Last week, we spoke about what we should never tell someone who has been sexually abused. Well then, what can we say? How can we be helpful and not hurtful or judgmental? For a victim of sexual abuse to confide her/his secret to anyone might be one of the hardest things any survivor can do. […]
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never break me.” This is usually said to show that people cannot be hurt by unpleasant things that are said to them. But this is a lie from the pit of Hell. Whoever wrote these words has no clue. Words are so vital that Jesus […]
“I couldn’t tell mum and dad because he was their friend and I didn’t want to upset them, and I didn’t want to bias anyone. I couldn’t tell anyone else because he said I would be sent away if I did. But I do ask myself every single day, ‘Why didn’t I tell someone?” Unforgotten […]
Today we want to answer a critical question. What are the signs that might indicate there is an abuser in your child’s life? What are the signs that I can see on my children that might make me suspect that they have been sexually abused? These signs don’t necessarily mean that the child was sexually […]
The Merriam Webster dictionary defines shame as, a painful emotion caused by consciousness of guilt, shortcoming, or impropriety. Dr. Brené Brown defines shame as the intensely painful feeling that we are unworthy of love and belonging. As a woman who lived in Egypt all my life, shame is that one thing that if people discovered […]
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