The hardest part in all of this is trying to forgive myself for letting you treat me that way. -BellesBurden
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Alex's abuser was an ER surgeon who was 20 years her senior. When they started dating, she quickly realized boundaries meant nothing to him. Here's her powerful account of how her life changed due to domestic violence.
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Stacie spent many good years with her late husband. As she recounts his gradual shift from loving father to the man who eventually harmed her and ended up dying by suicide, she reflects a lot on mental health and the power of healing.
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Despite it all, I am an optimist at heart - I firmly believe we are capable of so much more than we think, as long as we keep putting one foot in front of the other. -aston333
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Emily said that our trauma is like one tapestry. We can pull out individual threads through healing, but they all touch and influence one another.
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Alisa is a child sexual abuse (CSA) survivor and founder of Healing Honestly. It comes at no surprise that she's really vulnerable about what healing has looked like for her from childhood until now. Find out how humor, setting boundaries, and safely disclosing her story have helped shape her healing journey.
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Meet GirlAdrift, one of the first writers on the HER blog, as they sit down with Emily to discuss their time in the military and how a mentor ended up emotionally abusing them. In this episode, they also discuss power differentials, BDSM, and passive abuse tactics.
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Trauma. It’s this big scary word that has a lot of personal meaning for all of us.
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Meet Nicole. After breaking up with her college boyfriend, it took Nicole a while before she could call what happened sexual assault. Here's her story of confiding in her best friend, telling her parents what happened, and how she's healing in unconventional ways.
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Here’s some DV 101. An abuser’s main goal is to maintain power and control over their victim through patterns of abusive behaviors and tactics. I know that’s kind of a mouthful. What that boils down to is that abuse is all about power.
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Melissa and her daughter went into hiding for 107 days after leaving her abuser. With help from a secret safe haven group, she was finally free. Now, she's navigating what parenting looks like, especially when her little one is starting to ask questions about her dad.
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Emily and Stevie are back for Season 2 of the We Are HER podcast. In this trailer, we discuss how Season 1 exceeded our expectations, how we picked guests for Season 2, and Emily shares a piece of her story and healing journey.
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So much time wasted on hating myself and it never led to anything good. It was pointless. I cannot hate myself into loving myself no matter what I do. It doesn’t work that way.
-NotDefinedByMyPast
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I am screaming for others to see their worth but really my mind, soul and body are crying out for me to see that I am enough
-notdefinedbymypast
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I won’t go into detail of what your brother did to me or the things he made me do for your sake and my own, but I do want to tell you what happened to me afterwards and how your family’s actions changed my life.
-mariafntzz
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Emily Kempe explores safe ways to share your story for healing in this online workshop.
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I demand the space to call out and put an end to rape culture, to sexual violence, gender violence, towards all…
-Jourdan
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And why I never told anyone? Maybe because I felt scared, being rejected. I am scared people tell me I should man up. I’m scared of rejection and pain. They will tell me my feelings are invalid. That’s possibly the worst they could say.
-Namasté allday
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