Gwena reads her vulnerable Facebook post about her estranged son and how it also relates to the marital domestic violence she experienced.

Gwena talks to her audience that are between ages zero and 17 about abuse. If you're being abused, what should you do about it? Should you do anything? 🤔

Gwena describes how to thrive after escaping an abusive relationship.

Gwena passionately shares her response to a Facebook post and encourages church bodies to protect female victims of domestic violence within the church. She says we need to do better!

Gwena confesses in vulnerability how she ended up in another abusive relationship. She highlights a few positives and several red flags from her experience and encourages self-forgiveness and giving ourselves grace when we make mistakes in relationships.

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Gwena describes a relationship and discusses 12 topics briefly that can be warning signs of psychological/emotional control / manipulation in a relationship.

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Gwena updates us on where she's been and what she's been doing, then examines Scripture from Psalm 72:14 and others regarding what God truly thinks about oppression and violence.

Gwena describes just a few examples of how abuse can continue in certain forms once you've left your perpetrator.

Guilt is not from God.

Gwena describes a few ways abuse victims might feel guilty and reassures them that it's not their fault.

Gwena explains how abusers portray a false sense of sweetness which she calls "The Facade." This fake sense of kindness often causes those outside of the abusive relationship to question the victim's reality.