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- Itâ??s harder to believe in something than not to sometimes. This morning you asked me, â??can you go back to being my therapist for just a little while?â?? Nothing would make me prouder, except to also be your friend, which means I am very...
- Our local news called me at work today to request an interview/story about RAR. They want to interview me and Shannon together, here at work in my group room. After worrying our legal department about it, I got the green light and Shannon will be...
- Yesterday a young man I saw in therapy a few months ago came in to see me. He was smiling so happily and doing so well! He had struggled with very sexist values,partly to overcompensate for the sexual abuse his father perpetrated against him. As a...
- Being hyperactive (not ADD or ADHD, just hyperactive), I tend to read several books at once, IN ADDITION to all my other projects (beadwork, jewelry, art, and um...what was that other thing? Oh yeah--WRITING a book). I thought I'd share and...
- (pasted from alternet.org)Can't sleep? Well you're not alone, especially among women.A 2007 poll by the National Sleep Foundation found that 67 percent of women frequently experience sleep problems and 29 percent use some type of sleep aid at least...
- I'm very curious, who do you look up to in your life as a role model or hero?Mine include:Winona LaDukeAni Difranco (even though she has a song "I'm no Heroine")Jackson KatzTony Garter (the mentor who redirected me as a younger man)I'll add others...
- In this thread, I will offer mp3's of music for thoughtful days. This is my personal thread, but consider the music to be my offering to each of you. Many songs will have themes, or journal messages, and I'm interested in your responses to them.
- I'm really curious. If you saw your name and/or words in print in the book, how did it make you feel? Were you proud? Embarrassed? Queasy? Thrilled? I only used words from those who had given me permission, of course, but nothing can prepare you for...
- THIS IS MY FIRST EXERCISE FROM RESURRECTION AFTER RAPE; it is not intended as an assignment, but, this is a problem for me, so I will look at this deeply. 1) I do not openly degrade myself, but I think that way. I fear being perceived that way. ...
- Found a typo? Point it out here for the next printing!
- http://dailystrength.org/groups/resurrection-after-rapeA group specifically to discuss the book, and to post journals and questions. If you have the book, it'd be a good idea to join this community and turn it into a "book club" for survivors. I'll...
- I'm the author of the book, "Resurrection After Rape." This community is a place where we can discuss the contents of book. You can ask for clarification about the content, make suggestions or critiques, and post your journals from the book's...
- LG Phones seems to think so:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFlrp8yP5nICreepy, isn't it?Add these guys to the list of boycotts, along with Axe, Mitchum, Dolce&Gabbana (spelling?), tshirts.com, and others I'll think of later.
- Okay, due to all the positive feedback and encouragement, I opened a shop to provide gifts and apparel emblazoned with proud, classy images for survivors. The income form this will be used to fund research, program materials, education, and services...
- I received the books from the printer, and they are REALLY beautiful. Top-notch work, nothing cheap. No corners cut. This printer did a superb job with the graphics and materials; it's an elegant book. I'm really happy with it. I sat with Victoria...