How Do I know if I’ve Been Sexually Abused?
Sexual abuse has a broader definition than we may assume. There are four types of sexual abuse: verbal, visual, physical and psychological.
Verbal sexual abuse includes sexual threats, sexual comments about your body, lewd or suggestive comments and inappropriate sexual conversations with children.
Visual sexual abuse includes exposure to pornographic,...... >Read More
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Childhood Sexual Abuse: How the past affects the present
Rough estimates put one in three girls and one in six boys in the US at risk for being sexually abused. But exact figures are hard to assess because most children delay reporting their abuse until later in adulthood or never report it at all. Many of the women I’ve led through healing were not believed when they did... >Read More
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Learning to Love the Girl in the Mirror
I lost my dad to suicide at the age of five. Shortly after that a family member started sexually abusing me. Several years later I lost my step dad to a horrible fire that destroyed our home. We were left with nothing except for haunting memories. Later, I turned to drinking to ease the pain that tormented me day in and day out... >Read More
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Finding Hope in a Chat Room
Alone and discouraged, I sat staring at a computer screen. I was frustrated by the way my life had turned out. I’d worked hard to hold onto remnants of hope for my marriage, but each day that summer I could feel it slipping through my fingers. I felt so alone. God was still there, I knew, but I longed... >Read More
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How to Talk to the Broken Hearted
Not sure why you are going through this personal tragedy? Searching for why God is doing this? Take our Life Lesson called "Built By Brokenness" and find some answers that you have been searching for.
After losing our twins girls at 20 weeks gestation, my world completely fell apart. As I gingerly attempted to reintegrate my new, raw reality...... >Read More
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Facing the Past of Abortion
Recently, I passed a billboard that read, “Abortion changes you.” This profound statement sunk deeper into my being beyond the mental processes that occur while driving down the highway; this statement was written on my heart. The truth is, at the age of 18, I was changed by an abortion - my abortion. No one had to... >Read More
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How Do I Know if I Need Healing?
Sometimes we can feel a certain way for so long that it... >more
Past Abuse: Why do I feel this way?
Perhaps you’ve been struggling for years with feelings that you can’t understand... >more
What Do You Fear?
