This article is about sexual coercion. Please read with discretion if you think it might be a trigger. Self-care is always top priority! When sexual abuse happens in a marriage, it can be difficult to detect, and even more difficult to come to terms with. If your spouse forces you to engage in any unwanted sexual activity whatsoever, you’re a victim of sexual abuse. However, some methods of sexual coercion can be so subtle that women don’t recognize them. They lovingly want... Read more
St. Dymphna is one of those obscure, nearly forgotten saints who (so far) has never achieved the celebrity status of Catholic heroes such as St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Teresa of Avila, or St. Pope JPII. Yet that doesn’t make her any less inspirational, nor does it make her any less of a powerful intercessor when we call upon her in our needs. And, blessedly, her shift from 7th century obscurity to modern-day acknowledgement... Read more
Domestic violence is insidious, destructive and—let’s face it—evil. Regardless of whether the violence is physical, emotional, psychological or verbal, when the abuses are perpetrated by the one person you’re supposed to trust and be able to love unreservedly, the person who vowed to honor and cherish you all the days of your life, the effects of the betrayal trauma are enormous. Abuse causes a rift and a fissure within the very core of self. It causes the target to completely... Read more
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