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 […]
The Impact of Domestic Violence on Children
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 […]
Stop Humanizing Abusers
How to Help Domestic Survivors: The Mental War After Abuse
Healing After Narcissistic Abuse
By Jenn Rockefeller The healing process for a survivor of narcissistic abuse is a lengthy and complicated one. It is fraught with anxiety, stress, doubt, depression and much more. Survivors are left feeling alone, scared, unsure and worthless. So how are survivors supposed to heal? How are they to even begin the healing process? And […]
