What I’m Sharing for Survivors (weekly)
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Sometimes Self-Care Isn’t About The Self
I have heard Shelly Tygielski’s story before. Right at the start of the pandemic, she put together a sort of community-based mutual aid organization that was designed to match people in need with people who could help. She has now written a book about that experience and shared her mindfulness teachings.
I caught an interview piece/book review over on the Time website this week and I thought this is something that really makes a lot of sense, and might be something we need to think much more openly about when we encourage people to self-care.
Link – When an abused kid is the star witness, courts struggle for a just solution
I’m not going to quote anything from this article, because it’s a complicated issue that doesn’t break down into sound bites very well. We all want the justice system to come down hard on anyone who is guilty of abusing a child, but proving that guilt is tricky when it requires, potentially, doing more harm…
Link – You Can Help: When A Loved One Shows Signs Of Suicide Risk, Reach Out
I can’t add much to this, if you’ve been around here, you know I truly believe this: “Yet many of us are afraid to do the wrong thing. In fact, you don’t have to be a trained professional to help, says Doreen Marshall, a psychologist and vice president of programs at the AFSP. “Everyone has…
Sharing – What Is Familial Sexual Grooming?
Consider how often a child is not believed because the family friend or member “doesn’t seem like the type?”
That’s familial grooming. That is getting the family to see you as one thing when you are targeting a child in that family, thereby not only giving you access to the child but creating doubt about whether their own child is telling the truth. It also doesn’t help that so many of us think we know what a predator looks like, and are so easily fooled:
RT @SurvivorNetwork: What I’m Sharing for Survivors (weekly): Why We Don’t Keep Secrets In Our House {Child Abuse Prevention} tags: CA… …
RT @SurvivorNetwork: What I’m Sharing for Survivors (weekly): Why We Don’t Keep Secrets In Our House {Child Abuse Prevention} tags: CA… …
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