How can we change toxic behavior?

Jan 18, 2019 | Feature, Trauma, Trauma: Prevention

If you’ve seen the Gillette commercial addressing toxic masculinity, chances are you have an opinion about it. The ad takes a new spin on the decades old Gillette slogan, asking “Is this the best a man can get?” while showing news clips and dramatizations of bullying,...

Redskins Adrian Peterson still uses a belt and switch to punish his son

Nov 27, 2018 | Trauma

Author Des Bieler: Chicago Tribune Adrian Peterson said he still occasionally uses a switch, as well as a belt, to discipline his son, in comments published Wednesday by Bleacher Report. The Redskins running back was made inactive for almost the entire 2014 season,...

Family Court is Broken. But there’s a wrong way to fix it. Shared parenting.

Mar 14, 2018 | Campaigns, Feature, SOL reform, Trauma: Prevention

Apparently, South Carolina is one of at least 17 states considering fixing something that isn’t broken. That’s not true- the family court is broken. Many assume it’s broken because horrible lawyers who profit from every petition and motion whip their clients into a...

What Doesn’t Kill Me: A Film Expose on Domestic Violence and Court Revictimization

Oct 2, 2017 | Campaigns, Custody Court Crisis, Events, Feature, Trauma

Rachel Meyrick’s documentary film What Doesn’t Kill Me will make its World Premiere at The Awareness Film Festival in Los Angeles October 7th. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and The Awareness Film Festival is a perfect fit for the film which raises...

“General Practitioners” for Domestic Violence Cases

May 31, 2017 | Campaigns, Custody Court Crisis, Feature

A mother to be was taking medication in response to a serious immune deficiency. When she learned she was pregnant with twins, the woman contacted her doctor to find out what to do about the medication. He said she needed to stop taking the medication that had...