Domestic violence survivor Neisha Himes is using her voice to empower women and men to leave toxic relationships. “I have been kicked. I have been hit. I have been broken, but I have never ever been beaten,” said Himes. She admits it was a hard-fought battle to get here. In 2012, she left a toxic relationship after Read More >

via Kirsten Akens, Reviews.com: If you are a victim of domestic violence, it’s possible your abuser has used technology to control you — and may still be doing so even if you’ve left the relationship. According to “Tech Abuse: Information From the Field,” a 2018 survey by the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV), Read More >

via Amanda Kippert, DomesticShelters.org: There’s going to be another abusive incident. Be it a degrading shouting match, intimidating threats or an outright attack, you know in your gut that it’s going to happen again. Think of your safety plan as a life vest. You put it on before you fall off the ship, knowing it Read More >

“Relationship violence is a combination of a number of different tactics of abuse that are used to maintain power and control — which are the words in the very center of the wheel. The center is surrounded by different sets of behaviors that an abusive partner uses in order to maintain this power and control. Read More >