Survive to Thrive...ready, set, GO!
Misperceptions about Post Traumatic Stress keep many from learning more. Experiencing severe trauma in 2005, wrongly I associated PTS with mental illness. That diagnosis, and my perception it would be followed with years of prescribed drugs and therapy led me to look in other directions.Fortunately, CEO Space colleagues at Great Life Technologies dismantled those misperceptions! Pioneering the field of human software engineering, Tom Stone has developed a series of techniques to assist YOU in resolving Post Traumatic Stress, from any cause (not only domestic violence). NOT therapy, within a few to several sessions, YOU will be guided by a Trauma Resolution Specialist (TRS) in

Cues and Clues of the Con (part 2)
With no sympathy for the bereaved, YOUR weakness = the con artist's opportunity.What sets the con-artist apart? Here are five leading indicators: 1)A free spirit, whose personal welfare outweighs ANY consideration. 2)A natural ability to manipulate others, often discovered at an early age. 3)Manipulation that derives satisfaction, absent ANY guilt or remorse. 4)Above average intelligence, with charm and sincerity empty of concern, the con-artist is anti-social/lacking social conscience. And 5)Gifted with exceptional memory, con-artists juggle and compartmentalize characters/victims. The con-artist is a formidable foe. Among their street-wise marks are skilled psych

CA DV funding restored, under pressure
On October 21, 2009 CA Gov. Schwarzenegger signed SBX3 13 restoring $16.3 million for domestic violence shelters and emergency programs, under public and media scrutiny. Schwarzenegger said he "was proud to sign the bi-partisan legislation" which state legislators put in front of him only after he slashed the entire budget ($500 million) for all programs funded under the state's Department of Public Health. The new legislation provides $16.3 million of funds the governor had allocated to his Alternative Fuel Fund be BORROWED with interest, so that domestic violence shelters and emergency programs can be minimally sustained for 2009-10.My shelter affiliates tell me they anticip

First Amendment trumps Terminator
On October 23, 2009 at 9AM in Los Angeles, activists unite, implementing our first amendment rights in protest of Gov. Schwarzenegger's "muscle-bound veto" slashing funds for programs under the California Department of Public Health. Spearheading this V-Day CALL TO ACTION, is Eve Ensler of Vagina Monologues fame. Denise Brown is scheduled to participate, as well hundreds of actvists without celebrity status. I've spoken personally with Denise; we share outrage regarding our governor's knife-wielding justification that "cuts have to be made". Governor Schwarzenegger's video added insult to injury, and as Eve Ensler stated in the Huffington Post, "has always had contempt for the

PTSD...(for me,) A Blessing?
Many who experience extreme violence (domestic violence, gang violence, etc) or other traumatic events are seemingly haunted by those experiences. Physically, , I appear pretty well healed from my ordeal. Those who know me personally are amazed I seem to "compartmentalize" so effectively. It's not that I'm tough as nails, although I do relate to the addage "What doesn't kill us, makes us stronger." Yet in recognizing I'm the exception, not the rule, in order to best understand and advocate for people who are in or leaving abusive environments, it was time to get some knowledge about Post Traumatic Stress... One of my angels at CEO Space works with Great Life Technologies, extending highly