July Blog Carnival

Child Abuse

I Had Victim Written All Over Me
ByMike McBride November 14, 2014September 13, 2020 Reading Time: 2 minutes

This is how childhood abuse plays out in adulthood for many people, male and female. The abuse becomes an ingrained part of how we see ourselves, believing that it was deserved. As adults, why would we believe we deserve anything else?

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Stigma – Damaged Goods?
ByMike McBride January 22, 2011October 10, 2016 Reading Time: 3 minutes

I saw this post over at Psychology Today and it’s been lingering in the back of my mind for a few days now. Specifically this: Most child abuse survivors are closeted. There is a stigma attached to what we lived through, like we’re some sort of damaged goods. Sure, we’re brave and strong and all…

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Child Abuse

Outliers and Emotional Intelligence
ByMike McBride January 24, 2009January 21, 2019 Reading Time: 3 minutes

I finished reading Malcom Gladwell’s Outliers yesterday, and while I’m not going to get into a full review of the book on this site, I did want to talk about one particular section that, I think, is significant for child abuse survivors. If you’re not familiar with the book, Gladwell spends a great deal of…

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Child Abuse

Survivor-Aid?
ByMike McBride March 20, 2006October 10, 2016 Reading Time: 1 minute

Thanks to a comment she left here today, I saw this post on Survivors can Thrive about creating an event to raise money and awareness for survivors or sexual abuse and rape. It’s certainly a big idea, but why not? Why can’t we get all these folks together to raise awareness and funds to help…

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Observations

Do What You Gotta Do For You!
ByMike McBride March 11, 2009December 31, 2020 Reading Time: 3 minutes

This has been a common refrain with the economy lately, and frankly, it’s pretty good career advice any time! Regardless of what else may be going on, and what other pressures you may face, make career decisions based on what you need to do and what will benefit you and your family, not anyone else….

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Newsworthy

Another male survivor comes forward
ByMike McBride September 19, 2005October 10, 2016 Reading Time: 1 minute

Anyone who knows me knows that I have had the utmost respect for Sheldon Kennedy, a former NHL hockey player, for not only coming out and talking about the sexual abuse he survived at the hands of a youth hockey coach, but also helping put the coach in jail and all if the programs he…

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I Had Victim Written All Over Me

Stigma – Damaged Goods?

Outliers and Emotional Intelligence

Survivor-Aid?

Do What You Gotta Do For You!

Another male survivor comes forward

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