Many children face all types of abuse every single day. The lasting effects of abuse are becoming clearer as the children of past generations are now adults, “Struggling Adults”. The years upon years of silence does its damage even when from the outside looking in several adults look like they are doing well, even thriving …
As summer is coming to a close, and the weather starts to change many people get that heavy feeling for no apparent reason. Many questions, “Why am I feeling so down today”? I am exhausted, irritable, and over all negative. UGH!!!! Believe it or not, this is quite a common experience shared by many. The …
When you pity sick people, you disempower them (including yourself). A young girl with Cystic Fibrosis understood this very well. She knew she would be sick for the rest of her life, but she didn’t let that stop her. Instead, she used her understanding and passion to help others. If she can do it, so …
This article was first published on CSAQT.org, United Kingdom. Sometimes people express surprise that despite living almost on the borders with Scotland I grow my own grapes (admittedly in a greenhouse). It is an unheated greenhouse however, with a vine that each September is laden with a harvest of sweet grapes, golden amidst the autumn …
Whether from childhood or adult relationships, the devastating effects of betrayal are the same: we develop a seeming lack of ability to trust both ourselves and others. How often have we asked ourselves if we are even capable of loving someone wholly? Or disbelieved when someone has told us they love us? Often CSA survivors …
Dr. Nadine Burke Harris discusses “How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime”. “Childhood trauma isn’t something you just get over as you grow up. Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the repeated stress of abuse, neglect and parents struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues has real, tangible effects on the development of …