Posted on June 1, 2019
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I don’t think I’ve ever gone this long without posting. For what it’s worth, I’m almost ready to move from the Twin Cities to the Bay Area. This has been a daunting task requiring maximum effort. So much good has come from the endless… Continue Reading “Expanding Your Life: Unearthing Negative Core Beliefs”
Category: Complex PTSD, Healing, human trafficking, mental health, Moving Forward, personal development, PTSD, sex trade, traumaTags: an intentional life, Complex PTSD, healing process, human trafficking, narrative approach, negative core beliefs, personal development, torture and human trafficking, trauma
Posted on March 11, 2015
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I had my third therapy session yesterday. My therapist decided to make a client-centered approach part of my treatment plan. I bristled at that. I’ve never progressed in a client-centered therapeutic environment. What? Just sit there and talk about what’s bothering me? I could… Continue Reading “Categorizing Behaviors”
Category: abuse in families, domestic violence, emotional abuse, mental health, sex trade, therapyTags: abuse, abusive behavior in relationships, crazymaking, domestic abuse, human trafficking, Resiliency Spectrum, therapy, validation
Posted on January 27, 2015
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I want to recommend a book. I also want to be careful in how I go about recommending it. I wrote at least a year ago that I questioned how the Church at large would be able to handle a hypothetical influx of emancipated… Continue Reading “A Sea Change”
Category: Christianity, Community, Evangelical church, God, Healing, human trafficking, Jesus, Judaism, sex, sex trade, Sexual Abuse, Women's IssuesTags: central message of Christianity vs. Christian culture, Christian culture, Christianity and domestic violence statistics, human trafficking, sex, sexual healing after sexual abuse, sexuality and Christian culture
Posted on July 10, 2013
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I’ve been thinking about sex. I have a lot of questions about sex. I’ll explain. The cause du jour right now in both sacred and secular circles is human trafficking. Celebrities from both spheres are jumping on the sexual slavery bandwagon, waving “Stop Slavery”… Continue Reading “The Second Emancipation Proclamation”
Category: Christianity, Evangelical church, Healing, human trafficking, PTSD, sex, sex trade, Sexual AbuseTags: American Christian culture and sexuality, human trafficking, human trafficking and PTSD, judgment in the church, sex, sexual abuse, sexual healing after sexual abuse, sexual slavery, the church and unwillingness to discuss sexuality, the church experience
Posted on December 10, 2011
by MJ
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When you are giving your gifts this year, please consider these women and children: An estimated 2 million children are enslaved and abused in the global commercial sex trade — most of them girls. Many children are sold into prostitution to pay off family… Continue Reading “The Least of These…”