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In ‘Sliver Of Sky,’ Barry Lopez Confronts Childhood Sexual Abuse tags: CA LISTEN: Why Child Abuse Goes Unreported tags: CA Protect Our Kids Act of 2012 passes, becomes law tags: CA Abused kids face long list of health risks tags: CA Relativizing Child Abuse tags: CA Do I Need to Forgive to Heal from Sexual…
Sharing – Human Connection: Why It’s Important
Here’s the thing that I tend to forget, you don’t need to wait for an emergency to make someone feel seen, heard, and valued. In fact, we can maybe avoid more emergencies if we were in the habit of doing this. We have an opportunity to do that any time we spend time with the people we care about. But, we have to actually spend the time to do that.
I have a tendency to simply tell people that I’m here when they need me, instead of reaching out with a quick message, text, or even coffee just because.
I can’t help but wonder how many chances I’ve had to see and hear them, that I’ve missed. The holidays are, of course, a really good chance to send that text, get in touch, and remind people that you value them. You can read the article below to see just how much good that might do.
Link – Managing Your Mental Health During the Holidays
The holidays can be difficult for many. It’s not easy to maintain our normal routines, we may be dealing with people who are a challenge to us, or maybe we don’t even have family to share the day with. In light of that, I’m sharing a few things here and on social media that will,…
Link – Issue of children who sexually abuse other children cannot be ignored
The numbers are staggering. “Official figures indicate that between a fifth and a third of all cases of child sexual abuse in the UK involve “perpertrators” under the age of 18 – but the figures could in fact be much higher. In a random UK general population survey of more than 6,000 people, a staggering…
Resources for Troubled Teens
Last week a student advisor sent me a message about a project her students are working on to use social media to share helpful resources for teens, especially troubled teens who might be in need of help. They call themselves the Happy Hearts Club and their mission is ” raise awareness of issues that teens…
Link – Childhood abuse still impacting your day-to-day life? Read this!
Research is just now beginning to understand how profoundly the emotional trauma of early child hood affects a person as an adult. They realized that if not healed, these early childhood emotional wounds, and the subconscious attitudes adopted because of them, would dictate the adult’s reaction to, and path through, life. Thus we walk around…
