The answer is absolutely! Growing Up in a Violent Home Skews Your Sense of a Healthy Relationship Growing up in a home with domestic violence, one’s perception of a healthy, functional relationship becomes incredibly skewed. Instead of seeing adults who are...
“By channeling our energy towards something bigger than ourselves, we discover our own strength, and our energy comes back to us.” (from chapter 3 of my upcoming book). Sometimes the Best Thing You Can Do for Yourself is to Help Someone Else By transforming your...
How Many U.S. Children Are Affected by Childhood Domestic Violence Every year in the United States, around 5 million children live in homes where domestic violence is present. These children are not only directly exposed to conflict between caregivers but often bear...
Many Who Have Lived in Violent Homes Feel Alone and Unloved Even as Adults With Valentine’s Day just a day away, many children of domestic violence are painfully reminded of how alone and unloved they felt growing up. Many still do to this day, believing one of the...
People Reacted in a Lot of Different Ways to the Truth of My Childhood When I tell people that I grew up in a home where there was severe domestic violence, I get a few different reactions. For some, it’s pity – “Oh. poor you. How did you ever survive that?” For...
