How Do We Unlearn the Lies Learned in Childhood?

by | | Resilience

Every day we have opportunities to unlearn lies we may have learned. Many of the lies that we believe about ourselves were seeded in childhood. Especially if you grew up in violent home. A home in which the violence could have been physical or nonphysical. Those...

Can Adversity in Childhood Create Emotional Strength?

by | | Resilience

The same adversities you faced in your childhood home that led you to believe LIES about yourself also allowed you to develop skills and abilities that others don’t have. These skills — or gifts — are inside each of you and are found by replacing the...

Because of the Adversity I Faced in Childhood, There’s Nothing I Can’t Do!

by | | Resilience

By Brian F. Martin and Kathleen Kendall-Tackett, Ph.D. A 16-year-old who grew up experiencing adversity in childhood said this to Brian Martin several years ago, and he included her story in his book, Invincible: The 10 Lies You Learn Growing Up With Domestic Violence...

4 Things I Learned About Childhood Adversity at a High Security Prison

by | | Invest In Adversity

  This April, I was inside a high security prison. The plan was to talk to the men there about the work CDV does and to educate them on the connection between childhood adversities and the potential impact. While I believe I educated them, they also educated me....

The Chilling 911 Call You Won’t Hear During the Super Bowl

by | | Impact

A friend who works with me at cdv.org texted me the link to a domestic violence ad that will run during the Super Bowl and said, “watch this.” I did. As I watched, I found my heart rate increasing, I was holding my breath and as it ended, I felt tears in my eyes. I...