You know who you are and if you’re brave enough to read this, you can’t destroy me.  I know that you wanted to destroy me; watch me die slowly as my soul rotted from the inside out.  Sexual abuse is not about love or lust; it’s about power and control and causing pain.  I spent ...

Years ago, I was the victim of a sexual assault. I didn’t know at the time how to process. When I opened up the first time about what happened, I didn’t get anyone to listen. I was alone and confused. I was much younger and more impressionable than I am now, and the person that ...

**Trigger Warning: This article contains graphic discussions of rape and abuse of a sexual nature from survivors. It may be painful for some to read.** “I’m proud of you.” Those were the words my therapist said to me as I sat in her office. I was broken, shattered, not even human in my eyes. I ...

It has come to the point where I can no longer watch the news. Just opening my local news app each morning seeing the horror sickens me. Each and every day, there is at least one story about the unbelievable violence a child has gone through. Enough is enough. Violence against children has become an ...

Most of us are familiar with PTSD (Post-traumatic Stress Disorder). Many of us relate it to our veterans after a war, but what is not as widely known is that there is another PTSD, non-combat PTSD. Non-combat PTSD happens when someone experiences some type of trauma. “A trauma is a shocking and dangerous event that ...

Does anyone else feel as though their heads are spinning from the number of sexual assault accusations in the news recently? Every single day we hear of someone being accused of inappropriate conduct, sexual assault, molestation, etc. Matt Lauer, Garrison Keillor. Nick Carter, which to be honest, broke my Backstreet Boys’ loving heart. Roy Moore. ...

“People may not realize the damage that they are doing by placing the blame on the victim—but that doesn’t lessen the damage that they cause by doing it.” -Darlene Ouimet Time Magazine recently announced their Person of the Year, and it was glorious. There, on the front cover looking like total bad asses were the ...