“We aren't the weeds in the crack of life. We're the strong,amazing flowers that found a way to grow in the most… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“She could do this. She was stronger now. This was her chance to prove it.” — Talena Winters Copy Share Image
“Survivors of abuse show us the strength of their personal spirit every time they smile.” — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“Honoring all ways we survived our childhood abuse is healing. We were amazing and courageous.” — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“Survivors are often incredibly aware and perceptive. What was born of necessity becomes a response that is gentle and understanding.” — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“Your past pain is not a permanent prophecy. Your heart's fate isn't written in the scars.” — John Mark Green Copy Share Image
“You are not responsible for anything that happens to you as a child but you are 100% responsible for your own healing.” — Johnnie Dent Jr Copy Share Image
“It is this honest connection behveen two human beings that, in the end, makes what we endured together understandable and meaningful.” — Lynn I. Wilson Copy Share Image
“In the weeds of childhood sexual abuse, we are the sturdy flowers that kept reaching for a slip of sunshine and a… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“Forgiveness doesn’t make one person better, or the other guy smaller. Forgiving is just letting go. It’s turning back toward being what… — Edward Fahey Copy Share Image
To give up power to change for the better is inherently distasteful to everyone, and to force people to affirm that they… — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
“Often feelings of shame, powerlessness, and self-hate are bottled up with the memories, and as the memories come through, these feelings do,… — Laura Davis Copy Share Image
“There is a moment in our healing journey when our denial crumbles; we realize our experience and it's continued effects on us… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“When we learn to recognize the unique quality of Memory-Dreams, we are empowered. The abused child within us is using them to… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“You can recognize survivors by their creativity. In soulful, insightful, gentle, and nurturing creations, they often express the inner beauty they brought… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“You can recognize survivors of abuse by their courage. When silence is so very inviting, they step forward and share their truth… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“Stuffing our memories might become familiar over the years, but it requires a mental vigilance that separates us from our inner world.… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“So many moments of potential holiday joy got buried in the pain of our abuse. Now these days offer us a chance… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“Spirituality isn't some quaint stepchild of an intelligent worldview, or the only option for those of us not smart enough to understand… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“The unrelenting grip of Soldier’s Syndrome slips finger by slow finger. The marrow’s been affected—emotional leukemia at the deepest level. Transplants of… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
“It isn’t violence that can break through our hearts. It isn’t force that binds us and keeps us together. Only tenderness has… — Jocelyn Soriano Copy Share Image
“It takes Wonder Woman courage and Superman strength to heal the wounds of our abuse... because it brings change... and we are… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“Our abusive parent didn't give us the gentle, encouraging nurturing we needed. But healing invites us to give our inner child the… — Jeanne McEvlaney Copy Share Image
“She's terrified that all these sensations and images are coming out of her — but I think she's even more terrified to… — David L. Calof Copy Share Image
“Dissociated trauma memories don't reveal themselves like ordinary memories. Like pieces of a puzzle, they escape the primitive part of our brain… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“Davenport stood in the middle of it with her arms out from her sides, her fingers spread as the creek churned around… — Yovanoff, Brenna Copy Share Image
“Traumatic events destroy the sustaining bonds between individual and community. Those who have survived learn that their sense of self, of worth,… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
“Carla's description was typical of survivors of chronic childhood abuse. Almost always, they deny or minimize the abusive memories. They have to:… — David L. Calof Copy Share Image
“Why Is It So Important to Remember? When you were abused, those around you acted as if it weren’t happening. Since no… — Beverly Engel Copy Share Image
“You can't sweep something broken into a bag and call it whole. It takes repair.” — Paula Heller Garland Copy Share Image
“Transformational Fiction teaches how to assess, understand, and heal sexuality.” — Anne Stirling Hastings Ph. D Copy Share Image
“Empowerment is something that happens throughout your healing, as courage and success in facing your memories build your self-esteem. Some of the… — Renee Fredrickson Copy Share Image
“When you feel caught in the web of childhood abuse, find words to describe it. Write them. Say them. Express them. In… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“no recovery from trauma is possible without attending to issues of safety, care for the self, reparative connections to other human beings,… — Janina Fisher Copy Share Image
“The hardest thing to ever do is to reveal the naked soul to the world. However, in doing so brings healing, growth,… — H.E. Olsen Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, during our healing journeys, those closest to us can’t help even though we all wish it could be that way. Allow… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“Logic becomes a loud voice when the wall of our past abuse begin to crack with awareness. But that's our adult speaking.… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“There are many heartfelt reasons for pushing our childhood sexual abuse to the edge of our lives and one amazing reason to… — Jeanne McElvaney Copy Share Image
“If I were free, as a physician, to say what I pleased, I would tell every abused person I see that there… — C. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“In spite of the horror, in spite of the tragedy, in spite of the weeks of sleepless nights, I'm finally alive. I'm… — Ellen Bass Copy Share Image
