Translating Emotion to Writing
When someone asks me about writing, I tend to shy away. I don’t know what the truth is. I don’t know when a lie becomes a fact. I merely write.
This Is How All The Abuse Adds Up by guest @kevinbarhydt
*Trigger Warning: Abuse*
“Trauma is something that overwhelms your coping capacities and confronts you with the thought: “Oh my God, it’s all over, and there’s nothing I can do. I’m done for. I may as well die.”
How Boundaries Can Help Us Avoid Burdens by guest Judith Staff @jcstaff_
Thrilled to have my good friend and #SexAbuseChat co-host, Judith Staff, here today to discuss boundaries. Excellent tips here, my friends.
10 Things You Need To Know Don’t Matter about Sexual Assault by @BobbiLParish
This is How I Found My Voice and Myself in War and Peace by guest @andrewdkaufman
At a book talk I gave a few years ago, a teenage boy in the audience, intrigued by the stories I’d been telling about young characters’ tortuous journeys in War and Peace, asked me a question during the Q&A. “Did Tolstoy, like, really experience all that?” The ingenuous question got me thinking, not only about Tolstoy’s writing but my own. And it inspired me to share something I hadn’t quite articulated before in public.
5 Things to Know Before Connecting with a Child Abuse Survivor by guest @VennieKocsis
Honored to have my friend, fellow author, and child abuse survivor Vennie Kocsis with me here today. Vennie is wise beyond her years and one of the most compassionate people I’ve ever met. Please read her wise words and comment below.
What are the five things to know before connecting with a child abuse survivor? Let me break it down for you:
The Powerful Truth: Why So Many Women Won’t Report Sexual Abuse by @GarryRodgers1
Please welcome my esteemed guest, retired Royal Canadian investigator and now author, Garry Rodgers. Garry investigated hundreds if not thousands of sexual crimes during his career. We’ve had an ongoing conversation for many years about sexual abuse, and most recently, about the horrible victim-blaming happening in response to the #MeToo movement against women who report.
What You Need To Know About Triggers for Sexual Abuse Survivors by guest @BCBrownBooks
Survivors of sexual assault experience the same Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as other forms of trauma.
This is Why We Snap: New Science Behind Sudden Acts of Violence
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
To further educate and inform during Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Dr. R. Douglas Fields, Ph.D., renowned neuroscientist and an international authority on brain development offer his insights on Why We Snap—which is also the title of his book.
Message to Men: If You See Something, Say Something by guest @CuttingRoomMRB
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