One of the side effects of being in an abusive relationship is developing a victim mentality – when you perceive bad things are going to...

In the last post, we mentioned why making time for downtime is beneficial. At the end of the post, I touched on the fact that David knew...

As an adult, when I struggled with anxiety after a harmful relationship, I couldn’t remember feeling this way before and wondered why my...

Survivors are often critical of themselves. After I ended an emotionally abusive relationship, I gave myself a hard time, telling myself...

I know my parents and best friends went through a lot when I was in an abusive relationship. I was secretive, but my parents saw the bruise

We don’t want our loved ones to be hurt. If someone we care about is in a harmful relationship, we want them away from the person who is...

Finishing a half marathon in running shorts I questioned after an unhealthy relationship. As we heal from an unhealthy or abusive...

At the end of my first 100-mile bike ride, fundraising for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Last week I shared how two years after I left a harmful relationship, I still struggled with wearing shorts because of unwanted sexual...

A few years ago, after dating a man, Russ, for a few weeks, he wanted us to become sexually active. We were exclusive and he thought it...