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Fear Is a Shitty Address

May 17, 2012by Anne Caroline Drake Leave a comment

This tree with its twisted trunk stands where the Pacific Ocean meets the Strait of San Juan de Fuca, which divides the US and Canada.  I wanted to visit Neah […]

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Faith-Based Solutions to DV

Doris Buffett: Giving It All Away (Book Review + More)

November 1, 2011by Anne Caroline Drake 4 Comments

I am investing in people. – Doris Buffett What would you do if someone dropped hundreds of millions of dollars into your lap?  If you are like Doris Eleanor Buffett, […]

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Life Rafts

Virginia Woolf: £500 and A Room of Her Own

October 30, 2011by Anne Caroline Drake Leave a comment

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 […]

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Life Rafts

Martha Beck: Leaving the Saints (Book Review)

October 25, 2011by Anne Caroline Drake 1 Comment

You can recognize enlightenment because it always tastes of freedom. – Martha Nibley Beck, Ph.D. Martha Nibley Beck, Ph.D. is a frequent Oprah contributor and has written several books.  Leaving the […]

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Life Rafts

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

October 22, 2011by Anne Caroline Drake 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 […]

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Life Rafts

Shout Out: Anderson Cooper Is Shining a Spotlight on Abuse and the Power of Love

October 14, 2011by Anne Caroline Drake 4 Comments

The brain scan on the left is of a child nurtured in a healthy environment. The brain scan on the right is of a severely neglected child who had a variation of total global neglect (similar […]

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DV in the News

Happy Birthday, J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter!

July 31, 2011by Anne Caroline Drake Leave a comment

Joanne [Kathleen] Rowling is 46 years old today.  She is a survivor of domestic violence and a champion for single mothers.  She fled her abusive husband in Porto, Portugal in 1993 […]

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Life Rafts

J2J Day 11: Does Your Love Life Need a New GPS?

March 18, 2011by Anne Caroline Drake Leave a comment

Does your love life make you want to don your tennis shoes and bolt?  Do you wish Elizabeth Gilbert had written a different sequel to Eat, Pray, Love ~ one […]

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Journey to Joy (J2J)

J2J Day 10: Iyanla Vanzant on Oprah

February 16, 2011by Anne Caroline Drake 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 […]

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Journey to Joy (J2J)

J2J Day 9: Intention

February 2, 2011by Anne Caroline Drake Leave a comment

Lakeshore Drive in Chicago was impassable last night due to a record-setting blizzard.  The Weather Channel is reporting thunder snow. We have sunshine in Seattle.  It is time for me to […]

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Journey to Joy (J2J)

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