The holidays are an exciting time filled with happiness and joy! Warm annual family traditions, and spending quality bonding time with friends. Or, are they? For many people, just the thought of entering a crowded room and carrying conversations can produce intense...
The month of April was declared Child Abuse Prevention Month by presidential proclamation in 1983. It is time to acknowledge the need for helping families and communities collaborate to prevent child abuse. “Whatever befalls the earth, befalls the children of...
“If there is light in the soul, there will be beauty in the person. If there is beauty in the person, there will be harmony in the house. If there is harmony in the house, there will be order in the nation, there will be peace in the world.” -CHINESE...
Trauma experienced in the lives of children and families forms one of the many threads that weave the cycle of trauma impact. Below is an illustration of this “Fabric of Trauma” which illustrates the tangled web of violence. Trauma begets trauma just as...
Addiction to alcohol and substances can happen to anyone but a crack does not mean you’re broken. Every new day is an opportunity for a fresh start through the recovery process. Today could be it for you. First thing, however, is to change your thinking. From the kind...
