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A woman messaged me after a webinar last month. She was not asking about parenting schedules or who gets the house. She wanted to know one thing: could her husband actually cut her off completely if she left.

That question has stuck with me. Because I hear some version of it more than you would thi...

I’ve lost count of how many times someone has sat across from me and said, "But they never hit me, so it’s not really abuse, right?"

Spoiler alert: It absolutely can be.

Coercive control and financial abuse are some of the sneakiest, most damaging forms of family violence—and they often leave no p...

I still remember the question from a recent webinar like it was yesterday.
“My wife controls all the finances, and she told me if I move out, she’ll cut me off completely.”

Ouch. That one hits hard.

Because I know someone reading this right now has heard those exact words — maybe even this week. A...