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5 Things to be Angry About
It’s good to be angry! If you are not angry at intolerable evil, you will never have the motivation to do something about it. It’s good to be angry! If you are not angry at intolerable evil, you will never have the motivation to do something about it.
Here are some things I hope each of us is angry about: Continue reading
Posted in Emotional and Mental Health
Tagged attitude, change, choice, domestic violence, links, responsibility
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When Only Tears Will Do
Last weekend I was around plenty of tears. This time they were not mine, but those of other women sharing their stories.
I had been invited to be part of a conference on domestic violence, addressing the emotional, physical, legal, and spiritual aspects of this terrible reality. During the final session the participants were invited to say whatever they wished, and they started sharing their stories.
And they cried! Continue reading
Posted in Emotional and Mental Health, Family and Personal, Uncategorized
Tagged abuse, domestic violence, healing, spiritual, women
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Faster, Higher, Stronger: Your Gold-Medal Run
The 2012 Olympic Games in London have just come to an end. For these two weeks every two years I spend more time watching sports on TV than probably the entire two years between them.
Names like Michael Phelps, Usian Bolt, Gabby Douglas, Missy Franklin, Oscar Pistorius, and others are now household words around the world. There’s something about the Olympic Games that draws us in. Continue reading
End Domestic Violence Conference
Violence hurts. And when violence is perpetrated by those closest to you, it hurts even more.
I’ve seen the effects of domestic violence in the patients I care for as a doctor. I’ve seen it among my extended family. I’ve seen it with the individuals I speak to on the radio and as a minister.
And it needs to stop! Continue reading
Posted in Programs and Events, Resources and Links, Uncategorized
Tagged abuse, domestic violence, healing, resources, spiritual, women
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