by Jeff | Feel Good, Life Lessons, People, Pets, Surviving Abuse
The Fight of the Century You’re probably wondering why a topic like this is appearing here. The “fight of the century” is a tagline that is usually connected to boxing, martial arts, or even politics. It would be fitting time-wise for an article...
by Beth Henley | Justice & Help, Surviving Abuse
Current News – Alleged Allegations I saw a brief segment (current news) on CNN last evening and I’m now wondering if the news about Bill Cosby is true. I had heard a report a week ago about a woman who had made a statement about abuse occurring many years...
by Bonnie Sludikoff | Emotional & Mental Health, Mind & Body, Surviving Abuse
Waiting for Life to Begin. Again. Once I was 14, and I thought the world was over right when it was supposed to begin. I had held out for three years, waiting for help that never came. And then I gave up. I started sleeping with the light on. I stopped sleeping. I...
by Kate Reid | Emotional & Mental Health, Surviving Abuse
The Power of Forgiveness – It’s Better for You than Them It is much easier to hold a grudge, get angry, seek revenge, self-medicate or self-harm, than it is to forgive. Whatever hand abuse has tainted our life with, (we don’t get to choose how it is...
by Beth Henley | Surviving Abuse
Torn: Two Choices Have you ever felt this way? Torn between two choices or perhaps two life paths. One year, 11 months ago I shared a life-changing secret here at “Here Women Talk” about my story of abuse. I am prevented from talking about it publicly because I...
by Elizabeth Cassidy | Children's Health, Family & Parenting, Surviving Abuse
Dancing with the Devil Who Lived Down the Street This predator always liked to lead. I always wanted to be invisible after that first time it happened. I wanted to watch you, but I didn’t want you to see what I was up to. I remember sitting in my parents’ living...
