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Healing is a verb

Oct 20, 2012 By elinwaldal 5 Comments

  Healing from trauma is a journey, a journey that in many cases if you are the one in the thick of it, others may become impatient with. It seems […]

Filed Under: Healing from Trauma Tagged With: abuse recovery, Healing, PTSD, Trauma

You are not alone

Oct 18, 2012 By elinwaldal Leave a Comment

  Even though decades have past since I left Derrick I still remember at a visceral level how alone I felt back then. The one thing I can say without […]

Filed Under: Women's Health & Wellness Tagged With: Abuse Survival, Healing, Self-Love

Upon My Devotion

Oct 9, 2012 By elinwaldal Leave a Comment

Upon My Devotion Upon my devotion you spread your anger with the world I now suffer You thought you were safe or perhaps you thought I wouldn’t stop kidding myself […]

Filed Under: Healing from Trauma Tagged With: Abuse, Abuse Survival, Breaking up, Poetry, Teen Dating Violence, Writing

Never Give Up

Sep 7, 2012 By elinwaldal Leave a Comment

Never underestimate the many ways you can help support an individual that is stuck in an abusive relationship. Don’t give up on them. Sometimes, the only thing a person needs […]

Filed Under: Women's Health & Wellness Tagged With: Domestic Violence, Domestic Violence Prevention, Relationship Abuse, victim support

Sometimes I wish

Mar 29, 2012 By elinwaldal 2 Comments

i carry your heart here is the deepest secret nobody knows(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a […]

Filed Under: Grief

Where do we go from here: a look at The Grammy’s and the music collaboration between Rihanna and Chris Brown

Feb 22, 2012 By elinwaldal 1 Comment

Many people are focused on the collaboration between Chris Brown and Rihanna—but for a moment I would like to step back in time and redirect our attention to the underlying […]

Filed Under: Women's Health & Wellness, Women's Issues Tagged With: Chris Brown, Domestic Violence, Forgiveness, Grammys, Rihanna, Teenagers, Victim Bame

What we choose to forget

Feb 15, 2012 By elinwaldal 4 Comments

Is it just me or do we American’s have the shortest memories on the planet? February 8, 2009 may not ring a bell for you… but I’d like to share […]

Filed Under: Women's Health & Wellness, Women's Issues Tagged With: Chris Brown, Grammys, Rihanna, Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month

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