Not all anniversaries are good. In fact, some are downright Awful! People who experienced childhood abuse or neglect can struggle with Awful Anniversaries. Awful Anniversaries can take many forms. Possible Awful Anniversaries Specific Date: This can be the date that the abuse happened, the date it started, when it became significantly worse, or even the […]
Healing Childhood Abuse: The Impact on Adult Relationships
& 5 Ways to Reduce That Impact! Growing up with trauma or abuse has a huge impact on our adult relationships. Who we pick, how we relate and what we expect are all impacted by the relationships we experienced growing up. We learn how to have a relationship through experience. If we experience safe, healthy […]
Healing CSA: Women Also Sexually Abuse
Women Also Sexually Abuse When we think of someone who would sexually assault a child we, think of a man. And often we would be right but not always. Women are believed to perpetrate 5-15% of childhood sexual abuse. That’s 3100-9300 children each year*. Unfortunately, these victims find that there is less belief in the […]
April is also the National Month of Hope and National Volunteer Month!
Many people know that April is Child Abuse Prevention and Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Fewer people know that April has dozens of designations. The two I will focus on are: National month of Hope and National Volunteer Month. I am doing this because it can be depressing when we are faced with the fact that […]