Surviving Domestic Violence – Gold Medalist Ruthie Bolton

Surviving Domestic Violence – Gold Medalist Ruthie Bolton

The 2-time Olympic gold medalist and Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame inductee aka @MightyRuthie shares about surviving domestic abuse and becoming an advocate for other survivors. She also shares about being one of 20 children, being a preacher’s kid and learning how to stop trying to “rescue” broken partners and take care of herself.

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For more about Ruthie go to www.MightyRuthieBolton.com

Follow her @MightyRuthie

contact her at teammightyruthie@gmail.com

Domestic Violence resources:

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Domestic Violence
Help Guide
Safe Horizon
National Network to End Domestic Violence

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Other Links Mentioned

The article by Stephanie Shipp that Paul read comes courtesy of www.ThriveTraumaRecoveryCoaching.com

You can read it here https://thrivetraumarecoverycoaching.blogspot.com/2019/12/thrive-trauma-recovery-coaching-blog.html

The books she recommended are:

Covert Incest Syndrome by Patricia Love Ed.D. and Jo Robinson - the definitive text on emotional incest/parentification.
Silently Seduced: When Parents Make Their Children Partners by Kenneth M. Adams
The Drama of the Gifted Child by Alice Miller

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