Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on October 30, 2011 · 2 Comments
Your thoughts create your life. – Louise L. Hay Louise L. Hay recently celebrated her 85th birthday with 400 friends and colleagues. She survived childhood rape and incest; child abuse, neglect and abandonment; teenage pregnancy; dating violence; and cervical cancer. She was a high-fashion model who married prosperous English businessman Andrew Hay and met royalty and dined at the White … Read more
Filed under Life Rafts · Tagged with abuse recovery, books, child abuse, dating abuse, domestic violence, emotional abuse, Empowering Women, emPOWERment, faith-based response to DV, Hay House, Louise L. Hay, Mark Oppenheimer, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, New York Times, Oprah, SARK, self-care, self-healing, self-help, sexual abuse, sexual molestation, Therapy, You Can Heal Your Life
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on October 25, 2011 · 3 Comments
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Our color is purple. On Friday, October 28, I will hope you will join me in wearing purple. The idea for Dress to Express your commitment to end domestic violence was created by Between Friends, a shelter in Chicago, IL. My hope is that Dress to Express will go global. Between Friends … Read more
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Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on October 22, 2011 · 1 Comment
Use your smile to change the world, don’t let the world change your smile! – Robin Simone Givens “Amazing Grace” is the theme of Robin Given’s compelling memoir, Grace Will Lead Me Home. Her maternal grandmother, Grace Turner Newby Scott, was amazing grace personified and a true phenomenal woman. She had deep faith and strength of … Read more
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Save lives. . .save families. . .save our country. – Dave Reichert Abuse survivors learn early to watch what people do rather than what they say. Integrity and strength of character are revealed in a person’s actions. This is why I am endorsing Rep. Dave Reichert (R-WA) again. He consistently reaches across the aisle … Read more
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Cheryl Burke Find your passion. Once you do, nothing can stop you. – Cheryl Burke Dancing with the Stars champion and entrepreneur Cheryl Burke is a survivor of childhood sexual molestation and dating abuse. She has recounted her experiences in chapter five of her memoir Dancing Lessons: How I Found Passion and Potential on the Dance … Read more
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Red sky in the morning, Sailors, take warning. Red sky at night, Sailors’ delight. Bitzie woke me up this morning to see this beautiful sunrise. The forecast today is for stormy seas in the Pacific Ocean. So, there’s some truth to this ancient mariner’s verse. And, I think there’s a bit of a link to the … Read more
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on February 21, 2011 · 4 Comments
Silenced. Too often, domestic violence victims reach out for help, but can’t get the aid they need before it’s too late. – Rikki King The Daily Herald This is the headline and photo that stopped me cold in Freddie’s (Fred Meyer, a division of Kroger) yesterday. It was on the front page of … Read more
Filed under DV Research and Statistics · Tagged with Daily Herald, dating abuse, domestic violence, domestic violence prevention, domestic violence statistics, family court reform, Mark Roe, pit bull abusers, Rikki King, safety plan, Snohomish County Washington, University of Washington, Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on February 21, 2011 · 12 Comments
Victims shouldn’t have to die to get help. – Karen M. Welch 3.4 million people are stalked each year. 80% of domestic violence victims have been stalked before they are murdered. Karen M. Welch and criminal psychologist Dr. Michelle Ward are stalking survivors who are making a difference. Bravo! Ms. Welch was stalked for 12 years until her stalker … Read more
Filed under Life Rafts · Tagged with activist, Barack Obama, Brian Sullivan, dating abuse, domestic violence, Dr. Michelle Ward, Henry Schleiff, Investigation Discovery, Karen M. Welch, pit bull abusers, Ross Yenisey, safety plan, stalking, Stalking Awareness Month, Stalking: Someone's Watching
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on February 16, 2011 · 2 Comments
I was on Oprah today. OK. Blink. You missed me. Several times. I was in the audience for almost all of Iyanla Vanzant’s twenty-two appearances on Oprah. I vividly recall the Maundy Thursday in 1998 when Oprah struggled to pronounce Iyanla’s name correctly prior to the start of taping. I was in the audience because I had … Read more
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Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on December 19, 2010 · 2 Comments
Yes, I know. I’m about the last person in the United States to be on Facebook. I needed for Facebook to get better with privacy issues before it was safe for me to be out there. It shocks the hell out of me to discover that I’m exceedingly well-connected with just 10 friends so far. … Read more
Filed under Journey to Joy (J2J) · Tagged with abuse of power, abuse recovery, dating abuse, domestic violence, emPOWERment, Facebook, Frank Fitzsimmons, Online Communities, pit bull abusers, Privacy, Rita Anita Linger, safety plan, Social Networking
