Helping Kids Understand Divorce When Leaving an Abusive Situation
Divorce is always challenging, but when you are leaving an abusive relationship, the complexities multiply. Telling your children about the divorce in such situations requires extra care and thoughtfulness to ensure their emotional well-being. You will no doubt feel shame, guilt, or even anger. But it would be best to remember that you are taking […]
Letting go is hard. But holding on is harder.
Ah, relationships. Those beautiful, complex, sometimes downright confounding connections we humans dive into with such enthusiasm and, let’s be honest, a fair bit of naiveté. Whether it’s the exhilarating first date butterflies or the comforting routines of a long-term partnership, there’s much to love about being in love. Yet, despite all the romance, letting go […]
Domestic Abuse: Why it’s a workplace issue
Twenty years ago, I fled a suffocating relationship, unaware that what I endured was abuse. Growing up witnessing my mother and sisters endure similar torment, I mistook it for normalcy. As a student juggling education and part-time work, college and the workplace became sanctuaries where I could briefly evade my perpetrator’s grasp. My Story After […]
