Episode 8: Understanding the healing journey
In this episode, we explore the healing journey for women who have experienced abuse.
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Episode 7: Mothering, post separation abuse, and the legal system
How men’s abuse profoundly impacts mothering and how that abuse so often continues after separation through the legal system.
Episode 6: The harms of help
How services can repeat dynamics of abuse.
Episode 5: Why abusive men are abusive
In this episode, we take on the question women ask again and again: Why is he abusive?
Welcome to Episode 4: The impacts of abuse for women
We want to thank you for joining us for this heavy, but essential, conversation. Be gentle with yourself as you listen; grab your coffee or tea and give yourself the space and time you need. Why we need to shift the focus from his actions to her experience Historically, everyone – from services to courts…
Episode 3: Understanding the power and control wheel
In this episode of the When Love Hurts podcast, we unpack the realities of power and control in abusive relationships.
Episode 2: Understanding the cycle of abuse
In this episode, we take a deeper look at the cycle of abuse, what it is, how it functions, and how it impacts women both during a relationship and after separation.
Episode 1: Why are we here? Understanding the dominant discourse around woman abuse
In this first episode of When Love Hurts, Alison, Jo, Jill, and Karen come together to begin a conversation about woman abuse, dominant discourses, and much more.
Spring training event for therapists, transition house staff, advocates and other helping professionals
We are excited to open registration today for a special spring training event for therapists, transition house staff, advocates and other helping professionals.
Abuse can happen to any woman
Jill and I have led groups in diverse neighbourhoods and with women from diverse social and cultural backgrounds for many years. There are a lot of stereotypes when it comes to abuse. People assume that abuse happens to certain types of women and not too other women. Nothing can be further from the truth. Abuse…
Some guys who seem really “nice” are violent to women
The Jian Ghomeshi scandal has provoked lots of discussion. One take-away for all of us, I think, is that guys who seem really “nice” are sometimes violent to women. I listened often to the radio show, “Q” and enjoyed Ghomeshi’s broadcasting. He seemed like a genuinely good guy. But here is the thing: men who…
How can I tell if I am being abused?
It is really hard to even consider if your partner might be abusive. A good question to ask is “am I afraid”? In a respectful, mutual relationship, two people can disagree – fight even – but neither party is afraid of being attacked (physically or emotionally).
