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 […]
Myth Buster: You Must Love/Like Your (mean, maybe even narcissistic) Mother
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. […]
20 Life Lessons (From a life half lived)
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 […]
Lori’s Happiness List (The 15-ish Things You Need to Know)
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 […]
Mental Illness: When It’s a Family Affair (15 Observations and/or Best Practices)
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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