Book Review: The Prayer Box
The trouble with drowning in the mess of your own life is that you’re not in any shape to save anyone else. You can’t be a lighthouse when you’re underwater […]
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Book Review: House of Peine (Daughters) by Sarah-Kate Lynch
It’s summer! I invite you to join Sarah-Kate Lynch as she transports us to the Champagne region of France. The House of Peine evoked blissful memories of celebrating the harvest and my […]
Walter Anderson: A Semper Fi Life
The Marine Corps convinced me that I could do anything. – Walter Anderson Semper Fidelis is Latin for “always faithful.” It is the Marine Corps motto. Walter Anderson is […]
Baa-Baa, Black Sheep, Bye-Bye!
Dysfunctional families love to have their black sheep ~ the scapegoat ~ someone who is sacrificed to the wolf to protect the flock from its own internal shizza. Oprah was […]
J2J Day 14: Gospel for Teens in Harlem
Vy Higginsen Be proud of the fact that you are survivors. . .It’s victorious. – Vy Higginsen Gospel for Teens was on 60 Minutes on Sunday evening. Vy Higginsen, a […]
Tyler Perry: “It’s going to be all right.”
I died as a child. – Tyler Perry Tyler Perry can’t bear to look at this photo of himself as a 6-year old boy. The abuse he experienced was so […]
Kate’s Couch Session One: Midsummer’s Eve
My first session with Kate was appropriately on Midsummer’s Eve: the day of women’s empowerment. I knew instantly that I was in the right place when she said her role […]
Alice Miller: Breaking Down the Wall of Silence
Alice Miller was born in 1923. She received her PhD from the University of Basle and worked as a psychotherapist in Zurich, Switzerland for 20 years. Since 1980, she has been the intellectual warrior leader for abused children around the world.
Her initial motivation was to understand Adolph Hitler. She believes there is a direct link between child abuse/domestic violence and world peace. To this end, enlightened/helping witnesses are the key.
Anne Caroline Drake 