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Every year, we celebrate Labor Day to acknowledge the value and rewards of hard work and commitment to one’s goals. As we relax and spend the day leisurely, we’re reminded of the American Dream that promises to reward hard work and dedication with a successful, financially stable, happy, and fulfilling life of plenty. But although the American Dream is a beacon of hope for people from around the...

WHY YOU SHOULD UNLEASH By Roger Lockridge Most of you reading this have probably heard by now that CDVA has released a new program called “COURAGE UNLEASHED: 45 Days to Being Invincible”. For those of you who may not know enough, allow me to provide a quick summary of what this landmark program is. The book “INVINCIBLE” that was originally published a few years ago was to reveal the TRUTHS that...

Conducted in the late 1990s, the landmark ACE Study is one of the most notable studies to closely examine the nature and long-term effects of childhood trauma. The ACE Study evaluated 17,000+ adults to determine the mental and physical impact on those who faced adversities in their childhood home. A number of unexpected and groundbreaking findings emerged from the study, which concluded that the...

The adversities children face in their childhood can permanently affect their brain’s biology and developing architecture and creates a permanent heightened state of stress in children. But this negative wiring can be offset through the development of caring, empathetic, supportive relationships that can halt and ever undo the damage. Toxic stress caused by major adversities in the formative...

The Founding Fathers believed everyone was “endowed by our creator with certain unalienable rights; among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” But, while every citizen in our country may have been “endowed” with these rights at birth, in reality, not everyone has the capacity to fully take advantage of them. Some are prevented from fully enjoying these rights because of the...

We’re thrilled to recognize the Oregon-based organization, Voices Set Free, as one of our most successful CDV TOOLKIT partners and our TOOLKIT Spotlight Partner for this month! We’re very proud and immensely grateful for the work they’ve done and continue to do in their community around the resources provided via our 2017 CDV TOOLKIT Distribution Campaign. Every new partner like Voices Set Free...

Did you grow up with Childhood Domestic Violence (CDV)? Haven’t told a soul about it, to this day? Maybe you aren’t ready to talk about it or feel people might judge you...Or maybe it’s just too difficult to talk about. Are you still struggling in life, unable to find answers, solutions, fulfillment, success…Maybe your efforts are often frustrated, you find yourself unable to trust others, you...

In 2014, my story was featured in the UNLOVED to LOVING Chapter (Chapter 11) of the Bestseller INVINCIBLE. Since then, my life has changed a lot and continues to change – most importantly as relates to my journey to unlearn the "UNLOVED" LIE and replacing it with the LOVING Truth. (For more about my story and my journey to overcome the LIES, you can view this video.) In the months and years that...

'My mom was on the ground. I remember being terrified and I didn’t know what to do,' she said."   Lucy (21) and her brother Mark (23) grew up with CDV and are now facing many of the negative effects that we know all too well. Lucy says she has experienced abusive relationships in adulthood, as we know CDV is the single best predictor of DV later in life. Mark was affected differently, developing...

"Everybody knew. But nobody said a thing." Screenwriter Katherine Fugate writes about the violence she experienced in her home growing up from her stepfather. Once he entered their home, he quickly began to abuse Katherine's mother, leaving lifelong scars behind for the entire family and forcing Katherine to often take the role of parent. The violence, and Katherine's role as caregiver, were...