He makes everything new. This year, is a major shift year for me. How about you? Everything New I can't think of a more frightening thought. Change is hard, but for those of us who have had significant trauma, it's really hard. I like my sameness, my...
Sex trafficking causes pain in every case. Whether for a day or a decade, sex trafficking causes pain in a multitude of ways.Lasting PainFrom diseases to physical damage and the emotional trauma that comes with being purchased as an implement for the sexual pleasure of...
We live in a continuum of time. Our youthful indiscretions may have life long implications, or they might just make us smile. We all grow and develop major milestones in varying timeframes, because each of us is unique. We experience different environmental, genetic, ecological, nutritional,...
How do we use pain to promote healing? Frozen Shoulder Have you ever known anyone with frozen shoulder, a pinched nerve or an injury that required physical therapy? If you have gone through physical therapy you know how painful it is at the beginning. After a big...
Listen to survivors There are those in New Hampshire who would fully decriminalize prostitution. This would be disastrous, as it has been in other countries.Any government that wants to promote gender equality and prevent sexual exploitation cannot claim to fulfill these goals if it legally sanctions...
I do hope saying "Happy New Year!" doesn't offend anyone.All of those words are magnificent, especially if you have been ill for any length of time or if you have had a close brush with death. It can also be special to those who have...
Forgiveness is the very best Christmas gift. For those of us who have suffered significant trauma at the hands of people who should have been our caretakers, this seems like an impossible task. The core violation of long term child sexual abuse creates complex trauma. We...
Have you ever wanted to rewrite your life? Possibilities Unfortunately, it is not possible to rewrite our lives. Once it is lived, it cannot be relived. We live in a linear time continuum.Our past is past, however. That is good news. We can never take back spoken...
I risked my life for my treasure from sex trafficking. My Trauma I was groomed at 13 and sold for the first time on my 14th birthday. My trafficker was a man with a cue of girls in various stages of grooming or engagement in prostitution. He...
I wanted to rescue the puppy. Rescue I travel often and talk about human trafficking, the trauma of child sexual abuse and my experience with juvenile sex trafficking and coerced abortion. While traveling to Texas for my son's wedding, what should have been purely a pleasure trip...