Posted on June 17, 2018
by MJ
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If you are new to my blog, I will bring you up to speed. In January 2017 I enrolled in 4-year graduate degree program in order to specialize in Traditional Chinese Medicine and integrative medicine. A month after I began my program, a man… Continue Reading “Meet the Parents”
Posted on June 13, 2018
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I feel like I’m writing installments for a weird soap opera–“Tune in today for the continuation of the saga. Will there be an investigation? Will the administration give up their lazy ways and comply with Title IX? Will there still be a hearing? What… Continue Reading “What’s Behind Victim-Blaming?”
Category: advocacy, blame, harassment, human trafficking, self-advocacy, Women's IssuesTags: discrimination, gender-based discrimination, Office of Civil Rights, sexual harassment, social justice, victim blaming
Posted on June 11, 2017
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I learned something new this week. Well, I should say that I relearned something old, and it resonated as if it were new. It’s worth sharing. There is a phenomenon that almost everyone seems to experience, at some point, after surviving something bad that… Continue Reading “Between Blame and Uncertainty”
Category: anxiety, blame, domestic abuse, encouragement, Faith, Healing, Moving Forward, Recovery, therapyTags: blame, Living with uncertainty, narrative, Recovery, self-blame, stigma and trauma, therapy, victim blaming
Posted on January 21, 2017
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I want to address something that inevitably comes up during the healing process after a break-up or divorce particularly if your ex-partner was not a very nice person. What do I mean by ‘not nice’? Well, my marriage ended for many little reasons much… Continue Reading “The Disgust Cycle in Healing”
Category: divorce, domestic violence, encouragement, personal development, shame, therapy, traumaTags: divorce, divorce and judgment, domestic abuse, internalized disgust, Recovery, Resiliency Spectrum, shame, victim blaming
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