I CAN RISE ABOVE THIS PRISON This video was made for http://www.gossamerheart.com / and is dedicated to all of you who are dealing with a chronic illness, or disease and to their caretakers as well. I present an honest look at living with a chronic illness and how a person feels to be trapped inside a body that once served them, but no longer does. Please visit our web site we support those who suffered abuse, oppression, and those who are chronically ill. Our web site … [Read more...]
Access Your Power – WOMEN in RECOVERY
May 24, 2012 by
Scientists claim that we are only using a tiny fraction of our mind power. What would it be like if we accessed most of our mind’s potential? I believe that we would be able to heal ourselves and the planet completely. People are already using the healing power of their minds to heal their bodies. I believe that you can too. Guided meditations are some of the best to start your healing journey with. This is because you have a guide. Some of them are also created to target specific things … [Read more...]
WOMEN in RECOVERY – "Co-dependency"
May 22, 2012 by
A Celebration of Women Cares and wants YOU to HEAL CELEBRATE Your Life.... Are You a Prisoner to CO-DEPENDENCY? Codependency (or codependence, interdependency ) is defined as a psychological condition or a relationship in which a person is controlled or manipulated by another who is affected with a pathological condition (as in an addiction to alcohol or heroin); and in broader terms, it refers to the dependence on the needs of or control of another. It also often … [Read more...]
Catherine Smith, AU – The Courage of Her Convictions
May 18, 2012 by
In 2011 Catherine Smith, an Australian mother of six, saw her former husband jailed on 17 charges. Among the charges were three for attempted murder, and many others for assault, sex without consent and detaining with intent to obtain advantage. It had taken her 30 years of appeals and petitions to the authorities, during which she and her family suffered repeated brutality. Smith was herself tried during this time (and acquitted) for attempted murder. Her case highlights the barriers that … [Read more...]
INSPIRATIONAL VIDEO – When Life Has YOU Feeling Down….
May 16, 2012 by
When you Change Your Attitude, your New Perception will Change Your Life! … [Read more...]
(WomanACT) – Toronto debut of Ghosts of Violence, Saturday, May 26, 2012
May 12, 2012 by
GHOSTS of VIOLENCE Ghosts of Violence is a groundbreaking multi-media ballet which brings the issue of domestic violence against women into the spotlight. It is an innovative and inspirational call for awareness, understanding and action. This original ballet brings to life stories inspired by women who have died at the hands of a partner. Through movement, theatre, music and videography, this ballet captures their memory –their struggles, their hopes, their joys and our … [Read more...]
HEROINE – History & Hope for Solutions
May 11, 2012 by
Heroin was first synthesized in 1874 by C. R. Alder Wright, an English chemist working at St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, England. He had been experimenting with combining morphine with various acids. He boiled anhydrous morphine alkaloid with acetic anhydride over a stove for several hours and produced a more potent, acetylated form of morphine, now called diacetylmorphine. The compound was sent to F. M. Pierce of Owens College in Manchester for analysis, who reported the … [Read more...]
Rising Stars in Women’s & Children’s Health
May 8, 2012 by
Rising Stars in Women's & Children's Health: Cast Your Vote! MAY 2012 – Grand Challenges Canada is calling on voters to help select winners in their third round of Rising Stars in Global Health contest. Fifteen grants valued in total at more than $1.5 million are up for grabs for Canada's most creative innovators working to improve global health conditions. This program aims to tap into the creativity, knowledge and skills of emerging Canadian innovators to solve some of the … [Read more...]
WOMEN in RECOVERY – Six Signs of Spiritual Transformation
May 7, 2012 by
Signs of Spiritual Emergence Pay close attention to everything going on around you...scents, color, objects. Be aware of the messages they are trying to alert you ... notice sounds, objects. You've asked for Your Higher Power to help you. The Six Emergent Spiritual Properties are - clarity of awareness, knowingness, reverence, absence of violence, fearlessness and wholeness. Clarity means being awake to yourself around the clock, in … [Read more...]
Afghanistan: Concerns over child detention conditions in Kandahar
May 6, 2012 by
A government plan to relocate an all-boys juvenile rehabilitation centre (JRC) in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan, from the city centre to a site near Sarposa prison, where top Taliban leaders are held, could expose the children to significant risk, according to observers. The Kandahar JRC in its current site holds 20 to 55 boys at a time, some as young as seven, in cramped and insanitary conditions. According to the Child Rights Consortium (CRC), a program managed by Terre des Hommes in … [Read more...]
