Tag: hope

How to support loved ones during Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Plus, a list of resources that can be helpful for everyone Apr. 1, 2021 April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month: an event intended to create space for survivors’ voices, shed light on the insidious nature of sexual violence and amplify calls to action. But this month-long focus on sexual assault can be painful for survivors. “We have all these events and opportunities to dialogue and create awareness… Read On

Marie Claire publishes exclusive excerpt from Awakening Blackout Girl

In honor of National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, Marie Claire shares an excerpt from Jennifer’s upcoming book, Awakening Blackout Girl Read On

Advanced Praise for Blackout Girl 2nd Edition August 2020 Release

It’s one of those perfect days when the sun is casting its brilliance and holding court in a crystal-blue sky. The last hold of winter evaporates on my deck as spring is declaring its rightful, albeit late, place on the calendar. It’s May, and it has been a long and strange transition from season to season. I am venturing out for my weekly grocery run. I roll down the windows as Tom Petty’s “Free Fallin'” comes on the radio. I turn it up and embrace that amazing feeling of driving with the windows down for the first time in months, cool air on my face and all the promises of warm weather… Read On

How Trauma, Victimization and Addiction Are All Connected

Here is an article I wrote and published in The Fix… Read On