🌊 Still Waters Run Deep
A Healing Post About Inner Stillness, Maturity, and Sacred Survival
"That storm is theirs. My waters remain still."This is what h [...]
🌿 Swaying Is Sacred: A Nervous System Reset Rooted in Our Bodies and Our Histories
“Even in stillness, I can move.
Even in pain, I can sway. My body remembers peace.”
Somewhere along the way, many of us were taught to sit still. [...]
The Five Forgotten Benefits of Conflict (audio)
If we use it right, conflict is a great tool for building stronger and healthier communities. Tonya GJ Prince offers five ways we tend to for [...]
Blooming Through the Hard Days: Affirmations for Gentle Healing
🌸 Comforting Floral Affirmations
I am learning to be kind to myself, even when my heart feels heavy.
Healing is not linear—it is a garden, and I [...]
Sip Slow: Herbal Teas That Bring Us Calm
When the world won't hush, we return to the quiet gifts our ancestors trusted.One of them? Tea.
Not just any tea.But herbs that know how to soothe [...]
🌬️ Anxiety Doesn’t Always Shout: Affirmations for the Survivor Who’s Carrying It Quietly
A gentle reminder that your body’s signals matter—even when the world ignores them.
Some people think anxiety looks like panic.Tears. Hypervent [...]
Elizabeth Packard: The Woman They Called Insane Until She Changed the Law
Elizabeth Packard was not simply a “wronged wife.”
She was a mother. A thinker. A religious dissenter. A wife under the rule of a husband who belie [...]
SurvivorAffirmations: Peace and Safety Are Sacred Gardens
To grow up with people who gardened and made preserves was to know that things of nature require protection and care. GenX played outside a lot, but w [...]
You Have Every Right to Be Beautifully Represented
✦ [SurvivorAffirmations.com] ✦
Dear Survivor,
You have every right to speak your mind about how you are represented.
Your story.Your image.Your s [...]
Survivor Affirmations: Actually, I CAN and I WILL (podcast short)
Building on the true story of the United States' first elected woman mayor, Susanna Salter, this short episode inspires listeners to believe t [...]
“They keep calling me names… does that make it true?” (No, and here’s why it doesn’t.)
Let them talk.
Let them build stories out of shadows.
Let them sculpt their own fears into your silhouette
and call it truth.
You don’t have t [...]
Survivor Spotlight: Barbara Joy Hansen
Barbara on Dr. Oz Show with 20 survivors of sexual assault/harassment in New York City.
This woman is dedicated to healing and ending abuse! [...]
10 Gentle Ways to Grow in Self-Awareness After Trauma
🌿 For the Survivor learning to listen inward—for the first time or all over again.
For many Survivors, self-awareness is not just about knowing who [...]
Survivor Affirmation: For Opal Lee, Who Walked Until the Nation Had to Remember
Some people wait for permission.
Opal Lee did something older, wiser, and stronger. She walked.
She walked with history in her bones a [...]
Võ Thị Sáu: 🌿She Was Young. And Still… She Stood.
“I was never too young to see clearly—and I honor the strength that rose in me anyway.”
Võ Thị Sáu was a girl.
Not grown.Not protected.Not given tim [...]
Great Re-Inventors: Eartha Kitt #courage #changeyourlife #comeback
When an American presidential administration attempted to blacklist and silence Eartha Kitt, she simply took her talents and skills overseas where [...]
Survivor Affirmations: I Tend My Own Light (w video)
We might not be able to be friends and that's okay.
• Part of my healing is recognizing that not every person deserves access to my spiri [...]
Survivor Spotlight: Barbara J Hansen
Survivor Spotlight: Barbara J Hansen [...]
Gratitude to the Humanity of Lynn Jones: When “Professionalism” Is Used as a Shield
Now why are you all (journalists) behaving like toddlers?
We had a toddler visit us and I forgot what it was like.
I accidently sat on Mickey (t [...]
When the Leaves Turn Black: Affirmations for Renewal and Release (video by Kirby)
I love the trips that Kirby's music takes us on.....
Affirmations that she inspires......
I transform what once felt like “black leaves” [...]
WE Gotta Learn to Give People Care, Respect, and Love Before They are Gone (w/video)
We can be so cruel to one another.
We are the reason that we hide from one another and turn away from each other.
When the mother of his firs [...]
Black Music Month, Bay Leaves, and the Pages That Hold Our Stories
Some traditions are loud.
A choir lifting a song.
A drum carrying memory across generations.
A family reunion filled with laughter.
Other trad [...]
