You are worthy of love and respect. I was soooo trapped in my abusive relationship but didn’t really know it. Not until I really believed I was worthy of love and respect.

I had a month of desperation when I was went through my live-in separation. It was horrible and challenging, but I found beauty in the pain that I’m sharing with you today.

I know how it feels to realize that something is wrong, but not know where to go from there. To feel powerless and hopeless and yet wish for an answer to all of it. I want you to know you’re not alone.

My nitty-gritty painful road and recovery from abuse. How to rise above the ashes. How to draw beauty from pain.

We’re looking at women who were scandalous in all the best ways and how they can inspire us in our recovery from abuse and journey in learning our own self-worth.

It’s not your fault. Your abuser spends a great deal of time and effort to convince you that their abuse is somehow your fault. That’s not true, and I talk about why.

Part 1 about the faulty belief abusers try to force in their victims, that the abuse is somehow the victim’s fault.

Some of us are feeling terribly discouraged. I’m sharing some tips I have used to battle discouragement, especially as a survivor of domestic abuse.

During this time of quarantine and increased domestic violence, it is more important than ever to build yourself up and find out what you can actually do as you recover from abuse or are currently struggling in an abusive relationship.

This one is for me. This is everything I wish someone else would tell me right now. I hope that it finds you at a time when you need to hear it too.