The History of Denim Day: How a Court Ruling Sparked a Global Movement Against Sexual Assault Myths
Up until 1996, in Italy, rape was not considered a felony. It was considered a crime of “honor,” and the rapist could avoid charges if arrangements were made to marry the victim (italics my own) or if the rapist could prove that the victim had had “many sexual experiences” prior to the rape. But finally, in 1996, […]
New Relationship Anxiety
Why do we get anxious when building a new connection, and what is new relationship anxiety? The butterflies and happiness we get when someone new comes into our life. The possibility of love and a future with them is a warm feeling, but quickly the warm feeling starts getting hotter. Your heart is beating faster, […]
The Ghost of Relationship Trauma: The Lingering Effects of Being in an Abusive Relationship
Relationship trauma. It lingers in the shadows. It comes out when you least expect it. It is the heavy leftover weight of the abusive relationship that some people carry around after the dust clears and the connection is over. Sometimes relationship trauma is triggered by a tone of voice, a look, or a string of […]
Steps to Handle Domestic Violence Among Teenagers
What are the steps to handle Domestic Violence among Teenagers? At any given moment you have the power to say this is not how the story is going to end. Christine Mason Miller Tweet Roughly 1.5 million high school boys and girls in the U.S. admit to being intentionally hit or physically harmed in the […]
Green Flags in a Relationship
For many of us, after leaving an abusive relationship, we are blessed with 20/20 hindsight, and in turn, we can look back and spot all of the red flags we couldn’t see when things were just starting out. We start our healing process by following DV accounts, joining Facebook groups and pages about narcissists, we […]
One is a Whole Number
Let’s take things back to some elementary math: fractions and whole numbers! I know, I know, math… bleh, right? But hear me out: When we learned about fractions, we learned how they are not whole numbers. We learned that once you get to the number 1, the fraction is either officially a whole or mixed […]
