Author name: Faith Waltson

Sex is often spoken of as pleasure, intimacy, or love. But it can also be a weapon. Quietly, strategically, and often invisibly, sexuality can be used not to connect but to manipulate, punish, or control. When intimacy becomes leverage, desire becomes negotiation, and affection transforms into currency, the sacred power of sex becomes distorted. In […]

What Is Your Yes? Every single day, consciously or unconsciously, we are saying yes to something. Yes to growth. Yes to fear. Yes to peace. Yes to overthinking. Yes to alignment or misalignment. But the deeper question is this: Do we truly understand the power or consequence of our yes? Your “yes” is not just

Some people perform love—they say the words, they play the role and they show up just enough to keep the connection alive. But deep down, they are not invested in the being, only in what that person represents to their life, their ego, their stability or their emotional familiarity. They are attached to how you make

It’s easy to say, “Hurt people hurt people. It’s harder to say, “I was hurt… and I still chose differently. Pain is real. Rejection is real. Indifference is real. But so is awareness and self-possession and choice. For years, I experienced something subtle but intentional: Food I prepared for family dinners would go untouched. Conversations

When someone didn’t text me back or return my call, I wasn’t as unbothered as I’d let on. Externally, I might have seemed calm, collected, even indifferent. But internally? I was picking myself apart. What did I do? Did I say something wrong? Is it me? That spiral started fast, and it ran deep. I