By Brian F. Martin, Author of INVINCIBLE  Childhood Adversity Teaches Us to Feel Guilt at Inappropriate Times When you grow up experiencing adversity in childhood, there are a variety of related impacts. GUILT is a common LIE you learn to believe. But it loses its...

By Brian F. Martin, Author of INVINCIBLE  Childhood Domestic Violence Teaches Us the Lies that We're Unloved and Unlovable When you grow up experiencing childhood adversity, and particularly Childhood Domestic Violence (CDV), you often learn the LIE that you’re...

By Brian F. Martin, Author of INVINCIBLE  Experiencing Childhood Domestic Violence Doesn't Mean You Have Any Less of a Right to Be Free On Memorial Day, as we honor those who gave their lives to protect the fundamental premise our nation was founded on – that we as...

By Brian F. Martin, Author of INVINCIBLE  Adverse Childhood Experiences like CDV Can Make Us Self-Conscious Have you ever wondered why so many people who experienced adversity in childhood inevitably grow up feeling ugly, self-conscious, and insecure? Here, we explore...

By Brian F. Martin, Author of INVINCIBLE  CDV Can Make Mother's Day Hard for Some of Us Today, on Mother’s Day, as many celebrate the special woman who gave them life, not all find cause for celebration. Instead, for some who grew up living with domestic violence, it...

By Brian F. Martin, Author of INVINCIBLE  CDV Teaches Us the Lie of Hopelessness We may learn many intense lies if we experience adversity in our childhood homes – lies that perpetuate powerful negative emotions like anger, depression, and resentment that can fuel...

By Lisa Floyd* Childhood Domestic Violence Made Me Feel Like I Was Alone If you grow up living with domestic violence, your first assumption is that no one understands and that everyone is trying to hurt you. You often overreact. You get upset easily. It feels like...

By Brian F. Martin, Author of INVINCIBLE  Adverse Childhood Experiences Can Lead to Isolation and Distrust No one would fault a person who experienced adversity in their childhood home for believing that opening up to others can be risky. The people they should have...

By University Herald Adverse Childhood Experiences Can Have Serious Health Consequences A new statistical analysis of the national survey for children's health revealed a robust association between experiencing childhood adversity and developing asthma. Another...

By Brian F. Martin, Author of INVINCIBLE Adverse Childhood Experiences Can Lead to Anger Many people who grew up experiencing adversities in childhood believe the LIE that ANGER gives us control, when, in fact, it is the exact opposite – it leads to loss of control....