Diane Tarantini

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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

Myth Buster: You Must Love/Like Your (mean, maybe even narcissistic) Mother

September 27, 2019

I’m here to give you permission to not like your mother. If she’s mean. Or worse.  I know. I know. It sounds like heresy to say you don’t like your mom, but let’s be honest. Some of you were born to a mother, perhaps an abusive and/or narcissistic mother, who has absolutely earned your contempt. […]

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Filed Under: Emotional Health, Family Tagged: mean mothers, narcissistic mother, toxic mothers

20 Life Lessons (From a life half lived)

September 6, 2019

My grad school friend Lori’s Happiness List, a guest blog post a few weeks back, was so thought-provoking (not to mention, popular), I made my own list. And since my 51st birthday is looming on the horizon—again—I thought this would be a good time to reveal my list of life lessons. Life Lesson #1: Cheaper […]

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Filed Under: Emotional Health, Life Tagged: lessons to live by, life lessons, rules of life, wisdom

Lori’s Happiness List (The 15-ish Things You Need to Know)

August 9, 2019

Guest post by Lori Livesay When Diane asked me to write something for her blog, I was excited by the opportunity. She asked if I had something lying around that could be polished or updated to become a guest-blog post, but actually, I was hoping the offer would prompt me to write something new. It’s […]

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Filed Under: Emotional Health, Life Tagged: happiness list, life list, list of things to live by, things that make you happy

Mental Illness: When It’s a Family Affair (15 Observations and/or Best Practices)

July 12, 2019

For years, I had no idea what was wrong with my mother. That she’d been diagnosed with a mental illness: manic-depression (Known today as Bipolar Disorder.). Ashamed of her condition, Mom told no one. My father stayed silent on the topic as well, not clueing my brothers and me in on her condition. No doubt […]

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Filed Under: Aging Parents, Emotional Health Tagged: how to help a loved one with mental health problems, Mental illness, when a family member is mentally ill

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