Video recording of Shirley Fessel’s presentation at the Summit Panel on Flourishing After Abuse, February, 2024
Category Archives: Reclaim Your Worth
A New Lesson for Church Women
Church women can be divided against ministry to other women under patriarchy.
Following the Light in You
Sometimes the answers are in us all the time.
How Churches Betray Women of Faith
I speak with Janice Selbie, religious trauma counselor, about how victims must reject toxic beliefs to escape religious domestic violence
Abigail, Winner of the 2022 RBB Thriver Award
Here is Abigail’s story, the first grant winner who is not in the U.S. You will read about how abuseContinue reading “Abigail, Winner of the 2022 RBB Thriver Award”
Am I to Blame for Being Abused?
Are you a scapegoat? Someone blamed for everything in the relationship?
The Key to Your Door
Sometimes we don’t recognize the answer to our prayers is in our hands.
Your “Self” on a Shelf
During this season parents have fun moving an elf to different places during the night so that the children getContinue reading “Your “Self” on a Shelf”
A Conversation for DV advocates during COVID
Time to build up emotional and mental resources can be a power COVID social distancing has provided for those in domestic abuse.
Clarifying Concepts: Faith
Are you under the influence of someone who uses faith ideas against you?