THE WELL-ARMORED CHILD – the book that is being hailed as the “definitive child safety manual” – is on sale for only 99 cents (YAY!) for the Kindle and Nook. You can get the Kindle version here. The Nook version is available by clicking here. In the book, you can learn age-specific tools and strategies to…Continue reading The Well-Armored Child – FLASH SALE!
For free on Amazon, that is! The Power of Responsibility: Six Decisions That Will Help You Take Back Happiness and Create Unlimited Success—based on my TEDxPasadenaWomen talk—is now available. And the best part is that it’s free! Download it here. This short (under 2-hour) read blossomed from how I learned to use the power of responsibility…Continue reading The Power of Responsibility is yours …
**Listen to the StoryCorps interview here** A clergy abuse survivor, former nun, Catholic elementary school principal, lesbian, gay rights activist, competitive ballroom dancer, and author all walk into a bar … The “crowd” is just one person: Mary Dispenza. Her story is compelling—rich and complex in the relationships between how our society views sexuality, the…Continue reading Mary Dispenza: Split and the search for authentic self
*** UPDATE! THE BOOK IS FREE ON AMAZON RIGHT NOW! YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT HERE**** *** BUT ACT SOON! IT WON’T BE FREE FOR LONG! *** You can’t afford to miss this awesome offer … but you have to let me know you want it. This is not a secret or a special deal. The…Continue reading New book based on blockbuster TEDx Talk is yours for FREE
The next time someone tells you that “Pope Francis is different” when it comes to child sexual abuse, invite that person to think about this: If you steal a few Vatican documents and expose corruption, you WILL go to Vatican jail. From today’s LA Times The books, both by Italian journalists, are based on leaks from…Continue reading Heaven forbid you abscond with the paperwork …
Click here for my interview with Larry Mantle of KPCC’s AirTalk. We discuss the Cosby cases, statutes of limitations, and helping victims expose abuse.
This book should be required reading for every parent, teacher, and youth athletic coach. The information in this book can protect children from childhood sexual abuse. Read the whole review.
The Well-Armored Child is here and available for purchase! It’s been a long wait, but the day has come. Click here to purchase what reviewers are calling “smart and well-written” and “the most important parenting book you will ever own.” The Well-Armored Child gives parents the tools and strategies to understand how predators…Continue reading The wait is over!
The Well-Armored Child: A Parent’s Guide to Preventing Sexual Abuse is ALMOST HERE! Enter NOW by clicking the link below or visiting Goodreads to win your free signed copy. Well … the contest starts April 12 and closes the day the book is released: September 15. So be sure to enter on August 12. Spread…Continue reading Goodreads Signed Book Giveaway!
Relationships are brutal, honest, naked, and charged—few more so than those between women who are brave enough to trust each other beyond small talk and social niceties. Lisa Lutz (author of The Spellman series) in her latest novel HOW TO START A FIRE, creates a complex and page-turning saga of three women—imperfect and completely human—as…Continue reading Book Review: How to Start a Fire
I am currently reading SPLIT: A CHILD, A PRIEST AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH by my friend Mary Dispenza. Abuse memoirs are usually a tough read, but Mary discusses her life with grace and respect—very similar to the way she lives her life. While I am not done with the book, something struck me at the…Continue reading A question about adult victims
THE WELL-ARMORED CHILD: A PARENTS’ GUIDE TO PREVENTING ABUSE has found a home (before it ends up in your home and the homes of all of your friends). The manuscript has been accepted by the Greenleaf Book Group and will be published under the River Grove imprint. Expect to see the book on Amazon and…Continue reading Book Announcement
A very good friend of mine pointed me to a recent review of Eimear McBride’ novel A GIRL IS A HALF-FORMED THING. The author of the review, Paige Reynolds, includes this very intuitive and honest description of some of the reasons why the sexual abuse of teens can be so damaging: The novel thus showcases the…Continue reading A novel peek into the “convoluted world” of grooming
Book Review: The Vatican Diaries: A Behind the Scenes Look at the Power, Personalities, and Politics at the Heart of the Catholic Church; by John Thavis. Penguin Books A year after the hardcover publication of The Vatican Diaries (a book whose hardcover release date coincided with the resignation of Pope Benedict XXIII XVI and the election…Continue reading Review: A Diary of Disconnect