The document discusses developing healthy relationships and defines what unhealthy relationships look like. It provides definitions for key terms like "develop", "healthy", and "relationship". It then describes several types of abusive behaviors that are not part of a healthy relationship, such as intimidation, emotional abuse, isolation, using children to manipulate, male privilege, economic abuse, and controlling behavior. The document encourages empowering oneself, loving oneself, knowing it's okay to be scared or have doubts, allowing time for oneself, and realizing one's own power. It concludes by inviting questions.

1. Developing Healthy Relationships

2. Definitions Develop – to create or produce especially by effort over time Healthy – rational thinking or frame of mind; a healthy attitude Relationship (Connection) The fact or state of having something in common. Having shared interests or efforts

3. What it’s Not Intimidating Emotional Abuse Isolation Minimizing, Denying & Blaming Using Children - Making you feel guilty about the children Use children to relay messages Threatening to take children away Use visitations to harass and threaten Male Privilege - Treating you like a servant Making all the ‘Big’ decisions Defining men ‘s and women’s roles Acting like the “master of the castle” Economic Abuse - Doesn’t allow you to get or keep a job Making you ask for money No knowledge or access to family income Making you drop abuse charges or do things that are illegal

4. Intimidating Making you feel afraid because of words you say, actions, gestures or actions. Smashing things, destroying property or harming pets Displaying weapons or threat to use on you

5. Emotional Abuse Putting you down or making you feel bad. Calling you names, playing mind games. Humiliating you or make you feel guilty Saying you caused the abuse/blame

6. Isolation Controlling what you do, who you see and talk to. Limiting your outside activities Using jealousy (though they may not admit it) to justify their actions

7. Where to go from here… Did you know that you’re not obligated to stay in any relationship? Empower yourself Love yourself Know its ok to be scared and have doubts!!

8. How? Relationships – you’re not obligated to be in one and the same goes for staying in one – it’s your right Empower yourself by allowing time for you – educate/read, pamper, hobbies! You are powerful, unstoppable, amazing, and talented!!

9. Questions/Discussion Please feel free to ask anything or talk to one of us after the meeting!! We are here for you !