Is it possible to distinguish a potential healthy relationship from an abusive one? I share my journey to answer that question

The Bachelorette and Gaslighting: not every bad conversation is emotional abuse.

A raw, emotional, in depth look into my newest book release, Beat Me With Your Words, a novel about emotional abuse and breaking free.

*Chloe* bears her soul about having a mom with unrealistic expectations that tore away at her inner confidence and power.

Part 1 of a 7-part series on emotional abuse outside of the romantic relationship. This week, I address parental narcissism.

A reflection on the general pattern and cycle of an emotionally abusive relationship.

Are you an empath whose path has crossed with a narcissist? You are not alone—there may be more to the pattern than meets the eye.

An original poem reflecting on the “apologies” of ending abuse.

How many times have you had enough and spoke out, only for you to be accused of being the abusive one?

A fascinating fiction about how an everyday woman can find herself at the mercy of a physical abuser. Powerful and emotional.

Abuse goes beyond the generalizations we are familiar with; it can perpetrate deeper into identity, financial, & self-neglect abuse as well.

*Bethany* is back to share how she ended up footing the bill for her own vacation gift…an example of financial abuse she endured.

After the trauma of abuse, many don’t realize that one of the most important things they can do for themselves is to focus on self-care.

Has financial abuse compounded the already unbearable relationship you were/are in? You are not alone.

I wrote this poem 2 years after my divorce, deep within the darkness of healing and re-emergence.

Guest blogger *Lucy* shares her triumph in blocking a new #narc from becoming her third.

Isolation may have made abuse more of a nightmare—but is abuse awareness catching on & turning the tides? Let the abused be isolated no more

No contact is about the hardest thing to do when leaving an abusive relationship. But no matter what, there’s a solution to break free.

In reflecting on the growing number of educator abuse stories, I share my insights on My Dark Vanessa, a novel about teenage sexual assault.

I comment on an article “Abusing ‘Abuse’.” Is claiming #abuse really like the boy who cried wolf? Maybe there are just too many damn wolves.