, sexual violence, stalking, or racism—there is often the same pattern: minimization, denial, and reve [...]
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 for too long, reaches her breaking point, several things can happen—physically, em [...]
Creating Safe Spaces to Heal: How Black Women Make Room for Ourselves When the World Won’t
We weren’t handed safe spaces.We’ve had to build them from scratch—with whatever was in our hands,whatever was in our hearts,and sometimes, just w [...]
Before You Can Recognize Safety, Maybe You Need to Know What Safety Feels Like
We spend a lot of time teaching women how to recognize danger. Learn the red flags. Watch for controlling behavior. Notice manipulation. Pay attention [...]
Own the Narrative: The Power of Storytelling Against Epistemicide
In a world where algorithms dictate whose voices are heard and whose truths are silenced, storytelling becomes an act of revolution. It is an act of [...]
RECANT: She Just Wanted Her Life Back
There is a lot going on in the world. But the pain of sexual violence, and the complicated aftermath that follows, never hits “pause.” It doesn’t wa [...]
Manhood Won’t Shatter If We Tell the Truth
There are men who prey on men. Go ahead and get the gasp out of the way.
Because this seems to be a truth everybody sees but is afraid to say out lou [...]
5 Things You Should Know About the History of “Gender”
For many of us, the word gender feels like it has always existed in the way we use it today. But the truth is, the meaning of gender has changed over [...]
The Relationship Between Power and Truth: Why Survivors Must Be Free to Speak
So women all over the globe started telling truths around violence, abuse, and sexual harassment. The next thing you [...]
They Hope You Never Realize How Powerful You Already Are
🌹 They Hope You Don’t See It
There is something they hope you never realize.Something that terrifies them.
It’s not your weakness.It’s your power.
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Signs of Covert Abuse and Why It is So Harmful
Covert abuse is abuse that hides in plain sight. It’s harm done in ways that are subtle, disguised, or easily denied, making it harder for the victim— [...]
Life-Saving Advice for Black Women from The Positive Birth Coach
@thepositivebirthcoach Replying to @MVP I hope this helps, a guide for black women advocating for yourselves in maternity care @The Motherhood Group @ [...]
🌿 What Is Healing?
I'm a plant Mom again. I didn't realize I was sensitive about it until I sent one of my relatives pictures of my plants.She didn't say anythin [...]
You Shrink So Others Don’t Feel Threatened
But What Happens When You Stop?
The Sign:You minimize your gifts, your pain, your truth—because you’ve been told your full presence makes people unco [...]
🚩 When His Praise Requires Another Woman’s Demeaning: That’s Not a Compliment—That’s a Red Flag
At first, you felt flattered.He spoke highly of you. Said you were different. Said you were “better” than the women of his own race. Smarter. Softer. [...]
They Know What They’re Doing: Why Abusers Target Neurodivergent People—Especially in Love
Let’s talk about something that far too often stays in the shadows:
Abusers know what they’re doing.And many of them actively seek out people they [...]
🔥 What Is Gaslighting?
Gaslighting is when someone tries to make you doubt your own reality—your memory, your feelings, your instincts, your truth.
It’s not just lying.It’s [...]
Your Vocal Power: Podcast Selections for Survivors this Week
From WE Survive Abuse podcast. Stories of inspiration for Survivors of powerful women including: Sonya Ivanoff, Harriet Tubman, Marilyn Van [...]
Favorite Memoirs and Reads on Abuse, Rape, & Violence: Tonya GJ Prince
Greetings Readers,Books are a critical element to healing and understanding violence,
rape, and abuse. Book recommendations
are valued.Pleas [...]
Before We Lock Another Mother Away, We Need to Talk About Deasia Watkins
Some women are granted complexity after tragedy. Others are handed a number, a sentence, and a locked doorSomething haunting about the story of De [...]
🔥 Here’s How to Deal with Someone Who Always Chooses to Be Hurt
When someone in your life always chooses to have hurt feelings, especially over things that aren’t intended to be hurtful, it can feel like walking th [...]
📌Allyship Doesn’t Come With a Dating Requirement — Your Body Was Never Part of the Deal
updated from June 9. 2025
It's so tricky out here these days...
Let’s make something abundantly clear:
Being an ally to a group, a cause, or a comm [...]
❓FAQ: Can You Heal If You Never Got Closure?
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Q: Can you heal if you never got closure?A: Yes. You absolutely can. And many Survivors do.
But let's be real: it's not easy. [...]
When the Mask Matters More Than the Truth, Survivors Are Pushed to Disappear
There is a reason people cling so tightly to labels when harm is exposed.
Often, it is not confusion.
It is fear.Fear of admitting they were mis [...]
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Future-Proofing Your Mind in an Unpredictable World
From guest contributor Jonathan Garner/shamekills.info. This blog post contains affiliate links. If you click on these links and make a purchase, [...]
Saying Yes When You Mean No Is a Silent Form of Self-Betrayal
They will keep coming backto your spirit, your softness, your giving hands—as long as you let them.
But you were never meant to be the onewho saves e [...]