For me, Independence Day is personal. It is about winning a war involving physical, mental, emotional and sexual abuse. My “enemy” was more than the man I once loved.  → Read More

The Center for Disease Control reports that 1 in 4 women will be victims of domestic violence in their lifetime. I had no idea how many of them I knew until I became one.  → Read More

It’s not rocket science but it is complex and it is emotional, and that’s where we get stuck. We hear the stories, are confused by the statistics, and tune out and turn away, especially if unresolved abuse is part of our history. We are all touched by the dynamic of child abuse and the fix requires our individual and collective energies.  → Read More