We've decided to move to video format and are trying it out with a review of the past year in doing a podcast. We cover:

-What it's like to do a podcast

-What went well and what didn't go well

-Making reels for the social media

-Upcoming changes

-Our mission

What do you do when you've come to terms with the fact that you're in an abusive situation? In this episode, we discuss how to get out of the problem.

National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233

Website: https://www.thehotline.org/

In this episode, Stephanie, Evelyn, and Richelle discuss how to tell if you're being abused. Sometimes, it's not apparent, and sometimes we talk ourselves out of believing our feelings.

National Domestic Abuse Hotline: 1-800-799-7233

Website: https://www.thehotline.org/

Problems recognizing abuse:

• Most of the time, most people don't realize they are being abused.
• Children won't and can't know unless someone tells them.
• Many adults don't know, even if they never experienced abuse as a child.
• It is not always obvious when someone is being abused if it's not physical or sexual.
• Behavior passed off as "just what they're like."

Persistent and Consistent Red Flags:

• Feeling that something is off or wrong.
• Gaslighting about behavior from the abuser or yourself.
• Persistent and ongoing behavior patterns.
  

For the next three episodes we are going to talk about a much misunderstood topic: Abuse.

In this episode, we define abuse and what it looks like.

What is abuse?
-We define various forms of abuse:

• Physical
• Sexual
• Verbal
• Emotional
• Psychological
• Financial
• Neglect

Abuse is used to control others through fear, manipulation, coercion, pain, & suffering

• It’s just physical or sexual.
• Various behaviors that are abusive are no big deal.
• That abuse is easily recognizable.

If you're being abused, please get support.

Resource: https://www.dshs.wa.gov/altsa/home-and-community-services/types-and-signs-abuse

She didn't know who she was or why she mattered.

Join us today as Stephanie shares her journey toward self-worth and explains where she was, where she's at, and where she wants to be.

She didn't know who she was or why she mattered.

Join us today as Richelle shares her journey toward self-worth and explains where she was, where she's at, and where she wants to be.

A sense of self-worth nourishes self-protection. In this week's episode of Mama Bear, Evelyn Mason shares where she's been, where she's at, and where she hopes to go in terms of developing her self-worth.

In today's episode, we discuss the steps to becoming brave.

Steps to becoming brave:

• Slaying the fear monster.
• Do it anyway based on your established values and character.
• Accept the consequences of doing the right thing.
• Personal integrity.
• Focusing on the greater vision.
• Looking over past interactions and how they went.
• Just do what you know is right despite your fears.

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