J2F Awakened Retreat

J2F Awakened Retreat

by | Apr 21, 2019 | #Journey2Free, Advocate, Anxiety, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Peace, Self-Respect, Awakened, Awakened Retreat, Be The Change, Becoming, Breaking Cycles, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Childhood Trauma, Conversations, Courage, Creating Shifts, Evolving, family, Flashbacks, Generational Rape, Growth, Healing, Journey, love, Memories, Overcomer, Overcoming, Pain, promiscuity, Rape, Reassigning Shame, Relationships, Secrets, Self- acceptance, Self-Care, Self-discovery, Self-Esteem, Self-Esteem Issues, Self-Forgiveness, Self-love, Self-recovery, Sexual Abuse, Soul-searching, Speak, Speak-Out, Speaking, Stand, Stand In Your Truth, support, Surviving healing, Survivor, Trafficked, Trauma, Trust-Issues, truth

Dear friends and supporters of J2F, PLEASE, SUPPORT THIS CAMPAIGN… https://www.gofundme.com/Journey2Free-Awakened-Retreat We are seeking to raise funds to host the 2nd annual Journey2Free Awakened Retreat. J2F Awakened Retreat is a 3 day, 4 night retreat geared...
Have I Ever Loved?

Have I Ever Loved?

by | Feb 10, 2019 | #Acceptance, #Journey2Free, anger, Anxiety, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Peace, Self-Respect, Be The Change, Breaking Cycles, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Childhood Trauma, Courage, Evolving, family, Freedom, Generational Rape, Growth, Healing, Intimacy, Journey, love, Reassigning Shame, Relationships, Self - Multilation, Self- acceptance, Self-Esteem, Self-Esteem Issues, Sexual Abuse, Speak-Out, Stand In Your Truth, Survivor

“To love others you must first love yourself” Leo Buscaglia Cliches are common, I have been known to repeat a few, a good cliche used correctly can help you to drive home a point and change the direction of a conversation. Some cliche’s however, like...
Starting A New…

Starting A New…

by | Jan 13, 2019 | #Acceptance, Anxiety, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Peace, Self-Respect, Be, Be The Change, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Childhood Trauma, Courage, Evolving, family, Freedom, Generational Rape, Growth, Healing, Overcomer, Rape, Reassigning Shame, Secrets, Self- acceptance, Self-Esteem, Self-Esteem Issues, Sexual Abuse, Speak, Speaking, Stand, Stand In Your Truth, Survivor, Trust-Issues, truth, Withdrawal

I faltered by the way, but that’s okay! I am giving myself permission to start again! I haven’t written a blog post in months. I justified my actions by convincing myself that life, the demands of motherhood and the various projects I took on got in the...

Dearest Grandma…

by | Dec 31, 2017 | #Acceptance, anger, Anxiety, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Peace, Self-Respect, Be, Be The Change, Breaking Cycles, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Childhood Trauma, Courage, Evolving, family, Freedom, Generational Rape, Growth, Healing, Justice, Overcomer, Poetry, Rape, Reassigning Shame, Secrets, Self- acceptance, Self-Esteem, Sexual Abuse, Speak, Speaking, Stand, Stand In Your Truth, Survivor, truth

For years I was asked not to speak about being raped by my maternal grandmothers husband for the sake of protecting my grandmother. Her daughters had grown up with this fear that her husband would have killed her had THEY spoken out about him raping THEM. So, when...