Posted on June 8, 2022
by Janna
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My best friend collects heart-shaped rocks. I’m not sure you would believe the sheer amount and variety her devotion has rendered. It’s impressive, and makes one want to start their own collection. She gave me this one. Can you guess why by the visual?… Continue Reading “Tattered Hearts and Their Repairers”
Category: Abuse Against Women, Advice, Advocacy & Education, Living Your Own Life, Opinion, Personal Essay, Self Empowerment, Self ImprovementTags: after abuse, broken, domestic abuse, emotional abuse, healing, hurting, intimate partner violence, narcissistic abuse, psychological abuse, save ourselves, surviving, survivor, trauma
Posted on March 30, 2022
by Janna
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Let’s review some terms, yeah? Domestic Violence (DV) That word “violence” packs a punch. Many assume violence MUST be physical, but that’s just not so. Violence can happen around you as much as it can happen to you, and it’s not always about kicks… Continue Reading “Understanding Abuse and its Nuances”
Category: Abuse Against Women, Advice, Advocacy & Education, Self Empowerment, Self ImprovementTags: abuse survivors, domestic abuse, Domestic Violence, emotional abuse, financial abuse, gaslighting, healing, intimate partner violence, manipulation, narcissistic abuse, sexual abuse, spiritual abuse, starting over after abuse, survivor, survivor mentality, victim mentality
Posted on March 20, 2022
by Janna
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What’s your relationship with approval? I ask because I had an epiphany this week. To summarize its cause, I finished Will Smith’s autobiography, WILL, wherein he wrote about his decades-long struggle to gain the approval of others: in his most personal relationships, among friends,… Continue Reading “Whose Permission Do You Need?”
Category: Abuse Against Women, Advice, Advocacy & Education, Books & Resources, Living Your Own Life, Opinion, Personal Essay, Self Empowerment, Self ImprovementTags: abuse survivors, affirmation, approval, autobiographies, domestic abuse, emotional abuse, gaslighting, healing, intimate partner violence, love languages, manipulation, narcissistic abuse, permission, starting over after abuse, survivor, validation, Will Smith
WOMAN, DETERMINED 