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Sep 11, 2018
2 min

Why starting each day with love and gratitude is so important

No matter how bad it gets or how dark you feel, you can always find something to be grateful for. Hey, you’re still alive, right? You’re ...

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Svava Brooks

Apr 16, 2018
4 min

The turning point in my healing journey

Something that helped me immensely on the healing journey was to get educated about the manifestation of trauma and the impact that abuse ha

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You Have To Educate Yourself If You Really Want to Help Children

Svava Brooks

Apr 12, 2018
3 min

You Have To Educate Yourself If You Really Want to Help Children

Let me ask you a question. How would you react if you discovered a trusted relative was sexually abusing a child in your family? Or maybe

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Pam Congdon

Mar 15, 2018
2 min

A New Year - A New PURPOSE!

Leaders of Restore Hope have the same life experiences you do, but we have a a passion and PURPOSE we want to offer and share with others to

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Pam Congdon

Mar 15, 2018
1 min

Imagine

IMAGINE . . . . . It’s easy if you try . . . . . a different world with healthy, happy children . . . . . . . we don’t want to see them cry!

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Becoming the Parent Your Inner Child Needed

Svava Brooks

Feb 28, 2018
3 min

Becoming the Parent Your Inner Child Needed

What does becoming the change you want to see in the world look like? So many victims of child abuse and trauma are stuck because they don&

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Sports Organizations: Reduce risk of abuse to athletes and avoid potential multi-million-dollar laws

CHRISTY HEISKALA

Mar 15, 2017
4 min

Sports Organizations: Reduce risk of abuse to athletes and avoid potential multi-million-dollar laws

Predators deliberately seek employment and volunteer positions where they will gain the trust of kids, their parents and everyone around the

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L.L. Conrad

Mar 14, 2017
4 min

"An obligation to do more..."

As L.L. Conrad, I write contemporary romance novels that focus on less than popular themes of our time. Mental health issues are featured if

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CHRISTY HEISKALA

Sep 20, 2016
3 min

Do you Google yourself?

I suggest googling your name, your significant other’s name and your kid’s names no less than once every six months. You would be surprised

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Pam Congdon

May 14, 2016
4 min

Conspiracy of Silence

Too many of us really don't know what to do about child sexual abuse. We hear about it almost every day on the news, and even though we

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Pam Congdon

May 13, 2016
3 min

Just one step at a time

My childhood has been filled with joy and pain, some of that pain was from being sexually abused during my childhood. This has helped build

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Randy Ellison

May 11, 2016
3 min

Post Traumatic Growth: A New Direction

We’ve all heard of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. It refers to changes in the brain and our functioning after an experience of extreme trau

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