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A YARN LIVE - Leaving domestic abuse behind to drive intergenerational change with Lisa Mead
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Domestic abuse is hard to leave... they even have a name for it "Battered Wife Syndrome", so it's very hard to get out and it can be hard to understand why some struggle to... hence the syndrome has a name.
** Please donate to Lisa's Kickstarter campaign to fund her book "The book I wish I had when I was going through it" for those who are need it now: https://buff.ly/3r4Auvx
That said many do leave, but few talk about for obvious reasons; fear, shame, so it largely lives in the shadows and like suicide and mental health, it has its stigma.
Then along comes Lisa Mead who has courageously opened up and shared her story, and made choices to support her son to make intergenerational change through her business which gives 10% of revenue, (not profit) to 4 charitable programs that make an impact for rangitahi to ensure they don't follow their parents path...
And wow, is she doing great, with $82,000 donated by June 2021 https://lnkd.in/gGiw9AF
Now Lisa is writing a book about it go create a resources, an inspiration, for other women to seek their way out to a better life - so join us as we discuss the book and her story behind it Tuesday 10am - book your calendar from the event.
Here is Lisa's post about her Phoenix Ink seen in the image: https://lnkd.in/gN9vBc5
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