How Even Advocates Shame Victims
I want to follow up on something I shared on the News and Reviews blog yesterday. It was some comments on a blog article related to shame, and a discussion with a therapist about how shame is the thing that … Continued
How People Talking About It Helped Me
Last week, my mother in law passed away. As a husband my first thought, and my first priority, was my wife, who had lost her mother. As a man who has lost a parent, but not my mother, I also … Continued
Algorithms and Rabbit Holes in Social Media
It was just a couple of years ago that I was writing about how the social media algorithms could be shaping what we think, by giving us more of anything that we interact with. For example, Facebook and Google know … Continued
Deep Level Stigma
I’ve had some opportunities of late to sit down and have coffee with some people who have worked in the field of child abuse prevention and treatment, and doing fundraising for those efforts..I’ve already been creating some blog posts out … Continued
Silence Does Not Help
My wife sent me this clip of “Kristoff St. John’s ‘Y&R’ Co-Star Eric Braeden’s Emotional Reaction to His Friend’s Death” She also sent me this message and I couldn’t have said it any better myself. And this is why you … Continued
Scientific Illiteracy – If It Was That Simple…
One of my pet peeves, among many, are articles writing as though fixing everything about life is as simple as getting outside more, or eating this one thing, or stating that a study shows something that really, maybe it doesn’t. … Continued
The Business Community Should Care About Child Abuse Too
What if I told you, that all those businesses that are struggling to find good workers in the current labor market, or who are losing workdays due to various mental or physical health issues, should be thinking about long term … Continued
Quick Thought Number 7 – Messages About Anxiety
Society, when talking about teens – “We need to stop keeping score or competing at all, making them do public speaking, etc. because the anxiety is too much. We have an epidemic of anxiety.” Society TO teens – “If you … Continued
How Child Abuse and Major Natural Disasters Are Similar
You wouldn’t think something like a major natural disaster, which is covered all over the media for weeks, and something that lurks in secrecy like child abuse would have much in common, but bear with me. I was recently having … Continued
It’s the end of 2018, and You’re Still Here. Make Some Noise!
I’m sure by now you’ve read enough articles, blog posts and social media messages about making your resolutions for 2019. This is not one of those. It’s not that I’m against it. The end of one year and the beginning … Continued