This is the Reason I Write about Surviving Sexual Abuse with guest...
**Mild trigger warning** “How do you use your CSA (childhood sexual abuse) in your writing, or do you at all?” I’ve been thinking more and more about how important it is that I, and others like me,...
View ArticleThis is the One About Sexual Harassment
Sexual Harassment Story I’m going to tell you a story. A story I’ve never told anyone before… I got his text one night, late but not too late. I’m guessing this was somewhere around 2010 or so… What...
View ArticleMessage to Men: If You See Something, Say Something by guest @CuttingRoomMRB
Give a moment or two to the angry young man With his foot in his mouth and his heart in his hand He’s been stabbed in the back, he’s been misunderstood It’s a comfort to know his intentions are good...
View ArticleThis is Why We Snap: New Science Behind Sudden Acts of Violence
Domestic Violence Awareness Month To further educate and inform during Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Dr. R. Douglas Fields, Ph.D., renowned neuroscientist and an international authority on brain...
View ArticleWhat You Need To Know About Triggers for Sexual Abuse Survivors by guest...
Survivors of sexual assault experience the same Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as other forms of trauma. There are a myriad of traumas and reactionary habits survivors of childhood sexual...
View ArticleThe Powerful Truth: Why So Many Women Won’t Report Sexual Abuse by...
Please welcome my esteemed guest, retired Royal Canadian investigator and now author, Garry Rodgers. Garry investigated hundreds if not thousands of sexual crimes during his career. We’ve had an...
View ArticleTop 4 Tips to Improve Focus in This Chaotic Climate
It’s been a tough year-ish, hasn’t it? Slightly distracting? Just a wee bit, yea? My personal watchword for 2017 was FOCUS. (This year, for 2018, it’s compassion, but more on that later.) I’ve made an...
View ArticleCould You Be Clinically Depressed And Not Know? I Was
For a good nine years, I worked a sales job I hated. Every day, I’d wake up and spend hours getting ready, applying meticulous makeup, choosing just the right outfit, making sure my notes and records...
View Article5 Things to Know Before Connecting with a Child Abuse Survivor by guest...
Honored to have my friend, fellow author, and child abuse survivor Vennie Kocsis with me here today. Vennie is wise beyond her years and one of the most compassionate people I’ve ever met. Please read...
View ArticleHere’s How to Protect Yourself Against Social Media Trolls Now
I’m not sure how you’re feeling about social media right now, but it’s hard out here for many of us. I’ve never seen a nation so divided or divisive, and I observe this daily on Twitter and Facebook...
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