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Latest Postings
- October 23, 2008: Heyward Bruce Ewart III - "A Man's Account: Growing up with Abuse"
- October 13, 2008: Book Bites for Kids - Jill Osborne
- October 13, 2008: Alan Smith - All About Massage Therapy
- September 25, 2008: Sherry Quan Lee - Live at University of Minnesota
- September 25, 2008: Anya Achtenberg - Live at University of Minnesota
- September 14, 2008: Marjorie McKinnon - REPAIR Your Life
- September 14, 2008: Alan Smith - All About Chiropractic
- September 5, 2008: Issam Jameel - Iraq Through a Bullet Hole
- August 22, 2008: Jill Osborne - Children, Trauma, and Play Therapy
- July 23, 2008: Richard A. Singer, Jr. - Tools for Recovery
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Heyward Bruce Ewart III - “A Man’s Account: Growing up with Abuse”
October 23, 2008 by Victor Volkman.
| Authors Airwaves is pleased to present Heyward Bruce Ewart, III, PhD reading “A Man’s Account” from his new book AM I BAD? Recovering From Abuse. Compared to domestic violence against women, the of-fense applied to men is rare but yet not absent. Male victims of domestic abuse are rarely attacked physically; instead, they are assaulted verbally and mentally in the partnership. In my practice I have treated both men and women, although in separate groups. Because the same dynamics apply for men; that is, child abuse leading to later abuse, it is worth devoting this account of one single case, because it is indeed an excellent example of the principles so far discussed.David, now in his 60s, still has monthly or more frequent dreams of conquering his father, who has been deceased for nearly 30 years. He remembers as a boy watching his father proudly weave two leather dog leashes together for training the family pet, a pedigree Boxer. At the end of the two woven leashes, he attached a hard, wrapped ball, somewhat larger than a golf ball, which he formed by tightly winding a long, leather thong. He left some remaining strips dangling loose off the end of the ball to resemble a cat-of-nine-tails. Even at his young age, the boy wondered why such a device would be needed to train a dog.Not long after the project was complete, David learned that the weapon was for him. He had been accused, at age 7, of talking back to a teacher, something he had not done, as he tried repeatedly to explain to his parents. But his father took out that odd weapon. The man remembers the horror of not being able to get away, incapable of standing, trying to scurry under the kitchen sink, only to be yanked straight in the air by one arm so the father could get another series of blows in. On and on it went, until the boy believed it would continue until he was dead. |  Listen to the PodCast!   |
If you were abused or neglected as a child, chances are that you have been your whole life, whether you are a man, a woman, or a teen. Child abuse so mangles the personality that the victim unconsciously attracts abusers throughout the life cycle. Lies about yourself were planted deep in your mind by the abuse, and you still believe them. They are crippling your life! Do you have any of these signs?
Until you understand exactly what the abuse did to you, you cannot get free. You can stay in therapy your whole life and never get a clue. OR you can unravel the mysteries once and for all and bring everything to light by reading AM I BAD? Recovering from Abuse. A great resource for victims, therapists, and group work. |
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Book Bites for Kids - Jill Osborne
October 13, 2008 by Victor Volkman.
| Suzanne Lieurance of Book Bites for Kids interviewed Jill Osborne, author of Sam Feels Better Now! An Interactive Story. Suzanne spoke with Jill about how the book was written and published, who can benefit from using it, and what are the therapeutic techniques which it employs.Osborne’s new book, grounded in the latest research from Traumatology and Play Therapy, leads children on a journey to find out what happened with Sam and along the way discover their own hidden feelings and fears and begin to discharge their trauma. Recommended for young children who have witnessed domestic violence or other forms of abuse. The book is designed for use by professional therapists but the principles contained in this book will be valuable for any parent. |  |
| Sam saw something awful and scary! Ms. Carol, a special therapist, will show Sam how to feel better. Children can help Sam feel better too by using drawings, play, and storytelling activities. They will be able to identify and manage their own feelings and difficulties in their lives following a traumatic event, crisis, or grief.Therapists’ Acclaim for Sam Feels Better Now “This beautiful little picture book is the ideal guide for a series of therapy sessions that will focus the child’s attention on positives and help to deal with the traumatic memories” – Bob Rich, PhD., AnxietyAndDepression-help.com |
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Alan Smith - All About Massage Therapy
October 13, 2008 by Victor Volkman.
