Tag: child abuse survivor

New Edition of “Becoming One” is Coming! :)

Becoming One Sale!

    NOTE: The offer described below to receive a free copy of the 2014 ebook of Becoming One if you purchase a copy of the 1997 paperback edition from me on Amazon has expired. The ebook is now available on Amazon (link in sidebar), and the new paperback edition is on its way as …

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Every Day Is Child Abuse Prevention Day

    I purposely held off posting about National Child Abuse Prevention Month in April, its annual proclaimed month. There are always a slew of posts, which is great for awareness, but I always wonder how effective this is for the rest of the year. My most-repinned pin on Pinterest is a graphic which provides …

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About That Self Care Thing…

    I think about self care a lot, mostly in terms of how I’m not very good at it. I struggle with feeling that it’s bordering on self-indulgence when there are so many other things tugging at me. And time passes, leaving me wondering why I didn’t do some of the simplest, most obvious …

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I really hate change, but I’m forcing it ~ Pt 1

  I avoid a lot of things in life, for reasons that are nearly all fear-based. I fear pain the most — physical and mental — and yet, I now live with it daily. How the heck did that happen? I can trace problems with being overweight back to age 11, when puberty struck. I …

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PTSD on Pinterest: Why Therapy? (04/12/13)

    This week’s PTSD on Pinterest topic is “Why Therapy?” These pins look at different aspects of therapy, different types, and why you should consider it. With mental health parity finally getting mandated, coverage will become more widely available. It can truly change your life to enlist a trained, objective third party to be …

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PTSD on Pinterest (04/05/13) ~ April: National Child Abuse Prevention Month ~

April: Natl Child Abuse Prevention Month

    (Image via Women’s Coalition of St. Croix) I’m still experiencing ‘difficulties’ in importing a Pinterest board onto my blog. Sometimes it works, and sometimes for no apparent reason at all, it doesn’t. Such is the case with my “April: National Child Abuse Prevention Month” Pinterest board. It’s far too important of a topic …

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