Category: Writings
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5 life-changing keys to overcoming your fear
5 life-changing keys to overcoming your fear Published February 22nd, 2007 in Wealth, Relaxation, Personal Development and People Skills. What is stopping you from getting what you want in life? Your friends? Your family? A sense that failure – or success – might change your life and that feeling uncomfortable? A sense that the people…
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12 Steps for Overcoming Abuse
12 Steps for Overcoming Abuse Holly T. Hammershoy, M.Ed., Resident Therapist for The Center of Hope For Women, Newburyport 1) We admitted that we have worth and power. 2) We came to believe that we were not responsible for our abuse. 3) We made the decision to make a safe and healthy life for ourselves…
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What About The Men?
What About The Men? by: Rev. Dr. Marie M. Fortune Finally, maybe some good news: there are men who care about sexual and domestic violence. The Fathers’ Day Poll released by the Family Violence Prevention Fund reveals the following: · 2/3 of men know that sexual and domestic violence are common occurrences · 1/2 know…
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Why It’s So Hard To Leave
Helping A Victim Domestic violence, or “partner abuse,” affects the lives of millions of people. It’s been the subject of hundreds of books, magazine articles, movies, and television programs. We know that beating someone is a terrible thing. But beatings are only a part of what happens in domestic violence. And most of us find…
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The Gift of Love
The Gift of Love by Robert Sidell, Rev., J.D. What is the soul of love? In this world that we live we each search for love in a different way. One searches for it in a romantic relationship, another in friendship, another with family, and another in religion. But is there a kind of love…
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This Time
This Time by: Bethany Scaggs ©2007 Writtin for battered women everywhere You told me you loved me, I guess you must have lied. If you would have loved me, You wouldn’t have made me cry. You slammed me up against the wall, With your hands around my throat. So tight I couldn’t breathe, You watched…