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A Peace I've Never Felt Before

When I started The Broken & Brave Blog, I wasn't sure there could be moments between the broken and the brave. Today after my third year...

Origin Stories of a "Control Freak"

Moving through trauma, anxiety, and chasing control As I work through my trauma with EMDR as well as “traditional” therapy sessions, it’s...

Life's Great Relay Race

Who Are You Passing the Baton to? I recently listened to a Brene Brown podcast episode featuring the amazing, Viola Davis. During that...

The Circle of Safety

Very early on in my pregnancy with my daughter, I read about the importance of forming a circle of safety, so to speak, for kids. A...

The Power of Peers - How Finding a Fellow Survivor to Confide in Can Be Incredibly Healing

As we move through Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Child Abuse Prevention Month, I have something to celebrate. When the month...

What It Means to Be A Secondary Survivor

I’ll never forget the first real panic attack I ever had. I had been in back-to-back advocacy/counseling sessions with survivors since...

"Good" Days

The word “good” can mean a lot of things. Trust me, I looked it up. The definition that makes the most sense to me is: “satisfactory in...

The Importance of Community Resources for Survivors

My name is Hannah Gottschalk and I serve as the Executive Director of SafeCenter Domestic and Sexual Violence Services of Clinton and...

My Child and My "Big Feelings"

As a mom, who is journeying through trauma survival, it goes without saying that this journey affects my child. Of course, at the age of...

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