Sylvia Goalen’s Story

I’m writing to share the importance of protecting children. I told my story in Darkness to Light’s Stewards of Children(R) training so that I could help educate adults on how to prevent, recognize, and react responsibly to child sexual abuse. I want people everywhere to know that no child has…

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There is No Such Thing as Monsters…

Originally published on Medium on December 21, 2016 By Wading in a Sea of Red. When I was a little girl, I loved fairy tales. There were heros and villains. There were monsters with claws and sharp teeth, found in forests, or closets, or under the bed. The brave hero…

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We Need to Learn to Say “And” Instead of “But”

Originally published on BullShitlst on December 24, 2016 By Nicole Francesca. A practice for the gray areas In Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, a “dialectic” refers to the idea of two truths being true simultaneously, even if they seem to oppose one another. It’s a practice in removing ourselves from black-and-white, either-or…

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This is How to Find Your Purpose

Originally published on Better Humans on December 24, 2016 By Charles Chu. In 1958, Hunter S. Thompson was not yet famous. He had yet to meet Johnny Depp, who would become one of his closest friends. He had yet to write Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, his most well-known…

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