Gina Hamilton, Author at Gina Hamilton

Reaching for the Next Best Feeling

Maybe you can’t reach for the stars…Yet. But can you reach for a next best feeling?

Don’t you just want to scream when someone tells you to “just get over it” or “it isn’t that bad” or “why can’t you just be happy?”

That advice is especially FRUSTRATING when ALL YOU REALLY WANT is to HOLD IT TOGETHER so you can MAKE IT THROUGH the NEXT 10 MINUTES without FALLING APART.

Can You Forgive Your Abuser?

Forgiveness, Mindset

How do you reconcile being kind, loving, and forgiving toward EVERYONE when you have been hurt by an intimate partner who is a narcissist, an abuser, the source of trauma, and the person who promised to always love you?

I have struggled with forgiving my abuser for a many years.

I want to be a good person.

I want to forgive, to love, to be kind.

But it is SO DAMN HARD with HIM.

Financial Abuse and Domestic Violence

Financial Abuse

Did you know that financial abuse and domestic violence almost always go hand in hand ?

Financial abuse occurs in 99% of domestic violence cases.
In fact, financial abuse is often cited by victims of abuse as the main reason they stayed with or returned to an abusive partner.
~ National Network to End Domestic Violence

I didn’t even know what financial abuse was until years after I left my abusive marriage. At the time, all I knew was that I wasn’t allowed to make money decisions.