You might be a perfectionist and not even know it. Many of the people I know are. If you have suffered trauma or abuse at the hands of other people, there's a good chance you'll develop perfectionism as a way of gaining control.When people hurt...
There are more than seven risk factors, but I just want to elaborate on these for American families. In third world countries the main risk for child sex trafficking is family poverty, which affects the US too, but in different ways.Poverty is a problem in...
While that may be true during abuse or with a really bad headache, it is not true during your healing process from traumatic loss or abuse.It is like a tape that played in my head for so many years. I knew that if I cried,...
I was talking to my doctor yesterday and he asked if I’d had an injury that would cause my neck pain. I told him that I fought a rapist and my neck was hurt in the process. The rapist was one of the pimps that...
After years of abuse and many harrowing experiences, my adrenaline had worked over time, my coping skills were few and my ability to function in a structured environment was very limited.Our young family life was tumultuous. We moved every year, sometimes more than once in...
The shame and trauma of rape is not only compounded by abortion, it leaves women vulnerable to re-victimization. Recently, I read an article about religious leaders calling upon the US to fund abortion for ISIS and Boko rape victims. While you and I are drinking our...
Advocates are important, but without tangible help, words become a clanging cymbal and an irritation.I speak often about the value of every human life. I believe, with all my heart, that our Creator wants to have a personal relationship with each of us individually. We...
One of the silly movies I watch with my client is Galaxy Quest. The Characters are supposed to be a sci-fi cast that had an actual encounter with extraterrestrials. The aliens believe that the TV Shows that they received were actual historical records from earth.You...
I am on social media daily. This past week was a difficult week. Friends were posting about the couple that beat their precious three year old son to death over a period of three days because he refused his breakfast. The pictures recovered from the...