Moving up on the "People Who Deserve Happiness" list

Should I return or stay out? While it sounds like a simple question with an easy answer, those of us who have been in violent relationshi...

The hard part of healing is that we have to change the old patterns that feel normal to patterns that don’t. To move forward, we have to li...

My intention for this year is to center my life in peace. It’s a daunting goal as this is an election year. I expect that the amount of hate...

Last night I watched the end of the football game between Green Bay and Detroit. In the last few minutes of the game, things looked hopeles...

When intertwined, fear, sympathy, and anger create one chaotic, dysfunctional, perfect storm of an abusive relationship. Its gathering wind...

After struggling to free ourselves from the chaos of domestic abuse—battered in so many ways and worn threadbare—we limp away exhausted and...

Most of us who are recovering from a controlling relationship struggle with this truth: An abuser's driving force and only desire is fo...