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This weekend, after many long years, I will share my secret journey of having left home at the age of 13 to where I am today with a member of ...

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Growing up, I had a really good childhood. My parents divorced when I was 2 years old. My Dad is a great Dad. Always picked me up every other weekend. ...

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April is National Sexual Assault Awareness Month as well as National Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month. Although there is a strong push to raise awareness during April, attention to ...

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Kathie McCormack was a beautiful young woman. When I look at pictures of her, I remember an even prettier woman. I liked Kathie because she was not all about her ...

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This is HOT…This is NOW…It’s here and it’s HAPPENING! HWT Host, Susan Murphy Milano has taped the unedited, rough pilot for a future network television show.  The producers wish to ...

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“Robyn F. turned to face Brown and he punched her in the left eye with his right hand. He then drove away in the vehicle and continued to punch her ...

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When I learned recently of the horrific murder of one of our Here Women Talk colleagues – cutting short the life of a beautiful, sensitive woman and loving mother – ...

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When it comes to defending those who have been sexually and physically abused, I’m usually first in that persons corner, trying to help them through their own personal trauma.  But ...

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I’ve never considered myself an abuse victim. Well, definitely verbally/emotionally, but physically… not really. Although there have been experiences that probably crossed that threshold, compared to my mother and the ...

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It’s in our Here Women Talk family, and this is a Call to Action. Last week one of our Here Women Talk members, 39-year-old Stacie DeSantis-Dorego from Rhode Island (pictured ...

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