Important Benchmarks to Celebrate After Leaving An Abuser

By Arfa Syed It finally happened. Even though it took every ounce of your strength and tapped into a dried well of physical, emotional, and mental strength, you found the courage to leave. You are out, but the trauma remains long after leaving an abuser. Trauma can even feel pulverizing and consumptive–like a dark cloud […]

What Survivors Want Everyone to Know About Domestic Violence Awareness Month

By Jenn Rockefeller It’s been said that you don’t know what someone goes through unless you’ve been through it too. With that said, those who have never endured a domestic violence relationship will have no idea what someone who has been in one goes through. It’s these outsiders who ask survivors questions like, “Well, why […]