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06/26/2009

The White House - Press Office - Vice President Biden Announces Appointment of White House Advisor on Violence Against Women

The White House - Press Office - Vice President Biden Announces Appointment of White House Advisor on Violence Against Women.

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Domestic Violence Resources from Mary Kay

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memoirs i recommend

  • Joan Anderson: A Year by the Sea: Thoughts of an Unfinished Woman

    Joan Anderson: A Year by the Sea: Thoughts of an Unfinished Woman

  • Ellen Burstyn: Lessons in Becoming Myself

    Ellen Burstyn: Lessons in Becoming Myself

  • Kay Redfield Jamison: An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

    Kay Redfield Jamison: An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

  • Donald Hall: The Best Day The Worst Day: Life with Jane Kenyon

    Donald Hall: The Best Day The Worst Day: Life with Jane Kenyon

  • Abigail Thomas: An ACTUAL LIFE

    Abigail Thomas: An ACTUAL LIFE

  • Abigail Thomas: Safekeeping: Some True Stories From a Life

    Abigail Thomas: Safekeeping: Some True Stories From a Life

  • Abigail Thomas: A Three Dog Life

    Abigail Thomas: A Three Dog Life

  • Kathleen Norris: The Cloister Walk

    Kathleen Norris: The Cloister Walk

  • Kathleen Norris: Dakota: A Spiritual Geography

    Kathleen Norris: Dakota: A Spiritual Geography

  • Kathleen Norris: The Virgin of Bennington

    Kathleen Norris: The Virgin of Bennington

books about creativity

  • Steven Pressfield: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

    Steven Pressfield: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

  • Julia Cameron: The Artist's Way

    Julia Cameron: The Artist's Way

  • Natalie Goldberg: Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

    Natalie Goldberg: Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

blogs i'm reading

  • Okay, Fine, Dammit
  • my blog - Ordinary Courage
  • Lisa Adams on Life, Death, Cancer, and Family: “You’d Never Know”
  • Penny Jar: A heads up on being at the tail end
  • Word Love by Randy Susan Meyers
  • Authentic Realities with Dian Reid | Be your authentic you™
  • Pleasure Notes
  • Gwen Bell - Big Love in a Small World - Blog
  • Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist
  • MyndeMayfield.com - Life Coaching For Overcoming Fear, Online Technology Tutoring, and Astrology

books about spirituality

  • Andrew Harvey: The Return of the Mother

    Andrew Harvey: The Return of the Mother

  • Andrew Harvey: The Direct Path: Creating a Personal Journey to the Divine Using the World's Spiritual Traditions

    Andrew Harvey: The Direct Path: Creating a Personal Journey to the Divine Using the World's Spiritual Traditions

  • Anne Baring: The Divine Feminine: Exploring the Feminine Face of God Throughout the World

    Anne Baring: The Divine Feminine: Exploring the Feminine Face of God Throughout the World

  • Neil Douglas-Klotz: The Sufi Book of Life: 99 Pathways of the Heart for the Modern Dervish

    Neil Douglas-Klotz: The Sufi Book of Life: 99 Pathways of the Heart for the Modern Dervish

  • Richard Rohr: Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer

    Richard Rohr: Everything Belongs: The Gift of Contemplative Prayer

  • Carol L. Flinders: Enduring Grace: Living Portraits of Seven Women Mystics

    Carol L. Flinders: Enduring Grace: Living Portraits of Seven Women Mystics

  • Carol L. Flinders: At the Root of This Longing: Reconciling a Spiritual Hunger and a Feminist Thirst

    Carol L. Flinders: At the Root of This Longing: Reconciling a Spiritual Hunger and a Feminist Thirst

  • Kathleen Norris: Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith

    Kathleen Norris: Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith

  • Anne Lamott: Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

    Anne Lamott: Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

  • Anne Lamott: Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith

    Anne Lamott: Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith

yoga online

  • Yoga Journal: Yoga Poses, Classes, Meditation, and Life - On and Off the Mat - Namaste
  • YogiChocolate: Home
  • Yoga Peeps

books about yoga

  • David(Author) Swenson: Ashtanga Yoga: The Practice Manual [ASHTANGA YOGA]

