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Your Vagina Can’t Cure Cancer

· Domestic Violence, Emotional abuse, Feelings, Feminism, Intimate partner violence, Love, Making change, Relationships, Self-care, Self-esteem, Understanding people, Wellness, Women

 You can’t fix an abuser. Over the years that I have travelled alongside and helped women who have been subjected to some form of abuse in relationships, I have heard the same thing from almost all of them: “I thought if I loved him enough he would heal and then he would change”. It’s beautiful;… Continue Reading

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How our favourite fairy tales expose the secret tactics of abusive behaviour

· Domestic Violence, Emotional abuse, Feminism, grief, Identity, Intimate partner violence, Relationships, Self-care, Self-esteem, Survivors, Wellness, Women

*Guest post* Tangled happens to be both my favourite Disney princess movie, and my favourite interpretation of the fairy tale of Rapunzel. In this story, Mother Gothel raises Rapunzel in a tower, elevated and far away from the rest of the world. Mother Gothel tells Rapunzel that she is keeping her in the tower in order… Continue Reading

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“No Hands Required”: A true story of emotional abuse

· Domestic Violence, Emotional abuse, Identity, Intimate partner violence, Marriage, Mental Health, Non-physical family violence, Relationships, Self-esteem, Survivors, Trauma, Wellness, Women

*Guest post* No Hands Required ‘That Look’ I know that look. It’s the jealous look. Dark brown eyes, filled with rage, glaring at me as if they are about to pierce me with a knife. It makes my heart pound, my chest tighten, and it feels like a huge cement slab is slowly crushing my… Continue Reading

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