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Why Do We Live With Lies in Marriage?

February 15, 2013 By D. A. Wolf 25 Comments

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We’re fixated on infidelity, even entertained by it. But there are worse breaches of trust, unglamorous difficulties that stress and end marriages, problems our society tends to very badly.

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The Violence of Homelessness: A Young Male Survivor’s Story [Trigger warning]

January 27, 2013 By W.R.R. 9 Comments

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W.R.R. escaped his father’s child sex ring only to endure the horrors of homelessness: illness, starvation, and yet more sexual violence. How does this survivor find meaning in his life today?

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Some Thoughts on Forgiveness

December 28, 2012 By Rick Belden 23 Comments

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When it is possible at all, forgiveness is an ongoing, sacred process.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Health, Psych, & Addiction Tagged With: abuse, adult survivors of abuse, cycle of abuse, Families, Forgiveness, healing, neglect, survivors of abuse, trauma, violence

Don’t Give Up Your Life

December 14, 2012 By Rick Belden 8 Comments

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If your family will not be kind to you this holiday season, please: be kind to yourself.

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He Who Laughs Last: Ending the Cycle of Male Abuse

November 5, 2012 By Justin Cascio 13 Comments

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For comedian Billy Batz, Male Abuse Awareness Week is personal.

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A Neighborhood Boy with No Parents Around

September 5, 2012 By Brandon Ferdig 1 Comment

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Would you help a neighbor in need?

Filed Under: Ethics & Values Tagged With: after school, Boys, Community, ethics, home alone, latchkey kids, neglect, neighborhood, unsupervised children, values

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