21 Nov Seven Words: When Truth Gets Sacrificed on the Altar of Denial

Posted at 08:03h in Healing & Transformation, Nervous System Dysregulation, Personal Power, Uncategorized, Women's Health, Women's Voices, Women's Voices Rising by Jennifer Markman 1 Comment

*Women’s Voices Rising Series | Sacred rage, embodied wisdom, and collective power*
**Part Two: “Seven Words: From Self-Blame to Collective Power”

*Content Warning: This piece discusses domestic violence and trauma. Please prioritize your well-being in choosing when and how to engage with this material.*

There’s a moment that lives in every woman’s body. A moment when words slice through the careful weaving of our healing like a blade made of ice. A moment when our truth – raw, hard-won, and finally spoken – gets sacrificed on the altar of someone else’s denial.

I know this moment. My body knows this moment. Every woman’s body knows this moment.

Mine came in the aftermath of loss, in that sacred, untethered space where grief had cracked me open to my bones. When years of healing were finally bearing fruit, when trauma’s layers were peeling back like old skin, when life’s impermanence was teaching me its hardest lessons about love and loss and living anyway.

Seven Words…

What did you do to provoke him?

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Seven words.…

Spoken by family.

Flung with casual cruelty.

Wielded with deliberate precision.

Designed to erase not just what happened,

but who I am.

Who I was.

Who I had become.

Who my daughter was watching me be.

Feel this moment in your body:

Let yourself remember:

– The sudden constriction in your throat

– The way your stomach drops

– How your chest tightens

– The rush of heat to your face

– The instinct to make yourself smaller

This is not anxiety.

This is your body recognizing injustice.

Journaling Moment:

Take a breath. Place your hand on your heart. Write:

– When have words tried to erase your truth?

– What sensations arise as you remember?

– What did your body know that others denied?

Let your hand move across the page without censoring.

Seven Words,.. The room tilted. Seven Words…Time stretched. My body remembered every moment these words had ever been spoken – to me, to my mother, to my sisters, to my friends. To every woman who has ever dared to name her truth.

In that moment, I felt it all:

The weight of generations of silenced women
The fury of countless dismissed truths
The rage of innumerable rewritten stories
The power of every woman who ever said “enough”

"Seven powerful words that reveal patterns of victim-blaming and how women rise through truth-telling

And something broke open.

Not the breaking that diminishes.

But the breaking that frees.

Because here’s what they don’t understand about women and truth:
Every time they try to bury it, it grows roots.
Every time they try to silence it, it learns to sing.
Every time they try to erase it, it writes itself in fire.

Sacred Rage Practice:

– Plant your feet firmly on the ground

– Let your breath fill your belly

– Place one hand on your heart

– Feel the heat of your anger

– Connect this force to your deepest wisdom and purpose

Let it be holy there.

Seven Words

“What did she do to provoke him?”

Seven words that shatter the illusion of safety.
Seven words that echo through generations of women’s bones.
Seven words that pierce the heart of every survivor.
Seven words that reveal the insidious dance of victim-blaming.
Seven words that carry the weight of centuries of silenced voices.
Seven words that transform victims into defendants.

Seven words that daughters absorb in silent witness.
Seven words that every woman has heard in some form.

These seven words – spoken in the aftermath of loss, as raw grief tangled with memories of abuse – rippled through the room like a shock wave. Every woman present felt them land in her body, recognized them from her own story, carried them in her own cells.

Seven words that expose how deeply victim-blaming is woven into our cultural fabric.

Seven words that poison the well of maternal wisdom.

Seven words that show how quickly society rushes to find fault in the wounded rather than face the reality of the wound-maker.

Seven words that perpetuate the cycle of silence.

Seven words that keep women questioning their truth.

Seven words that make daughters doubt their worth.

Seven words that protect abusers and prosecute survivors.

Seven words that turn justice inside out.

