Holiday PTSD
Holiday stress is especially real and palpable for those of us with trauma in our history. For years, I've looked at the holiday season...
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Stephen Carter
- Nov 30, 2018
- 3 min
What Fuels Sexual Violence and How Can We Stop It?
Note: You can listen to the "Safe Living Today" podcast episode for this blog post by clicking the audio player below. What fuels sexual...
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Kristin Miller, PhD, Psychologist, DCEP
- Oct 24, 2018
- 2 min
Bearing Witness To Heal Abuse
This is an exciting and hopeful time as people from all over the world are coming forward to bear witness about the abuse they have...
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John Freedom
- Oct 9, 2018
- 2 min
Nobel Peace Prize Spotlights Sexual Violence
Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad were recently awarded the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize. Murad is a Yazidi woman who was sold into sex slavery...
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Stephen Carter
- Oct 3, 2018
- 4 min
Domestic Violence Awareness Month: The Problem and Actions to Stay Safe
The audio podcast for this blogpost is at the end of the article. October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The scourge of...
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John Freedom
- Oct 3, 2018
- 3 min
"What boy hasn't done this in high school???"
Gina Sosa, a former Republican congressional candidate in Florida asked an interesting question live on CNN, in defense of Brett...
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John Freedom
- Sep 25, 2018
- 1 min
New film explores childhood sexual abuse
“The Tale” is a wrenching new film starring Laura Dern and Ellen Burstyn. Written by director Jennifer Fox about her relationship with a...
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Kristin Miller, PhD, Psychologist
- Sep 12, 2018
- 2 min
Burning Through the Barriers
The fires in Northern California burned through my community taking many homes and much of our green space. These devastating infernos...
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Kristin Miller, PhD, Psychologist
- Sep 10, 2018
- 2 min
What Is Recovery From Sexual Abuse?
September is National Recovery Month and that is what we are doing - recovering together from sexual abuse. What do we recover? Our deep...
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John Freedom
- Aug 24, 2018
- 1 min
Natural Tapping with Infants
An anecdote from one of my clients: My sweet baby grandson is 15 months old and after honeymooning in Hawaii with his folks and big...
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John Freedom
- Jun 15, 2018
- 2 min
Killing Ourselves
Many of us were shocked last week by the news that Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain had committed suicide. They were two “Beautiful...
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Stephen Carter
- Jun 11, 2018
- 2 min
Unfriendly Skies - 7 Actions to Stay Safe From Sex Assaults on Airplanes
The number of reported sexual assaults on airplanes is rising according to the FBI. This increase was highlighted in a recent official,...
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Stephen Carter
- May 25, 2018
- 3 min
Can a Stalker Find You Using Your Cellphone Location? Unfortunately, the Answer is “Yes” - Part of F
In a recent article in ZDNet, a leading technology publication, we see the headline, “US cell carriers are selling access to your...
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FREA Finding Recovery & Empowerment from Abuse
- Apr 27, 2018
- 1 min
Emotional First Aid Series: Calming Head Hold Technique
Today's Self-Care Technique is The Calming Head Hold Technique. Join in with the video below to practice this technique. FREA has created...
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FREA Finding Recovery & Empowerment from Abuse
- Apr 25, 2018
- 1 min
Emotional First Aid Series: Cook's Hook Up Technique
Today's Self-Care Technique is The Cook's Hook Up Technique. Join in with the video below to practice this technique. FREA has created a...
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FREA Finding Recovery & Empowerment from Abuse
- Apr 23, 2018
- 1 min
Emotional First Aid Series: Gamut Point Technique
Today's Self-Care Technique is The Gamut Point Technique. Join in with the video below to practice this technique. FREA has created a...
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FREA Finding Recovery & Empowerment from
- Apr 22, 2018
- 1 min
Change Trauma Brain
Our sister organization, Peaceful Heart, has added music to Tapping. Music is shown to improve our brains and help reduce PTSD and so has...
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FREA Finding Recovery & Empowerment from
- Apr 21, 2018
- 3 min
Why use Energy Techniques for Healing from sexual abuse trauma? part 3 of 3
Why use energy therapies??? Readers might ask “Why consider using an alternative, “unproven” technique like EFT or other energy...
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FREA Finding Recovery & Empowerment from Abuse
- Apr 20, 2018
- 1 min
Emotional First Aid Series: Blow Out Technique
Today's Self-Care Technique is The Blow Out Technique. Join in with the video below to practice this technique. FREA has created a...
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FREA Finding Recovery & Empowerment from
- Apr 19, 2018
- 3 min
Sexual Abuse Recovery Case Study #5 - Saying No to Sex After #metoo with EFT
For many of us, hope is what keeps us going forward in our healing journey. To be inspired regularly with stories of healing adds to our...
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