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Dr. Tracey Marks: People Who Drain You vs. People Who Energize You
Why do some people calm your brain while others drain it? One of our favorite psychiatrists, Dr. Tracey Marks, explains how your nervous system regulates with safe peopleâplus a simple body check.
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What âFind 100 Waysâ Teaches Us About Uplifting the People We Love
There are some songs that do not simply play.
They enter the room.
They adjust the light.
They sit beside you with a kind of grown tenderness and remind you that love was never supposed to feel careless.
James Ingram [...]
The Playlist: Funk, Soul, and Body Release
Some anxiety does not need another explanation. It needs a doorway out of the body.
Sometimes anxiety does not leave through thinking. Sometimes it leaves through the shoulders. Through the jaw. Through the hands. Through the b [...]

The Empty Nest is a Healing Space
The empty nest is not the end of motherhood.
It may be the beginning of a womanâs re-encounter with herself.
Not just a quiet house.
Not just âthe children are gone now.â
Not just a season people joke about with sadness, lon [...]
When Dismissal Tries to Turn You Against Your Own Body
âThe function, the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being.â Toni Morrison
Mistreatment often tries to make th [...]

Elizabeth Packard: The Woman They Called Insane Until She Changed the Law
Elizabeth Packard was not simply a âwronged wife.â
She was a mother. A thinker. A religious dissenter. A wife under the rule of a husband who believed disagreement was disobedience. She was a woman living under laws that trea [...]
Affirmations for Patients Who Are Afraid They Will Not Be Heard at the Doctorâs Office
There is a particular kind of tired that comes from knowing something is happening in your body, then having to gather your strength to explain it to someone who may or may not listen.
Some patients walk into the doctorâs offic [...]

Different Go-Go, Same Refusal to Disappear into Misery
I just discovered something beautiful.
There are two kinds of âGoGo.â
One was born in Washington, DC.
One comes from Tanzania.
And somehow, both are rooted in survival.
Many of us Black Americans kno [...]
Mama I Love You: Women Are Amazing, Unique, and Special!
Tyron Woodleyâs mother congratulates Kamaru Usman at UFC 235
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"It's all good, baby. It's all good. It's your turn. It ain't his turn."Â
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Please, do not ever let anyone convince you of false th [...]

Ketty Lester: Honor the Firsts, Remember the Closed Doors
Ketty Lester deserves more than a passing mention. She deserves the kind of appreciation that slows the room down.
Born Revoyda Frierson in Hope, Arkansas, she came from a farming family and grew into a singer and actress whose [...]

The 12 Somatic Knots of Trauma â The Complete Map from Sacrum to Jaw (and How to Untie Them)
updated from March 24, 2024
Somatic healing is not just âtake a deep breath and calm down.â
Sometimes your body is holding a story your mouth got tired of telling.
Your shoulders may remember what you had to carry.
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Their Words Do Not Name Me. Survival Does.
âš Affirmation âš
Their words tried to cling to me like chains,
but I shook them off.
Their judgments do not define me.
Their names do not name me.
I carry the name given by my survivalâStrength. Courage. Unbreakable.
I wa [...]

The Lie of âNot Enough Trained Peopleâ: What Martin, Motown, and Black Representation Already Proved
There is an old lie that keeps getting dressed up as wisdom.
It says Black communities do not get full representation because there are not enough âtrainedâ people.
Not enough trained actors.
Not enough trained writers.
Not [...]
The Black Performance Genius Behind Americaâs âIconicâ Jazz Style
I like Bob Fosse too. He was a brilliant dancer and choreographer. But his style is heavily influenced by Black dancers. You can't even put too much "heavy" on the "heavily influenced."
American stage entertainment keeps [...]
AFFIRMATIONS AND SELF LOVE
The Bold Choice to Live AND Thrive
Tyka said I could, so I did. -Prince (Tyka Nelson was Prince's sister who recently passed away)
Notice how people speak about sac [...]
HEALING JOURNEY
đŒ 10 Signs Youâre HealingâEven If It Doesnât Feel Like It
A love note to the Survivor whoâs doing the hard work of rising, even when it doesnât look or feel perfect.
Healing doesnât always look the way we [...]
The Nose That Changed Everything
I come from a generation that watched our celebrities alter their noses â narrowing, reshaping, and refining â just to be seen, to get work, to surviv [...]
Easy Yoga – Lying Down!
We recognize that many Survivors of all kinds of traumas have limited mobility. Here is a channel on Youtube that guides viewers through yoga whi [...]
đŹ 10 Ways Coaching Helps Survivors Reclaim Their Power
A guide for those whoâve survived abuse and are ready to grow, rebuild, and move forwardâwith support.
Surviving abuse is not the end of yo [...]
Affirmations for Patients Who Are Afraid They Will Not Be Heard at the Doctorâs Office
There is a particular kind of tired that comes from knowing something is happening in your body, then having to gather your strength to explain it to [...]
CONFIDENCE/POWER/RESILIENCE
âš Knowing My Body Is My Birthright. âš
Knowing about my body and how it functions is not shameful.It is not taboo.It is not âtoo much.â
It is my right.As a woman.As a human being.As someon [...]