| Alan E. Smith author of UnBreak Your Health: The Complete Guide to Complementary & Alternative Therapies interviews August 1, 2008 interview on Massage with Dr. Leena Guptha, immediate Past President of the American Massage Therapy Association discussing the health benefits of massage therapy. Dr. Guptha explains the history of massage, treatments that are available, what it feels like, how massage can help you with both chronic and acute conditions, and what the future of massage therapy holds worldwide. |  |
| They say you can’t “unbreak the mirror”, meaning the damage is done. In the world of healthcare the analogy would be mainstream medicine treating the symptoms of the broken mirror with drugs to try and glue it back together. To UnBreak Your Health™ means discovering the real source of the problem and treating all of it. In this book, you’ll find information new and old and begin to see patterns and concepts between therapies that are consistent through thousands of years and across civilizations around the world. |  |
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Sherry Quan Lee - Live at University of Minnesota
September 25, 2008 by Victor Volkman.
| On September 17th, 2008 Sherry Quan Lee gave a reading from her new book How to Write A Suicide Note: serial essays that saved a woman’s life as well as excerpts from other pieces of her work at the University of Minnesota Bookstore. We hope you will enjoy this rare chance to listen to the author read her own work on Authors Airwaves. |  |
| How to Write a Suicide Note examines the life of a Chinese/Black woman who grew up passing for white, who grew up poor, who loves women but has always married white men. Writing has saved her life. It has allowed her to name the historical trauma–the racist, sexist, classist experiences that have kept her from being fully alive, that have screamed at her loudly and consistently that she was no good, and would never be any good-and that no one could love her. Writing has given her the creative power to name the experiences that dictated who she was, even before she was born, and write notes to them, suicide notes.Sherry Quan Lee believes writing saves lives; writing has saved her life. |  |
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Anya Achtenberg - Live at University of Minnesota
September 25, 2008 by Victor Volkman.
| On September 17th, 2008 Anya Achtenberg gave a reading from her new book The Stories of Devil-Girl as well as excerpts from other pieces of her work at the University of Minnesota Bookstore. We hope you will enjoy this rare chance to listen to the author read her own work on Authors Airwaves. |  |
| Devil-Girl is a storyteller smaller than a stain and larger than life, a mythic figure roaming the globe. Born into Brooklyn housing projects and the nightmares of her immigrant family, she becomes a runaway in the human marketplace of the streets of New York. Accompanied by her sense of outrage and sense of humor, ghosts of the ancestors and her prophetic vision, she moves from silence through rage into deep alliance with the marginalized.”Devil-Girl’s stories are all of our stories, all of the ‘discarded and demonized’, all of us who have had to fight to survive, to fight to tell our truths. Achtenberg’s wise survivor, Devil-Girl, is witness and seer, and her words are sustenance. There is much pain in this book, much wisdom, and a kind of beauty that sears itself into memory, a fierce beauty that is as necessary as air. Read this book.” -Lisa D. Chave, Author of Destruction Bay; In An Angry Season |
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Marjorie McKinnon - REPAIR Your Life
September 14, 2008 by Victor Volkman.
| Authors Airwaves presents a special reading by Marjorie McKinnon from her new book, REPAIR Your Life: A Program for Recovery from Incest and Childhood Sexual Abuse. Specifically, she reads from Chapter 3, “Recognition” which outlines key personality traits and behaviors that are characteristic of adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. If you or someone in your life is a survivor, you owe it to yourself to check out this informative audio program. |  |
| R.E.P.A.I.R. is a Six-Stage Program for abuse survivors that will transform your life forever!• Recognize and accept your adult problems stemming from childhood sexual abuse. • Enter into a commitment to transform your life. • Process your issues with tools and techniques that will enable you to become healthy. • Awareness to discover reality as you gather and ssemble the pieces of the broken puzzle your life became. • Insight into the complete picture helps you begin to return to what you were prior to being sexually violated. • Rhythm recovers the natural rhythm you had before the incest happened, the blueprint that is the essence of your true nature, becoming who you really are. |
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Alan Smith - All About Chiropractic
September 14, 2008 by Victor Volkman.
| Alan E. Smith author of UnBreak Your Health: The Complete Guide to Complementary & Alternative Therapies interviews Dr. Kurt Wood, Executive Dean for Clinic Affairs at Palmer College of Chiropractic. Dean Wood explains how chiropractic medicine differs from allopathic medicine, treatments that are available, how it came to be, how chiropractic medicine can help you, and what the future of Chiropracty in America holds. | |
| They say you can’t “unbreak the mirror”, meaning the damage is done. In the world of healthcare the analogy would be mainstream medicine treating the symptoms of the broken mirror with drugs to try and glue it back together. To UnBreak Your Health™ means discovering the real source of the problem and treating all of it. In this book, you’ll find information new and old and begin to see patterns and concepts between therapies that are consistent through thousands of years and across civilizations around the world. | |
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Issam Jameel - Iraq Through a Bullet Hole
September 5, 2008 by Victor Volkman.
