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Bearing Witness While Prioritizing Yourself
Helpful tools for anyone bearing witness to stories of suffering—real life or fiction.
Looking Ahead to 2016
As we begin 2016, we reflect on all that we have accomplished in the last year, and what lies ahead.
After St. George’s: Responding Differently, Together
The revelation this week about decades of unaddressed sexual abuse and assault at a New England school offers some important reminders about the power of community.
1in6 Thursday: Present for the Holidays
Many of us adults who have experienced childhood sexual abuse and other traumas find ourselves with confused feelings as we’re confronted with holiday promises of joy, connection and good will, which may run contrary to our memories of our own childhoods.
1in6 Thursday: Doing It Alone
"What helped you the most in your healing?" a radio host asked me. "Two people listened when I told them," I said without hesitating. "They didn't condemn or belittle me."
A message from Mariska and Maile: Moving Forward, With You
Your commitment, courage and determination inspire us to push ever onward on the path toward lasting change, and we are deeply grateful.
1in6 Thursday: Becoming a Village
We’ve heard it takes a village to raise a child. In a way, these men, by connecting with each other, are recreating the network of support and nurturance idealized in the image of that protective village, which for so many men was unavailable in their own childhoods
1in6 Thursday: Victim/Survivor vs. Survivor/Thriver
The piece that I am having trouble with is that my safe space is a place in my mind where no one can reach me, and I am alone there.
1in6 Thursday: Hope for the Holidays
I realize now I’d been unknowingly recovering for years before I acknowledged to myself that the unwanted sexual interactions I’d had with my parish priest were abusive.
Gifts that Give Back: 5 Gifts That Support Survivors of Violence This Holiday Season
This holiday season, give in more ways than one.