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hope after sexual assault

consent identity memoir sexual assault shame Women's Empowerment

Life Inside the Trees: Running the Path to Hope in the Wake of My Sexual Assault

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  • January 28, 2019

Fast forward to my early twenties and I found myself in the safety of the trees once more, finding a path to hope in the wake of my sexual assault. I was in grad school, living for the first time on my own and still a long way from home. It was a year and…

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Shame keeps your spirit in darkness

consent domestic violence relationships Sex sexual assault shame

My Prose Poem Called “Shame, You’re No Longer Welcome Here”

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  • October 18, 2018

Shame is one of those words that sounds exactly like what it evokes. Shit.      Hopelessness.           Assholes.                Myths.                     Embarrassment. Shame is why I didn’t admit to any caring adult in my life…

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Recent Posts

  • A Tale: One Time I Intentionally Tried to Date “Nice Guys” and Failed
  • Life Inside the Trees: When Laying Roots Means Returning to Your Self
  • Life Inside the Trees: Running the Path to Hope in the Wake of My Sexual Assault
  • Life Inside the Trees: Childhood and Playing Inside the Grove
  • Breakup Subscription Boxes: Master Manipulator Gets Dumped…
  • Breakup Subscription Boxes: They Already Exist but They Could Be Better
  • Writing Space: A Wall of My Own (Which Obviously Makes Me a Real Writer)
  • I Swear My Personality Type is the Reason I Swear so Much
  • My Personality Type is Named Either Lieutenant Intense or the Type A Monster
  • I Use the ‘F’ Word. Big Fucking Deal. It Doesn’t Make Me a Bad Person or Mom.
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