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Miscarriage 101: Coping with Your Secret Grief

February 27, 2021

What to expect when you have a miscarriage: Image of a cross stitch sampler that says, "A person's a person, no matter how small."

by Josy (Tarantini) Hu Miscarriage is one of those words you don’t hear every day. Miscarriage doesn’t come up in casual conversation, or on social media, or in songs on the radio. So whether it’s because miscarriage is a private issue or merely because society has made it taboo, couples experiencing miscarriages tend to find […]

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Filed Under: Emotional Health, Family Tagged: coping with a miscarriage, D & C, D & E, dealing with a miscarriage, experiencing a pregnancy loss, grief after miscarriage, Losing a baby, losing a child, miscarriage, pregnancy loss, repeated miscarriages, what to expect when you miscarry

Boundaries 101 (aka: You shall not pass!)

June 26, 2020

Boundaries 101: Image of Gandalph saying You Shalll Not Pass

Who’s driving you crazy right now?  I can help. If you’ve read this blog for long, you know I’m a fan of boundaries: the concept and the book. In fact, in this blog post I ranked Boundaries #2 on my list of favorite nonfiction titles. It was my mother who taught me this concept.  As I […]

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Filed Under: Emotional Health, Personal Development Tagged: boundaries, mental health, mother daughter conflict, relationships

Protecting Your Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Quite possibly the most important project I’ve ever been a part of.)

April 15, 2020

Protecting Your Child: image of a girl with an iPad seated at a table

Question: How are you protecting your children during the pandemic situation we’re currently experiencing? During the pandemic, child abuse statistics have fallen. In West Virginia, and no doubt, all 50 states. You may think that’s a good thing. I did. But it’s not a good thing. Over half of all reports of child abuse are […]

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Filed Under: Raising Children, Sexual Abuse, Uncategorized Tagged: body safety, childhood sexual abuse, online safety, pandemic, protecting your children, wellness, West Virginia

Getting Laid Off: The Up Sides (There are at least 5.)

October 19, 2019

Getting Laid Off

Guest Post by Eva Steortz Getting laid off at any age is no fun. Yet from my experience, I can promise you there are truly incredible benefits possible from this major life disruption. Even if you are downsized from what you believe to be your dream job, life can absolutely continue to get better. Don’t believe […]

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Filed Under: Emotional Health, Life Tagged: benefits of getting laid off work, Eva Steortz, getting laid off, what to do when you get laid off, when you get laid off

My #1 Trick for Protecting Children from Sexual Abuse: Teach Them to Talk Sexy (sort of) and Defy Adults

October 11, 2019

Protecting children from sexual abuse

So this week, in the interest of protecting children from sexual abuse, I did a thing. I told my story—you know, the icky one—to a group of community care providers, many of them practicing counselors. My co-presenter was Robert Peters, President of SHIELD Task Force, Senior Cyber and Economic Crime Attorney with the National White […]

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Filed Under: Raising Children, Sexual Abuse Tagged: how can I protect my kids from sexual abuse, protecting children from sexual abuse, Shield Task Force, teach your kids anatomical names for their genitals

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