Trigger Points: Childhood Abuse Survivors Experiences of Parenting

Originally published on ACEsConnection.com  on Oct 21, 2015 By Christine Cissy White This is the first book FOR and BY survivors of childhood abuse geared specifically towards the experiences of parenting. THE FIRST! THE ONLY! It includes essays from over twenty men and women survivor parents with children of all…

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4 Ways to Overcome Self-Blame After Sexual Assault

Originally published on EveryDayFeminism.com on Sept 16, 2015 By Sian Ferguson and re-published here with their permission. Like most people who have been sexually assaulted, I have been blamed for my own rape. I’ve been blamed by society. I’ve been blamed by the administration of my previous university. I’ve been blamed by…

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How to Handle a Friend’s Tears

Originally published on Maria Shriver.com on February 26, 2015 By Mary Cail.   I ran into a friend recently. We hadn’t seen each other in a while, so we were going through the rituals of reconnecting. We hugged; we exchanged the usual volley of questions: How’s everything? What have you…

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The Poet’s Blues

My poems are so smooth you would think I’m singing the blues. Left & right, up & down you would think I’m singing to you round & round, when I’m only telling you the truth, that The Poet has some blues. Up my selves you can’t see, around Pinole I…

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