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When Are You?
Coming back to the moment(s) after grief. That is, the grief we must inevitably walk through in our recovery from sibling sexual trauma and abuse (SSTA). So it’s been a little longer than I expected between blog posts. I just saw the Intentional Pause was pressed back in March… I had imagined the next entry would be sharing finished pieces of artwork — but they’re still sitting quietly in my peripheral vision, to the right of my desk, not forgotten, they did progress, however they are unfinished. I’m chipping away, not rushing. The months between my last post and now have been full of experiences I never envisioned. I’ve continued…
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Pressing Pause, With Intention
Alice Perle reflects on the power of survivor conversations and shares why she's pressing pause on her weekly blog—to make space for listening, learning, and returning with renewed clarity.
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A Horse with No Name
I’m thinking about names today. I’ve had conversations these past few months at the Blue Borage Conversation Café events with some of you. Beyond my connections here, it has been incredible to be present with so many compassionate and brave, lived experience people, advocates, educators, and professionals, choosing to come together in that safe space to talk and learn. We lived with this in silence for so long, and that no longer has to be how it is. Thank you for showing up; however, you show up I deeply believe in the power of conversation and communication. I’m talking not just in therapy, writing comments on posts, responding in peer…
