Stories from survivors across the globe plus a few educational pieces from the HER team too.
Meet GirlAdrift, one of the first writers on the HER blog, as they sit down with Emily to discuss their time in the military and how a mentor ended up emotionally abusing them. In this episode, they also discuss power differentials, BDSM, and passive abuse tactics.
Read MoreTrauma. It’s this big scary word that has a lot of personal meaning for all of us.
Read MoreMeet Nicole. After breaking up with her college boyfriend, it took Nicole a while before she could call what happened sexual assault. Here's her story of confiding in her best friend, telling her parents what happened, and how she's healing in unconventional ways.
Read MoreHere’s some DV 101. An abuser’s main goal is to maintain power and control over their victim through patterns of abusive behaviors and tactics. I know that’s kind of a mouthful. What that boils down to is that abuse is all about power.
Read MoreMelissa and her daughter went into hiding for 107 days after leaving her abuser. With help from a secret safe haven group, she was finally free. Now, she's navigating what parenting looks like, especially when her little one is starting to ask questions about her dad.
Read MoreEmily and Stevie are back for Season 2 of the We Are HER podcast. In this trailer, we discuss how Season 1 exceeded our expectations, how we picked guests for Season 2, and Emily shares a piece of her story and healing journey.
Read MoreSo much time wasted on hating myself and it never led to anything good. It was pointless. I cannot hate myself into loving myself no matter what I do. It doesn’t work that way.
-NotDefinedByMyPast
Read MoreI am screaming for others to see their worth but really my mind, soul and body are crying out for me to see that I am enough
-notdefinedbymypast
Read MoreI won’t go into detail of what your brother did to me or the things he made me do for your sake and my own, but I do want to tell you what happened to me afterwards and how your family’s actions changed my life.
-mariafntzz
Read MoreEmily Kempe explores safe ways to share your story for healing in this online workshop.
Read MoreI demand the space to call out and put an end to rape culture, to sexual violence, gender violence, towards all…
-Jourdan
Read MoreAnd why I never told anyone? Maybe because I felt scared, being rejected. I am scared people tell me I should man up. I’m scared of rejection and pain. They will tell me my feelings are invalid. That’s possibly the worst they could say.
-Namasté allday
Read MoreLife teases you with a mirage of happiness -Marie
Read MoreWe find ourselves being critical about ourselves, but for others we find compassion. If you forgot the birthday of your friend you’d possibly think “I’m a horrible person” but if it was the other way around you’d think “I understand because he/she is super busy and it’s not all about me”. - Namaste allday
Read MoreWatch the recording of our online workshop on How Trauma Affects Our Mental Health led by Desi Garcia of Candle in a Dark Room.
Read MoreMy tween/teenage self did not know how to understand, recognize and claim the language describing the emotional abandonment as well as abuse practiced by my dead mom without being overwhelmed by more trauma than I could handle at the time. -Jourdan Lobban
Read MoreThe way we talk to ourselves is important. -KellyMaida
Read MoreTrauma turns you into a maladaptively-wired zebra. The lion leaves, but you remain on high alert. -as_i_sit_in_silence
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