Beyond Survival: The 4-Pillar Program to Rise & Rebuild
Educational Resources
Financial Abuse is Domestic Abuse
At I Know Why She Stayed, we understand how devastating and harmful financial abuse can be because we’ve lived it.
Learn about Beyond Survival: The 4-Pillar Program to Rise & Rebuild, a blend of knowledge and experience to help others escape the traps of financial abuse.
Beyond Survival: The 4-Pillar Program to Rise & Rebuild
Pillar 1
The Case Files
The memoir I Know Why She Stayed encourages readers to examine their own lives and helps victims process their own experiences to gain a deeper understanding of how someone becomes trapped in the cycle of abuse. The companion Reader’s Guide provides an extensive breakdown of the behaviors that abusers exhibit to control the lives of their victims.
Pillar 2
roadmap to recovery
Recovering from the trauma of abuse requires crucial self-care to fortify both physical and mental well-being. Self-care helps to build self-esteem, manage stress, and become more emotionally resilient, enabling survivors to begin a new, healthier approach to rebuilding their lives.
Pillar 3
writing to heal
Writing therapy is a powerful therapeutic tool for healing the damage caused by the trauma of domestic abuse. The emotional release of writing provides a safe and private outlet for expressing and processing difficult emotions, thoughts, and experiences. Survivors are encouraged to observe, reflect, and connect to gain a deeper understanding of their patterns, triggers, and underlying trauma to begin the healing process.
Pillar 4
the survivor's guidebook
Leaving an abusive relationship is the most dangerous time for a survivor, who must cope with detaching emotionally from the fear, isolation, and financial dependency. Survivors will find resources to help them navigate the complicated decision to leave and never return to an abusive relationship.