| Issam Jameel reads Chapter 1 from his new autobiographical memoir Iraq Through A Bullet Hole. This book describes Issam’s fateful journey to his homeland of Iraq in 2005 after a decade in exile. From the relative safety of Jordan, where he worked for an opposition radio station under the watchful eyes of Saddam’s spies, he travels by car to Baghdad visit family and friends.He longs to see his mother country, but the immediate reason is to grieve his nephew’s untimely death at the hands of American forces while guarding an Iraq parliament member from insurgent attacks. Jameel enters a Kafkaesque nightmare of assassinations, kidnapping, and explosions. American soldiers are everywhere in the streets and ready to shoot whenever they feel danger is close. He sees the formerly secular civil society fairly well replaced by vehement sectarianism, intolerance, and ignorance. Basic human needs have become a endless daily struggle amidst the shards of infrastructure.Tasks we all take for granted, such as selling a house or getting a job are fraught with peril as old scores continue to be settled on religious, ethnic, and political fronts. Everywhere he turns, people are desperate to leave but fear for the worst. After returning safely, he started to record the events he had seen, trying to be honest and impartial to unfold the Iraqi problem to the western community. This is his story. |
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| Issam Jameel was born in Baghdad in 1954. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in theatrical arts from the Academy of Fine Arts in Baghdad in 1978. In 1980, he spent his compulsory army services working for Al-Qadesia, a daily newspaper of the Iraqi army. He explored the amazing world of writing when he offered articles in theatrical criticism. After several years he became the dependable theatrical critic in Al-Thawra, the main official newspaper in Iraq during the years 1981-1985. His first book, which included two plays about war, had been published in 1983 by the main Iraqi governmental publishing house. His first play, The Memory of a Dead Man, had been directed by himself with an experimental theater belonging to a national theater group in Iraq. Three of his plays have been directed by Iraqi directors for the national theater group in Baghdad during 1985 to 1991, while two other plays have been directed by himself at the experimental theater in Baghdad in 1989 and 1993.During his long residence in Jordan, he converted to Christianity before migrating to Australia in 2002, where he now resides. |  |
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Jill Osborne - Children, Trauma, and Play Therapy
August 22, 2008 by Victor Volkman.
| Juanita Watson speaks with author and Pay Terapy expert Jill Osborne about her new book Sam Feels Better Now! An Interactive Story for children. Osborne’s new book, grounded in the latest research from Traumatology and Play Therapy, leads children on a journey to find out what happened with Sam and along the way discover their own hidden feelings and fears and begin to discharge their trauma. Recommended for young children who have witnessed domestic violence or other forms of abuse. The book is designed for use by professional therapists but the principles contained in this book will be valuable for any parent. | |
| Sam saw something awful and scary! Ms. Carol, a special therapist, will show Sam how to feel better. Children can help Sam feel better too by using drawings, play, and storytelling activities. They will be able to identify and manage their own feelings and difficulties in their lives following a traumatic event, crisis, or grief.Therapists’ Acclaim for Sam Feels Better Now “This beautiful little picture book is the ideal guide for a series of therapy sessions that will focus the child’s attention on positives and help to deal with the traumatic memories” – Bob Rich, PhD., AnxietyAndDepression-help.com |
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Richard A. Singer, Jr. - Tools for Recovery
July 23, 2008 by Victor Volkman.
| Juanita Watson of Inside Scoop Live interviews Richard A. Singer Jr., author of Your Daily Walk with the Great Minds: Wisdom and Enlightenment of the Past and Present. Richard tells us about his odyssey of recovery from cocaine addiction to his present “dream life” as a psychotherapist working in the lush Cayman Islands. He recalls his family issues, his personal struggle, and how he found the help and inspiration to be clean for twelve years plus. His latest project, is an attempt to break the Guiness World Record for gruelling cross-country marathon from New York to California. Tune in and listen to his amazing story on Authors Airwaves now! |  |
| If you could change your life today, what would you do…?Your Daily Walk with the Great Minds gives you the inspiration you need each day to be the best you can be and live the life you’ve always desired. Let me be the coach who will lift your spirits, challenge you to go the extra mile, and fulfill your life’s wishes every day. Have you ever wondered?
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