Emotional invalidation is one of the most common forms of abuse in families, but not only restricted to this context. The impact of emotional invalidation is indelible. Done systematically on a child, it will shape the way he/she reacts to any and every personal relationship
The year that never started: destruction, betrayal and surviving it all – part 2 Read More »
Questions I receive – an example worth sharing for many (bad) reasons (I have corrected punctuation and grammar errors and translated in readable form: it was originally in bad Portuguese) Question: “Hello Marilia, I would first like to congratulate you because I think you are one of the best female Brazilian powerlifters. You have
Questions I receive – an example of users’ entitlement and abuse Read More »
On October 5, 2012, Gene and Ame Rychlak created the campaign “Power Against Violence and Abuse”. Their mission is as simple and complex as powerlifting itself: to confront all forms of abuse. Abuse, by definition, is an act of violence that takes place between asymmetric players: an adult against a child or an elderly person,
Surviving suicide, rape and abuse through powerlifting: my story Read More »
