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Child Sexual Abuse

Protecting Your Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Quite possibly the most important project I’ve ever been a part of.)

Question: How are you protecting your children during the pandemic situation we’re currently experiencing? During the pandemic, child abuse statistics have fallen. In West Virginia, and no doubt, all 50 states. You may think that’s a good thing. I did. But it’s not a good thing. Over half of all reports of child abuse are

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Personal Development

Money Matters 101 (aka 17+ Ways to Get Your Bucks in a Row)

Money matters. You know it. I know it. Now what are you going to do about it? You can do what I did and read a boatload of blog posts on money matters. Like this one I wrote a while back. Or you can just keep reading this post. Because I’m going to give you

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Uncategorized

(Breast) Cancer: An Insider’s Account

Guest Post by Shari Kellems This is honest. And probably a bit dark. It’s been three years yesterday since I had surgery for cancer round 2, so it’s been on my mind. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I. Hate. It. The world pukes up pink, I suppose to show support and solidarity to those

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Fundamentalism
Family

Fundamentalism (It’s not just for religion anymore.)

The Fundamentals of Fundamentalism Many folks associate “fundamentalism” with religion. As in this definition from dictionary.com: “a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts, especially within American Protestantism and Islam.” Recently I heard an interesting theory. That the term “fundamentalism” can actually refer to several subject areas, not

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Getting Laid Off
Life

Getting Laid Off: The Up Sides (There are at least 5.)

Guest Post by Eva Steortz Getting laid off at any age is no fun. Yet from my experience, I can promise you there are truly incredible benefits possible from this major life disruption. Even if you are downsized from what you believe to be your dream job, life can absolutely continue to get better. Don’t believe

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Protecting children from sexual abuse
Child Sexual Abuse

My #1 Trick for Protecting Children from Sexual Abuse: Teach Them to Talk Sexy (sort of) and Defy Adults

So this week, in the interest of protecting children from sexual abuse, I did a thing. I told my story—you know, the icky one—to a group of community care providers, many of them practicing counselors. My co-presenter was Robert Peters, founder of SHIELD Task Force, Senior Cyber and Economic Crime Attorney with the National White

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Life

A Travel Log of Iceland: Ice, Ice(land) Baby

On September 7, 2019, 10 ladies flew over the Atlantic Ocean to see what they could see. In Iceland. Joan’s Perspective:  Never has a country been more aptly named than Iceland, the land of fire and ice. Both extremes were beautifully evident at every location we traveled. It is a land of extremes and of contradictions. The heated

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Life

20 Life Lessons (From a life half lived)

My grad school friend Lori’s Happiness List, a guest blog post a few weeks back, was so thought-provoking (not to mention, popular), I made my own list. And since my 51st birthday is looming on the horizon—again—I thought this would be a good time to reveal my list of life lessons. Life Lesson #1: Cheaper

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