Posted on April 5, 2015
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This is the title of a book I just started reading by Lundy Bancroft, a well-known therapist who specializes in working with women in domestic violence and/or abusive relationships. The title didn’t thrill me. It scared me, but the premise intrigued me. How do… Continue Reading “Should I Stay or Should I Go?”
Category: abuse in families, domestic violence, Healing, marriage, Moving Forward, relationships, therapy, Women's IssuesTags: abusive behavior in relationships, expectations in relationships, expecting too little in relationships, Lundy Bancroft, minimum requirements for a healthy relationship, qualities of a healthy relationship, Should I Stay or Should I Go
Posted on March 22, 2015
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I am trying to put meaning to my circumstances as they intensify, and they are intensifying. Every day is an adventure and not a good one. I don’t know what’s going to happen next with my husband, and each of my daughters has had… Continue Reading “Applying Meaning”
Category: abuse in families, encouragement, Moving Forward, relationships, therapy, Truth, Women's IssuesTags: applying meaning to suffering, differentiation, encouragement, preventing parental alienation, self-care, therapy, truth, women's identities
Posted on March 16, 2015
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I have been asked to write something about healing. Personal healing. How do we heal? I find that interesting seeing as how I’m in the middle of something of a healing crisis. I sat down a few months ago to try to write something. Simply… Continue Reading “The First Step in Healing”
Category: abuse in families, co-dependency, domestic violence, emotional abuse, Faith, Healing, mental health, relationships, therapy, Truth, Women's IssuesTags: abuse in families, boundaries, Christianity and domestic violence statistics, co-dependency, enabling abuse, narrative approach, Truth for healing, victim blaming
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 27, 2010
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As we continue to discuss Isabelle Taube’s article for Psychologies Magazine we are moving away how the media affects issues of body image for woman and into a more complex and difficult subject–family.
Category: Body Image, Fathers, Media, Mothers, Moving Forward, Uncategorized, Women's IssuesTags: body image, fathers, media, mothers, self-loathing
Posted on July 23, 2010
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As promised, we are continuing our journey into learning to like our bodies. In my earlier post, “See Yourself Differently”–Part I, I cited from an article with the same title written by Isabelle Taubes for Psychologies Magazine UK Edition. Because Psychologies Magazine does not… Continue Reading ““See Yourself Differently”–Part II”
Posted on July 19, 2010
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The media victimizes anyone–the famous, the rich, it doesn’t matter. Jennifer Love Hewitt is an example of a woman who was ravaged by the tabloid press as well as the blogosphere for simply wearing a bikini. Her response almost three years later is typical, but I question its long-term health and the impact it will have on her inner life. Is she a good example for other women?