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Sherri Peak: Spotlight on Hi-Tech Stalking

October 9, 2011by Anne Caroline Drake 5 Comments

I think that this person believed that if I left him, that I deserved to die. I lived like a hostage. – Sherri Peak   Hi-tech devices are a stalker’s […]

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Life Rafts

Christina Aguilera’s Kaleidoscopic Life

October 7, 2011by Anne Caroline Drake Leave a comment

My voice was my escape. – Christina Aguilera   How do you describe someone like Christina Aguilera?  Her life is an evolving kaleidoscope.  She is very much a work in […]

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Catherine Lanigan: The Evolving Woman

October 3, 2011by Anne Caroline Drake Leave a comment

Catherine Lanigan I would like to believe that for each woman who picks up one of my books, if her life is in turmoil or chaos, something in the book […]

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Empowered Woman’s Playbook: Casting Yourself as Heroine

August 12, 2011by Anne Caroline Drake 1 Comment

  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, […]

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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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Baa-Baa, Black Sheep, Bye-Bye!

July 25, 2011by Anne Caroline Drake 3 Comments

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 […]

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Thank You: It Takes a Village to End Homelessness

July 14, 2011by Anne Caroline Drake Leave a comment

Sixth months ago today, I became homeless.  Three months ago today, I moved into my new home.  Sixth years ago today, my father passed away from a stroke.  Yesterday, I […]

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Homeless No More!

July 1, 2011by Anne Caroline Drake 5 Comments

First Sunset Thank you, dear readers, for your loyalty while I was AWOL.  Some of you may remember that my mother threw me under the bus on New Year’s Eve, […]

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J2J Day 14: Gospel for Teens in Harlem

April 5, 2011by Anne Caroline Drake 1 Comment

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 […]

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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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