Shattering the Silence

My friend Paula said her husband asked, “Are you honoring your mother or protecting your abuser?” In my writings I refer to my first abuser ...

For most of us, sexual abuse wasn’t a one-time event. And yet, the number of times is not the determining factor. Once we’re assaulted—and i...

After insisting I could write a book for her publishing house, an editor said, “Believe in yourself.” She meant well, and I smiled. At the s...

I doubt that anyone thought of me as a controller—at least no one ever used that term to my face. But I was and learned ways of controlling ...

I can now say the words, “I deserve compassion,” but it took me a long time to admit that. For years, I tried to be self-loving and self-for...

After I went public with my abusive childhood, many people reached out to me; I appreciated their concern and compassion. A few of them, how...

(By Gary Roe) I’m inspired by the Old Testament story of Joseph. He came from a highly dysfunctional family. His father had two wives an...