The Attempted Erasure

It happens with surgical precision:

First, they question your memory

Then, they rewrite your history

Next, they invalidate your grief

Finally, they erase your truth

The world shifts beneath your feet:

– Yesterday’s certainty becomes today’s doubt

– Your lived experience becomes “your interpretation”

– Your boundaries become “your overreaction”

– Your healing becomes “your sensitivity”

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But your body…

Your magnificent, wise body…
It remembers everything!

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Embodied Truth Practice:

Feel how your body holds wisdom:

In the clench of your jaw (anger protecting truth)
In the tightness of your shoulders (strength gathering)
In the heat of your belly (power building)
In the race of your heart (courage rising)

Sacred Writing Practice:

In your journal, explore:

Write a letter to the part of you that had to stay silent
What would you say to her now?
What truth has been waiting to be spoken?
How has your body kept you safe?

The Sacred Alchemy of Rage

Watch what happens when we refuse their erasure:
Our rage becomes holy fire
Our grief becomes fierce grace
Our trauma becomes transformation
Our silence becomes war cry

When they try to rewrite our stories:
We carve them deeper into our bones
We speak them louder with our voices
We live them bolder with our actions
We share them wider with our sisters

Power Rising Practice:

Stand if you’re able, or sit with dignity:
Feel your feet connecting to earth
Let your spine lengthen toward sky
Open your chest to hold more power
Release your throat to carry truth
Lift your eyes to see new horizons
Breath!

The Legacy We Forge

To every woman who has heard these words:

Your rage is sacred

Your grief is powerful

Your truth is revolutionary

Your rising changes worlds

To every daughter watching:

Your feelings are valid

Your experiences are real

Your voice is needed

Your power is rising

To every sister standing:

Your anger is holy

Your healing is possible

Your strength is unstoppable

Your truth will prevail

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seven different words are rising now:

“We believe you. Your truth lives here.”

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The Power They Didn't See Coming

They thought these words would:
- Break our spirit
- Bury our truth
- Silence our voice
- End our story

Instead, these words become:
- The spark of our revolution
- The fuel of our rising
- The core of our strength
- The heart of our power

Let them try to erase us.
We are written in starlight.
Let them try to silence us.
We speak in thunderstorms.
Let them try to diminish us.
We rise like mountains.

Because seven different words are rising now:
"We believe you. Your truth lives here."

And these words don't just heal—
They revolutionize.
They don't just comfort—
They transform.
They don't just support—
They ignite.

Rise, sister.
Your body knows the way.
Your rage knows the truth.
Your heart knows the time is now.

We rise together.
We transform together.
We create everything anew.

Rise, sister. Your voice is needed. Your truth is sacred. Your power is unstoppable.

The time has come to reclaim your story, transform the pain of erasure into the fire of revolution, and rise to the fullness of who you are. Together, we will break the cycle of silence, rewrite the narrative, and create a world where your voice is not just heard but celebrated.

If you feel the call to step into your truth, to heal deeply, and to rise boldly, I invite you to join me. Let’s work together to unlock the power within you, overcome the barriers holding you back, and create a life rooted in your authentic voice.

About the Author: Jennifer Markman is a Functional Health Practitioner FDN-P, a healer, coach, and advocate for women’s voices and embodied wisdom. Through her work, she helps women reclaim their power, trust their knowing, and transform their lives.*

Related Resources:

**If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence or sexual assault, please know you are not alone.
Help is available 24/7:

National Domestic Violence Hotline
CALL: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
Text “START” to 88788
www.thehotline.org
Available 24/7. All calls are free and confidential.

National Sexual Assault Hotline
CALL: 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)
www.rainn.org
Free, confidential support available 24/7

These services provide:

Crisis intervention

Safety planning

Information about local resources

Support in multiple languages

Trained advocates who listen without judgment

Remember: Your safety matters. Your story matters. Your healing matters.

*This article is for informational and supportive purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for professional medical or mental health advice. If you are in immediate danger, please call 911.*

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