Josh Powell: Why the Courts and Press Need to Wake Up About PAS Fathers

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What do parents at Carson Elementary School tell their children about the double-murder-suicide of Charlie (age 7) and Braden (age 5) Powell by their father Josh Powell? Charlie and Braden’s mother Susan Cox Powell has been missing since December 7, 2009.   According to Cox family attorney Steve Downing, Charlie recently shared what he remembered about … Read more

11-11-11: Wearing Purple & Free at Last

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  Tonight I’m celebrating my 400th post with Bitzie curled up next to me and wearing her purple.  We are celebrating the veteran survivors of wars fought with the terrorists in our own homes.   In October, I wrote 31 survivor stories and invited everyone to wear purple to express their commitment to end domestic … Read more

Karda$hian$: Enough Already!

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Somebody please explain to me the obsessive fascination with all things Kardashian!  Why would anybody want to celebrate the offspring of the guy who got O.J. off a double-murder rap? Yesterday, Kim announced ~ surprise, surprise ~ that her uber-hyped marriage lasted all of 72 days.  “Careful consideration” ~ gimme a break ~ wasn’t the … Read more

Virginia Woolf: £500 and A Room of Her Own

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A woman must have money and a room of her own. -Virginia Woolf, 1929 Why do women stay in violent relationships?  Money.  The gilded cage traps birds of all feathers.  Children who experience abuse and incest are trapped in that cage.  The life of a teenage run-away is dangerous.  Women with children often are trapped in … Read more

Dr. Christine McFadden: Love Dispensed Here

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Christine McFadden, DVM It was just to destroy me. – Dr. Christine McFadden She went out for a morning walk with her best friend, Amy Velasquez, and came home to find all four of her children brutally murdered.  How do you recover from this devastating loss? Dr. Christine McFadden is a veterinarian in Merced, CA.  She founded the thriving Valley … Read more

Robin Givens: Grace Will Lead me Home (Book Review + More)

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

Charlotte Fedders: Shattered Dreams (Book Review + More)

 John M. Fedders didn’t just shatter his wife’s dreams.  He shattered the dreams of the middle class.  He made it possible for the 1% on Wall Street to steal the money that the other 99% ~ the folks who live on Main Street ~ worked hard all their lives to earn. The protests against Wall Street greed … Read more

We Interrupt This Survivor Celebration to Protest Callous Indifference: Why 8 People are Dead in Seal Beach, CA

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    Eight people are dead.  Another is clinging to life.  It is National Domestic Awareness Month, but you wouldn’t know it because the media prefers the color pink. . .even though there are at least twice as many of us wearing the color purple.  We flat out don’t matter until somebody ends up dead. … Read more

Empowered Woman’s Playbook: Casting Yourself as Heroine

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  Storytelling is a critical part of effective advocacy. – Ruth Anne Robbins J.K. Rowling is the queen of writing a new script for her life.  While researching her story, I discovered Ruth Anne Robbins’ excellent article, “Harry Potter, Ruby Slippers and Merlin:  Telling the Client’s Story Using the Characters and Paradigms of the Archetypal … Read more

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