Survivors of trauma need healthy relationships
Relationships are inevitable! Your most important relationship is the one with yourself. If that's not healthy, the others won't be either.
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Preventing child sex trafficking: understanding why men want sex with children
Discover the shocking truth behind child sex trafficking and why people are drawn to it. Learn how to take a stand and protect your children
Preventing Child Sex Trafficking
Understanding why children go willing with traffickers gives us clues for interrupting the process
Rhonda Sciortino
- 17 min
29 Tips For Successfully Surviving
Are you living in "survival mode?" Whether it's a break-up, unemployment, or another kind of loss, you can overcome the struggles ...
Rhonda Sciortino
- 7 min
Who are these victims of childhood trauma and where are the good rescuers?
There are millions of us who experienced childhood trauma through a parent leaving, witnessing arguing and fighting, being neglected or...
Rhonda Sciortino
- 5 min
Here's how to know if your rescuer is good for you (or not)
If you survived childhood abuse, you're at high risk for toxic relationships. Here's how to know if your relationship is toxic or not.
Rhonda Sciortino
- 3 min
The “Quiet Quit” Creates Opportunities for Successful Survivors
We’ve been hearing a lot of the “Quiet Quit,” where employees show up and do the bare minimum on the job and continue to take their...
Amber Jewell
- 3 min
Do I really have a purpose?
For many of us, our purpose is found in what we literally do or who we are with rather than in who we are. So, when what we do is...
Rhonda Sciortino
- 3 min
NEW STUDY CAN SAVE THE LIVES OF FOSTER CHILDREN
Foster care is supposed help children stay safe, overcome trauma, and grow up to create successful lives for themselves. But that didn't...
Rhonda Sciortino
- 3 min
How can you tell the difference between a victim and a successful survivor?
We successful survivors of hard times are comfortable in our own skin. We know who we are and we’re OK with ourselves, flaws and all. We...
Rhonda Sciortino
- 1 min
YOU MIGHT BE A SUCCESSFUL SURVIVOR OF TRAUMA IF …
You keep getting back up every time life knocks you down You do what needs to be done no matter how you feel You are the kind of person...
Rhonda Sciortino
- 3 min
ARE YOU A SUCCESSFUL SURVIVOR?
If you see yourself as a survivor rather than a victim of whatever tough times you've been through, then chances are you are a successful...
Rhonda Sciortino
- 5 min
10 Tips For Grieving What We Lost (or never had)
We all experience loss and the inevitable grief that accompanies it. Here are 10 tips to survive and heal.
Rhonda Sciortino
- 4 min
The Advantages of Adversity
No victim of mistreatment wants to hear that the terrible, unfair trauma they experienced can possibly be the best thing that could have...
Rhonda Sciortino
- 2 min
SUCCESSFUL SURVIVORS FOUNDATION HELPS VICTIMS OF CHILDHOOD TRAUMA FIND THEIR VOICE
We are successful survivors of childhood trauma and allies who speak for those who cannot speak for themselves. We also prepare survivors...
to help people survive and succeed
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