Saudi Court May Paralyze Man As Punishment
August 22, 2010 by Barbara Jacoby
Filed under Creating Happiness, Domestic Abuse, Recent Posts
Share When I read the headline of this story today on ABC News.com, I must say that I was rather astounded. Then as I read the story and pondered it for awhile, I began to understand. Here is the quote from the story that really got my attention “This is written in the Koran, an [...]
Mel Gibson: Another Domestic Abuser
July 10, 2010 by Barbara Jacoby
Filed under Domestic Abuse, Recent Posts
Share Wherever you look in the headlines this week, everyone is reporting on the audio tapes of Mel Gibson and his tirades once again. Much emphasis is being put on the racial and religious slurs and they definitely should receive a very clear reporting. However, what is being lost in the messages, at least in [...]
The Residual Effects of Domestic Abuse
May 2, 2010 by Barbara Jacoby
Filed under Domestic Abuse, Recent Posts
Share I have always believed that long after the physical scars of domestic abuse have healed, the mental scars were still ever present and would remain until such time as we could reach the point where we understood what those scars actually are and how they continue to influence our lives. For many, the discovery [...]
Domestic Violence – Why I Stayed (LLH Talk Radio)
March 3, 2010 by Barbara Jacoby
Filed under Domestic Abuse, LLH Talk Radio
Share Being a victim of Domestic Violence people often ask the question “why did you stay”? I know that looking from the outside in that it is hard for others to comprehend the phenomenon of why a victim stays with their abuser. There are many factors involved. In this weeks show I will explain why [...]
More Stars Speak Out on Domestic Abuse
November 8, 2009 by Barbara Jacoby
Filed under Creating Happiness, Domestic Abuse
Share During the past week, Rihanna did interviews with “Good Morning America” and “20/20” about the abuse that she suffered at the hands of Chris Brown while Mariah Carey admitted that she was abused in her first marriage on the “Larry King Show”. In addition, Chris Brown had his own interview to do for MTV [...]
The Shame of Domestic Abuse
October 25, 2009 by Barbara Jacoby
Filed under Creating Happiness, Domestic Abuse
Share I was recently reading an article about Mary Murphy, one of the judges on the show, “So You Think You Can Dance”, about her experiences as a domestic abuse survivor following a 9-year marriage. One of the recurring themes in such stories is connected to the shame that a woman or man feels when [...]
Domestic Violence Shelters Closing
September 13, 2009 by Barbara Jacoby
Filed under Creating Happiness, Domestic Abuse
Share Someone recently shared with me a story regarding the closing of a number of domestic violence shelters in California due to budget cuts. And I was not a bit surprised to learn that services are being scaled back at various other facilities as well. I have attached the link here for easy access to [...]
Swimsuit Model-Millionaire Husband-Domestic Violence
August 23, 2009 by Barbara Jacoby
Filed under Creating Happiness, Domestic Abuse
Share Two lives, two families and scores of friends, co-workers and acquaintances will never be the same following the deaths of Jasmine Fiore and Ryan Alexander Jenkins this past week. How sad that a 28-year old young woman and a 32-year old young man are gone forever because of domestic violence and will stand as [...]
Domestic Violence – Why I stayed
March 15, 2009 by Barbara Jacoby
Filed under Creating Happiness, Domestic Abuse
Share With the big story in the news regarding the violence that occurred in the relationship between Chris Brown and Rhianna, the question that keeps surfacing is why Rhianna would go back to Chris after that beating. Was she just that dumb, stupid, crazy, etc.? Many people think so and everyone has lots of advice [...]
