Posted on January 14, 2023
by Janna
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Just promise you won’t forget how amazing you are. When it feels like no one is in your corner, that no one is rallying, no one is standing by to throw you a life raft. It’s just you and your tried-and-true sink-or-swim determination. You… Continue Reading “A Promise for Me and You”
Category: Abuse Against Women, Advice, Advocacy & Education, Living Your Own Life, Opinion, Personal Essay, Self Empowerment, Self ImprovementTags: abuse, abuse of women, abuse survivors, advocacy, after abuse, authentic happiness, busy life, challenge, changes, choosing life, determination, domestic abuse, education, emotional abuse, emotional health, saving yourself, strength, survival
Posted on July 19, 2022
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It’s never happened to me with a book before. (Movies, though, more times than I can count.) I bought this one in May while on vacation but only recently started reading. It’s 482 pages. Published in 2016. The plot was all brand new until… Continue Reading “You Could Call It a “Mystery” Book”
Category: Abuse Against Women, Advice, Advocacy & Education, Books & Resources, Living Your Own Life, Opinion, Personal Essay, Self Empowerment, Self ImprovementTags: abuse, abusive relationships, advocacy, after abuse, anxiety, books, DV, fiction, forgetfulness, gaslighting, healing, Nicholas Sparks, post-separation abuse, projection, psychological abuse, reading, self-care, stonewalling, survivor, trauma
Posted on March 16, 2022
by Janna
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It’s probably not your advice Can we stop averting our eyes and pretending that survivors don’t really have it all that bad and asking women to “just get over it” and “move on” when the truth is that the conditioning and consequences from emotional,… Continue Reading “What DV Survivors Need”
Category: Abuse Against Women, Advice, Advocacy & Education, Living Your Own Life, Opinion, Personal Essay, Self Empowerment, Self ImprovementTags: abuse, abuse of women, abuse survivors, abuser, abusive behavior, abusive men, abusive relationships, addressing the past, Advice, advocacy, Advocacy & Education, advocating, after abuse, brainwashing, breakups, DV, empowerment, healing
Posted on January 9, 2022
by Janna
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We’ve talked about it before, about how we are shamed and scared into silence by our abusers and our attorneys and the family courts system. We’ve also talked about how being too bold with what we share, especially if we’re involved with family court,… Continue Reading “To Be or Not to Be Quiet About Abuse”
Category: Abuse Against Women, Advice, Advocacy & Education, Living Your Own Life, Opinion, Personal Essay, Self Empowerment, Self ImprovementTags: abuse survivors, advocacy, domestic abuse, emotional abuse, empowerment, gaslighting, healing, manipulation, narcissistic abuse, sharing, silence, starting over after abuse, survivor
Posted on June 9, 2021
by Janna
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Show me a woman who uses her voice to speak for others, and I’ll show you a woman who gets attacked by misguided bullies and internet trolls. When you decide to take a path in advocacy, you’ve got to have thick skin. You have… Continue Reading “Lessons for an Advocate”
Category: Abuse Against Women, Advice, Advocacy & Education, Living Your Own Life, Opinion, Personal Essay, Self Empowerment, Self ImprovementTags: advocacy, advocate, bullies, chaos, domestic abuse, emotional abuse, gaining power, gaslighting, internet trolls, keeping peace, manipulation, predators, purpose, social media
Posted on January 2, 2021
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A DV CASEWORKER MISTREATS A CLIENT | Mama M from Kentucky says, “My question is in regard to staying in a domestic violence shelter. What do you do when you’re mistreated by one of the caseworkers? They mocked me and played psychological warfare to… Continue Reading “Caseworker Mistreatment”
Category: Advice, Advocacy & Education, Self Empowerment, Self ImprovementTags: abuse survivors, advocacy, advocating, domestic abuse, Domestic Violence, DV, DV caseworkers, DV shelters, empowerment, self-empowerment
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