I recently listened to a podcast by Candice and Katie of Free Sex Podcast. Don’t let the name scare you away. They interviewed Dr. Dan Allender, author of The Wounded Heart: Hope for Adult Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse and his newly released Healing the Wounded Heart: The Heartache of...
Congratulations to Christina R.! And thank you to all who participated and helped raise awareness for Child Abuse Prevention Month! You’re the best!
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April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and it’s also Sexual Assault Awareness Month. To help raise awareness (and give you some goodies), I’ve got a whole month’s worth of happenings planned! You might want to get out your calendar and mark these dates so you don’t miss a thing! We’ll...
On a fine Saturday a few weeks ago, I participated in a tricounty library-sponsored author event. I was excited to be one of about seventy-five authors showing our books, talking to folks who stopped at our tables, and signing books for purchasers. I set up my half table with several...
Speak Your Silence is a nonprofit on a mission to conquer the stigma of child sexual abuse. Today, I’m interviewing founder, Matt Pipkin. Tell us about your present-day life—where you live, your family, etc. Who is Matt Pipkin? My wife, Ashley, and I live in downtown Boise, Idaho, which we...
Few people know all of the facts about sexual abuse—including me! As I researched for this blog post, I discovered facts that surprised me. Childhood sexual abuse can be an uncomfortable topic. Please don’t allow that discomfort to keep you from arming yourself with the facts. It’s difficult to prevent...
Why are some sexual abuse survivors seemingly able to recover, function, and even thrive as adults, while others have difficulty coping with the stressors of everyday life? It’s a question I’ve often contemplated in my own life. Some research estimates 20 to 40 percent (others 30 to 50 percent) of...
With as much as I know personally about childhood sexual abuse, and even as much as I’ve learned over recent years through reading and research, I was clueless that childhood sexual abuse can and does cause posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The first I’d ever heard of the connection was when...
