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#No #time #for #politeness #challenging #abuse
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/life/family/when-faced-with-abuse-of-power-forgo-politesse/article_bae26d4d-02b8-5bb5-bfc0-818964f6f056.html The news out of Hollywood last week about producer Harvey Weinstein’s decades of alleged sexual harassment and assault downright disgusts. The dozens of women who bravely came forward shared similar stories of feeling pressured by the powerful executive, the gatekeeper to their budding careers, to join him in his hotel room, where they were…
ABC News: Sexual abuse survivors find joy through horse therapy
ABC News: Sexual abuse survivors find joy through horse therapy. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwtYyWnjU http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-23/healing-powers-of-horse-therapy-sexual-assault-survivors/8638550 She says horses are useful for therapy — in part — because they evolved with humans. “They learned how to observe the environment, how to read subtleties, so they will read incongruences in a person,” Ms Botros said. “They will pick it up…
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Death anxiety is rich with clues to one’s unrest
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