Not Defined by Them, Defined by Survival
âš Affirmation âš
I release the weight of their opinions, their names, their judgments.
I am not defined by what they said, thought, or tried to mak [...]

Survivor Affirmations: I Tend My Own Light (w video)
We might not be able to be friends and that's okay.
âą Part of my healing is recognizing that not every person deserves access to my spiri [...]

10 Inspiring Quotes from Survivor Queen Latifah
The extraordinary and deeply gifted Queen Latifah has always been intentional about protecting her private life. That boundary deserves respec [...]
HEALTHING JOURNEY
Stretch If You Can, Beautiful Survivor
If you are ableâStretch.
Not to perform.Not to compete.Not to become smaller.But to return to your body with love.
Stretch to feel the breath move [...]
đ Co-Regulation: When Safety Is Built Together
There is a sacred kind of healing that doesn't come from being alone.
It comes from someone else's steady breath beside yours.A hand that doesnât fli [...]
Move the Pain, Keep the Peace
Dance. Worship. Music. Prayer.These are not just traditions â they are tools of survival.
For so many of us, especially Black women and Survivors, tr [...]
I Protect My Peace Like Itâs SacredâBecause It Is
SurvivorAffirmations.com | Inspired by WeSurviveAbuse.com
Youâve been through enough.
You donât owe your peace to debates, headlines, strangers, o [...]
Brittany Goodwin| The One Thing Blocking Your Dream Life (And How to Fix It)
She meditated in a salt cave recently and felt a huge release of stress and anxiety.
Stress lowers our vibration and we have to be mindful of what [...]
She Is AMAZING
9 Quotes from Maya Angelou to Nourish the Survivor’s Soul (Part 2)
Updated for 2025
đ Resilience & Strength
âYou may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced [...]
Elizabeth Packard: The Woman They Called Insane Until She Changed the Law
Elizabeth Packard was not simply a âwronged wife.â
She was a mother. A thinker. A religious dissenter. A wife under the rule of a husband who belie [...]
PBS Newshour: A Brief But Spectacular take on appreciating what we have
âJoy multiplies when I choose to love.â đ«
âI find joy not just in myself, but in celebrating others.â
âLove is the soilâjoy is the [...]
Linda Creed: This Song is With You for the Moments You Stop Choosing Everyone Else Over Yourself (podcast/audio)
People make the world go round.... lyrics by Linda Creed
All these issues people are having with the humane practice of DEI (diversity, equity, and i [...]
10 Affirmations For Women Securing Their Own Well-Being
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Strong boundaries empower my empathy; I can be loving without enabling behavior that harms.
Allowing harmful behavior serves no oneâI choose s [...]
ART HEALS
The Bold Choice to Live AND Thrive
Tyka said I could, so I did. -Prince (Tyka Nelson was Prince's sister who recently passed away)
Notice how people speak about sacrifices made for art [...]
The Black Woman Who Invented AI Before It Existed (w/affirmations)
âš Affirmations for Women Who See Differently
My vision is a gift; I honor the way I see the world.
I trust my insights, even when they [...]
12 Free eBooks to Support Your Somatic Healing Journey
Dear Survivor,
They are playing in your face by making you explain. And explain. And explain. Forget them.
All these folks running around protecti [...]
Artist Jossie Harris Thacker: Building On Where You Come From â Without Going To War With It
Some of us were taught that âhealingâ means disowning everything that shaped us.
The accent.The neighborhood.The elders.The songs.The faith.The grit. [...]
JOURNALING/WRITING IN A HEALTHIER WORLD
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