Child Sexual Abuse Category
How My Miscarriage Ignited My Faith To Have The Family I Desired
Posted on May 10, 2021 Leave a Comment
For years, off and on, I wondered if experiencing childhood sexual abuse destroyed my ability to have children. From 5-10, two male family members misused my developing body. When I became sexually active, with my first boyfriend, at age 16, my mother sent me down to a clinic in Madison, Illinois. For approximately 10 years, […]
Self-Care Is Self-Love: People-Pleasing Is Neither
Posted on May 5, 2021 Leave a Comment
When we do so much for others, and less for ourselves, we have lost some self-respect, and therefore, are not practicing self-care. When people ask you to do something that sets off your ethical and moral barometer, we must listen to the alarm and act accordingly. Early on, I learned that no amount of doing […]
Does It Really Matter Who or What Reveals The Truth To You?
Posted on April 30, 2021 Leave a Comment
Even in my child abuse experience, there was much to learn about myself and life, not in an attacking way, but how to live more consciously. I do not wish for anyone to experience abuse. When there is nothing to revert the situation, what do you do? You learn. You heal and move forward. Timika