Having Someone
When you are a survivor having someone who believes you and supports you is gold. Finding at least one person who stands by you and supports you it’s almost indescribable. For some...
20
Nov
People
15
Jul
Telling your children
When deciding to inform your children about your childhood sexual abuse, it's important to approach the conversation with care, taking into account their age, emotional maturity, and ability to comprehend...
22
May
Self-Sabotage
What does it even mean, and where does it stem from? It sounds quite intellectual, but it’s not. It’s basically when we do things that block our success and prevent good things...
30
Nov
Surviving Xmas
Sometimes for survivors, Xmas can feel traumatic, anxiety provoking and a sense of dread can descend. I know that for some of us, the worst of experiences occurred over this timeframe.
31
Oct
Broken Pieces
Sometimes as survivors we feel like we are made of broken pieces. Seeing a glass fall to the floor and shatter, noticing the shards lying on the floor
27
Jun
Boundaries
Whether we know it or not, we have boundaries with every single person we interact with. We decide who we let into our inner circle, outer circle or not at...
29
May
Keeping the Secret
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fhS8LF5nAo This youtube video is invaluable in explaining why adult survivors of child sexual abuse struggle to speak out. A very informative and powerful watch. Children who are sexually abused are told...
17
May
Celebration
Three years ago I began the journey of writing this book 'On Angels Wings - My flight from trauma to grace', and now it is done. Its here people, therefore...
23
Feb
Impact
Sometimes we have no idea of the impact we have. Sometimes we can tell straight away, we’ve just got it wrong, and other times we have no idea. We don’t...
16
Feb
Endings
The problem with things ending is that they don’t check in with us first. If they had bothered, they would find we’re not interested right now, thanks anyway. We like...
01
Feb
Kindness
I think kindness is underestimated, it has a power beyond what we could possibly imagine and an impact that spreads far and wide. Many people practice it without giving it a...
17
Dec
Tolerance
I’m not sure I like tolerance very much, probably because I overdo it. A bit of a default position of mine that leaves me feeling taken advantage of and then...