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I’m Going to be Somebody By Marcus Laster

I’m Going to be Somebody By Marcus Laster

By Marcus Laster, Guest Blogger

“I’m going to escape.” “I’m going to be somebody.”

I whispered these words as a boy while clutching my ears and squeezing my eyes shut in an attempt to drown out the noise and

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Transforming the Anger You Learn From Growing Up with Domestic Violence

Transforming the Anger You Learn From Growing Up with Domestic Violence

By Brian F. Martin

* During the writing of INVINCIBLE, contributor Nick used the pseudonym “Adam” 

When we learn that ANGER is the natural and expected response to most life situations, we not only accept our own anger – we

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Discover the LOVE You May Have Lacked In Your Childhood Home

Discover the LOVE You May Have Lacked In Your Childhood Home

By Brian F. Martin

Valentine’s Day is a holiday when we show our love for others and receive their love in return.  But, if you grew up experiencing adversity in your childhood home, such as Childhood Domestic Violence, you

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Campbell’s Story

By C. Campbell

One year ago December I packed my three boys in my car and drove cross country from California to Florida not knowing were I was going or how I would get there. Just knowing were I was

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Traditional Holidays After a Non-Traditional Childhood

Traditional Holidays After a Non-Traditional Childhood

By Brian F. Martin

Are you growing up in a home or did you grow up in a home where you faced adversities? Because if you experienced adversities like physical abuse, Childhood Domestic Violence, emotional abuse, neglect, or any

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Muyesser’s Story

By Muyesser

Hi , my name is Muyesser, a child, teen, woman never survived.

There was blood on the walls, and broken furniture, three of us in different corners of the room terrified, frozen, mom could not fight back, we

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3 Tips to Overcome the LIE of SADNESS You Learned from CDV

3 Tips to Overcome the LIE of SADNESS You Learned from CDV

By Brian F. Martin

Many people who grew up with domestic violence in their childhood home become lost to depression or to a pervading SADNESS that prevents them from reaching their full potential in adulthood. That sadness is a very

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Symone’s Story

Symone’s Story

“Sharing my story in INVINCIBLE was the beginning of a new journey into myself. I know through being vulnerable and opening up to you, that we both are healed.”

As a child, I believed many of the LIES children of

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Strength In Numbers By Stephanie March

Strength In Numbers By Stephanie March

By Stephanie March, Guest Blogger

When I was a kid, my parents went through an incredibly nasty divorce. So much anger and hostility was displayed between them that it left me scrambling to be the peacemaker. I quickly learned

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Unravel the LIE of FEAR and Apply the TRUTH of CONFIDENCE Daily

Unravel the LIE of FEAR and Apply the TRUTH of CONFIDENCE Daily

We’re all aware of the cliché that there’s nothing to fear but fear itself. Any person who experienced adversity in childhood, however, would beg to differ. We each discovered all too well the many things there are to fear. But

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