by Lisa McAdams | Feb 7, 2018 | Lead the Way
One of the ways abusers exert power over those they abuse is by twisting the truth and blaming their victim for the abuse. From the outside, victim blaming it is hard to understand why anyone would possibly believe they were responsible for somebody else abusing them....
by Lisa McAdams | Jan 24, 2018 | Lead the Way
When my children were young I was a Personal Trainer and Health Coach. It enabled me to work around my responsibilities as a mother and combine my love of training and Marathon running. I first started running as a way to help deal with the with the depression and...
by Lisa McAdams | Dec 6, 2017 | Lead the Way
Today I was asked if I thought things had really improved for those living with domestic violence. Are people reaching out to them or are we still turning our heads and pretending we don’t see it? I would have loved to say an unequivocally that things had...
by Lisa McAdams | May 3, 2017 | Lead the Way
Domestic violence is becoming a mainstream conversation and with that the veil of secrecy is dropping. An environment is being created where more people will reach out for help. Which I know from experience is as difficult as it is important. Disclosure in the...
by Lisa McAdams | Sep 27, 2016 | Lead the Way
In my role as a Domestic Violence Strategist and Solutions Consultant; I spend a great deal of time speaking about domestic violence I have heard many stories, a great deal of them hard to hear. A common theme I hear is ‘I was never hit or physically abused, so...