    David(Author) Swenson: Ashtanga Yoga: The Practice Manual [ASHTANGA YOGA]

  • Deepak Chopra: The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga: A Practical Guide to Healing Body, Mind, and Spirit

    Deepak Chopra: The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga: A Practical Guide to Healing Body, Mind, and Spirit

  • Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre: Yoga Mind and Body (DK Living)

    Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre: Yoga Mind and Body (DK Living)

  • Sharon Gannon: Jivamukti Yoga: Practices for Liberating Body and Soul

    Sharon Gannon: Jivamukti Yoga: Practices for Liberating Body and Soul

books about women and food

  • Marcelle Pick N.P.: The Core Balance Diet: 4 Weeks to Boost Your Metabolism and Lose Weight for Good

    Marcelle Pick N.P.: The Core Balance Diet: 4 Weeks to Boost Your Metabolism and Lose Weight for Good

  • Victoria Moran: Fit From Within : 101 Simple Secrets to Change Your Body and Your Life - Starting Today and Lasting Forever

    Victoria Moran: Fit From Within : 101 Simple Secrets to Change Your Body and Your Life - Starting Today and Lasting Forever

  • Frances Kuffel: Passing for Thin: Losing Half My Weight and Finding My Self

    Frances Kuffel: Passing for Thin: Losing Half My Weight and Finding My Self

  • Victoria Moran: Lit from Within

    Victoria Moran: Lit from Within

  • Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia

    Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia

  • Caroline Knapp: Appetites: Why Women Want

    Caroline Knapp: Appetites: Why Women Want

  • Victoria Moran: Fit From Within

books about taking good care

  • Joan Anderson: A Walk on the Beach: Tales of Wisdom From an Unconventional Woman

    Joan Anderson: A Walk on the Beach: Tales of Wisdom From an Unconventional Woman

  • Joan Anderson: A Weekend to Change Your Life: Find Your Authentic Self After a Lifetime of Being All Things to All People

    Joan Anderson: A Weekend to Change Your Life: Find Your Authentic Self After a Lifetime of Being All Things to All People

  • Mona Lisa Schulz: The Intuitive Advisor: A Psychic Doctor Teaches You How to Solve Your Most Pressing Health Problems

    Mona Lisa Schulz: The Intuitive Advisor: A Psychic Doctor Teaches You How to Solve Your Most Pressing Health Problems

  • Cheryl Richardson: The Art of Extreme Self-Care: Transform Your Life One Month at a Time

    Cheryl Richardson: The Art of Extreme Self-Care: Transform Your Life One Month at a Time

fiction

  • Pam Houston: Sight Hound: A Novel

    Pam Houston: Sight Hound: A Novel

  • T.C. Boyle: The Women: A Novel

    T.C. Boyle: The Women: A Novel

  • Andre Dubus III: The Garden of Last Days: A Novel

    Andre Dubus III: The Garden of Last Days: A Novel

  • Pam Houston: A Little More About Me

    Pam Houston: A Little More About Me

  • Pam Houston: Cowboys Are My Weakness: Stories

    Pam Houston: Cowboys Are My Weakness: Stories

books about domestic violence

  • Judith Herman: Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

    Judith Herman: Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

  • Rosalind B. Penfold: Dragonslippers: This is What an Abusive Relationship Looks Like

    Rosalind B. Penfold: Dragonslippers: This is What an Abusive Relationship Looks Like

  • Christopher Peterson: Learned Helplessness: A Theory for the Age of Personal Control

    Christopher Peterson: Learned Helplessness: A Theory for the Age of Personal Control

  • Lenore E. A. Walker EdD: The Battered Woman Syndrome, Third Edition (FOCUS ON WOMEN)

    Lenore E. A. Walker EdD: The Battered Woman Syndrome, Third Edition (FOCUS ON WOMEN)

  • Edra Blixseth: Uncharged Battery
  • Leslie Morgan Steiner: Crazy Love

    Leslie Morgan Steiner: Crazy Love

domestic violence resources online

  • SafetyNet Domestic Violence Resources
  • National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
  • State Resources << Violence Against Women << womenshealth.gov
  • National Domestic Violence Hotline
  • Domestic Violence - National Hotlines & Resources - Feminist Majority Foundation