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....
By Brian F. Martin, Author of INVINCIBLE Sadness is Devastating, but the Ways We Cope with it Can Harm Us As devastating as sadness can feel, so many people cannot even begin to touch or connect with it at times, much less begin overcoming it. A defensive numbness...
