Book Review: Blessed Are the Cheesemakers by Sarah-Kate Lynch
I think happiness can be found in the city or the country but that, wherever you are, you need someone to help you look for it, whether it’s a partner, […]
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FB Favorite: Sex Advice for Women
Oh, to have timely heard this bit of wisdom. I love sausage and have bought more than my fair share of pigs. . .literally and figuratively. . .puns intended. Yes, […]
Yippee, Skippy! Over a Half-Million Visitors to Navigating Uncharted Waters!
The neighborhood [in Scranton, PA] Bobby [Casey] and I were raised in. . . if a man raised his hand to a woman, you had the job to kick the […]
PTSD Antidote: Dr. Teal’s Epsom Salts & Bubble Bath
Who knew? I’ve been in PTSD hell since last June due to never-ending bureaucratic bullshit that should never, ever happen. But, it does. Hopefully, this ended on Monday, 4/14/14 ~ […]
It’s No More Week: March 17-21, 2014
No more silence. No more violence. Say it. Share it. Show it. NO MORE is an organization which was founded by survivors. These survivors are leveraging their corporate expertise to end […]
Inspiring Change: One Billion Rising on V-Day to No More on St. Pat’s
Five years ago on V-Day, 2009, I launched Navigating Uncharted Waters to inspire change. I hoped to inspire abuse survivors to break down the walls of silence and to shift […]
Inspiration: Self Care and Value
Abuse survivors are conditioned to dance to the narcissistic perpetrator’s tunes. The narcissist’s needs matter. Our needs don’t. Oh, hell to the NO! We can’t function properly if we don’t […]
Book Review: Still Life with Bread Crumbs by Anna Quindlen
Two books have changed the trajectory of my life. Ironically, both were written by Anna Quindlen: Black & Blue and Still Life with Bread Crumbs. Actually, Black & Blue changed the trajectory of […]
Wisdom of Nelson Mandela
Music can ignite the political resolve of those who would otherwise be indifferent. – Nelson Mandela Very early this morning, I watched the celebration of Nelson Mandela’s life on television. […]
Scrooge Is Alive and Well Again This Year
I love Bagley’s editorial cartoons in The Salt Lake Tribune. A huge shout-out to Sally Hayes for sharing this one on Facebook. Sadly, I’m one of the little people getting […]
Anne Caroline Drake 