Survivor Stories on the HER Blog — We Are HER

Stories from survivors across the globe plus a few educational pieces from the HER team too.

Posts in Heal

Fear

Fear

Some people are just so used to their fear based consciousness, that it becomes a daily part of life.

-KellyMaida

Empower, HealKellyMaidaMarch 10, 2020We Are Herfear, family, safety, healing journey, breaking the cycleComment

Unresolved Issues from Inner Childhood

Unresolved Issues from Inner Childhood

Have you ever had some memories on a constant loop? Like an old record that keeps playing the same song? And you try to stop it but it keeps on playing.

-KellyMaida

Heal, EmpowerKellyMaidaMarch 3, 2020We Are Herhealing, child survivor, therapy, self care, cycle of abuse, trauma, forgivenessComment

Life After Trauma

Life After Trauma

Life after trauma is difficult to explain if you have never been through it. -kellymaida

HealKellyMaidaFebruary 19, 2020trauma, healingComment

Punishing Children: Let’s Break Toxic Cycles

Punishing Children: Let’s Break Toxic Cycles

All parents punish their children in one form or another. Sometimes it is a time out or yelling. But I am talking about harsher punishments. - kellymaida

HealKellyMaidaFebruary 10, 2020childhood, abuse, trauma, healingComment

When is it safe to say you’re healed?

When is it safe to say you’re healed?

I brought up this topic from seeing so many articles on the wounded healer. The healer I am referring to is the spiritual healer, the energy healer but also the counselor. The healer can have a lot of meanings. -KellyMaida

HealKellyMaidaFebruary 3, 2020wounded healiner, healing, healing journey, trauma, trauma survivorComment

Creative Ways to Deal with Anger

Creative Ways to Deal with Anger

Anger is part of the grieving process we go through. -kellymaida

HealKellyMaidaJanuary 27, 2020healing, anger

Breaking Out of My Silence

Breaking Out of My Silence

Empower, Heal, UncategorizedKellyMaidaNovember 26, 2019domestic violence, empowerment, end your silence, healing, love, self love, self worth, share, silence, survivorComment

How Nature Helped Me Find Myself

How Nature Helped Me Find Myself

Empower, HealExodusNovember 25, 2019abuse, domestic violence, God, heal, healing, Nature, self love, self worthComment

Writing My Victim Impact Statement

Writing My Victim Impact Statement

Heal, Physical AbuseJoy ElizabethNovember 21, 2019abuse, children, court, domestic violence, husband, marriage, power, sentencing, strong, survivor, victim impact statementComment

Control Is Not Love

Control Is Not Love

Empower, Heal, Physical AbuseKellyMaidaNovember 18, 2019control, domestic violence, empower, gaslight, heal, love, manipulation, self love, survivorComment

Meet Emily: She Wants to Talk to You About the Power of Sharing Your Story

Meet Emily: She Wants to Talk to You About the Power of Sharing Your Story

Empower, From the Experts, HealADMINNovember 4, 2019Emily Kempe, heal, restore, share your story, storyComment

Struggles in Dating: Avoiding Triggers

Struggles in Dating: Avoiding Triggers

Heal, Restore, Sexual AssaultPhoenixInTheAshesOctober 18, 2019boy, control, dating, heal, power, safe, sexual assault, triggering, triggersComment

PTSD Photography Project

Heal, Sexual AssaultMegan NicoleOctober 17, 2019art, male survivor, mental health, mental illness, Photography, PTSD, sexual assault, survivorComment

Healing Is the Hardest Part

Healing Is the Hardest Part

Heal, Physical AbusesheismeOctober 15, 2019abuse, empower, heal, healing, restore, survivor, time, timelineComment

A Letter to My Old Self

A Letter to My Old Self

Emotional Abuse, Heal, Physical Abuse, RestoresheismeOctober 7, 2019#MeToo, goodbye, healing, lessons, survivor, trauma, trauma survivor, young girlComment

Love Yourself

Love Yourself

Emotional Abuse, Heal, RestoreKellyMaidaOctober 6, 2019empower, healing, healing journey, self love, toxic relationship Comment

Losing Things From the Past: Part 1

Losing Things From the Past: Part 1

Emotional Abuse, Heal, Physical AbuseNAMASTE ALLDAYSeptember 18, 2019blog, domestic violence, familial abuse, grow, mental health, PTSD, safe, survivorComment

Unfollowing My Rapists on Instagram

Unfollowing My Rapists on Instagram

Heal, Restore, Sexual AssaultbluewritingSeptember 16, 2019heal, Instagram, Me Too, rape, rapists, restore, sexual assault, social media, survivorComment

Silence is Helping Me Heal

Silence is Helping Me Heal

Emotional Abuse, Heal, Physical AbuseKellyMaidaSeptember 9, 2019domestic abuse, domestic violence, silence, survivorComment

Sad Forever: Let's Talk About Depression

Empower, HealRawArmorAugust 27, 2019battle, depression, help, lauv, mental health, mental illness, Music, song, survive, survivor, therapy, youtubeComment