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It's time to take back our homes, our streets, our communities.

Time to stand together in peace and end the violence and abuse - one person, one mind, one heart at a time.

Give up the Guilt for Gratitude

Having something that someone else needs or desires may result in a combination of confusing emotions.

Mar 6, 20245 min read

Gender Based Violence - Not just a Women's Issue

GBV against boys and men is severely underreported.

Feb 26, 20245 min read

We are not all the same!

If there is one thing we should learn as soon as possible, it is that no one is universally liked or understood. We are different.

Feb 12, 20241 min read

Charity?

Showing people the underbelly of human behaviour is not a popular task, but an essential one if we are ever to lower the occurrences.

Feb 8, 20243 min read

Contemplations

I wrote this piece 4 years ago. How sad so little has changed, only now I see more gendered memes that raise one gender to a higher standard

Dec 31, 20231 min read

The Law is not Morality

The law is not morality! When we are talking intimate, social crimes this is one of the hardest things for survivors to understand.

Dec 8, 20232 min read

Be True to You

You are the one you have to live with.

Dec 7, 20231 min read

Trauma Bonds

Trauma bonds often linger, even after you have left your abuser. Feelings of “missing” them are common even though they have hurt you.

Dec 1, 20235 min read

Coercion. Manipulation. Exploitation.

The question is, what are we evolving into?

Nov 29, 20231 min read

Power, Control and Helping Others.

Empower not Enslave

Nov 24, 20232 min read

FAIR?

Remember where you end and they begin.

Nov 21, 20231 min read

My2Cents on Cycle Breaking

We can talk about all those things cyclically, handing them down from generation to generation building resentment, fear, hatred...

Apr 18, 20231 min read

My2Cents on Healing

It is easy to just agree with what everyone is saying and doing. It is much harder to blaze your own trail.

Apr 11, 20231 min read

January 2023 Update

OptiMysed Shenanigans January 2023

Feb 11, 20238 min read

OptiMysed News Vol. 1 2022

Everybody dies, but not everyone truly lives. One Life. Live It! Connected Humanity - It's the OptiMyst Way Optimysed Healing OptiMysed...

Feb 4, 20223 min read

Verhale van Hoop en Geneesing (Vol. 1)

Op die ouderdom van 15 was ek die nuwe kind in die skool. Ek het die meeste van die kinders geken. Maar was nie deel van die groep nie,...

Jun 16, 20214 min read

Survivor Stories of Hope and Healing (Vol. 1)

At the age of 15, I was the new kid in school. I knew most of the kids, but was not included in the different friendship groups because I...

Jun 16, 20214 min read

Rise!

You are entitled to healing, joy and peace.

Feb 6, 20212 min read

Impossible Possibility not Toxic Positivity

Believe in impossible possibilities. Believe in the indomitable spirit of humanity.

Feb 1, 20213 min read

I am not "Strong" I am Journeying

Sometimes we look at people and think they are stronger than us and we could never have that strength, but it isn't true.

Dec 9, 20201 min read