Women's Resources
Support Groups, Crisis Centers, Self Empowerment
Women's resources to inform, support & empower women. Domestic violence, abuse, addiction, hotlines, shelters, counselling and support groups in Canada, including the Prince George and Fort. St. James regions. Women's online communities, forums, blogs and magazines providing information and articles and support on women's self empowerment and self esteem.
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Local Women's Foundations and Societies
The following societies I have been involved with and supported.
Ontrac Independent Living Society
Ontrac is a Society totally made up of people with all types of disabilities whose purpose is to offer people with disabilities opportunities to achieve goals and take part in community .
 Prince George New Hope Society
Christal Capostinsky is a strong activist for sex workers' rights and is also a member of the BC Coalition of Experiential Communities (formerly known as the BC Coalition of Experiential Women). She is the founder of the Prince George New Hope Society and resides in Prince George with her young son.
For a poem by Christal Capostinsky, please visit Women's Stories.
Halijo Webster is a member of the Canadian Professional Counsellors Assoc.
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Women's Crisis Centers, Violence Awareness
No more Silence, Stop the Violence and crisis intervention and for the Woman "human" "being" in us all.
Fireweed Safe Haven - Fort St. James
Emergency Shelter for women and their children fleeing violence. Stopping the Violence Counselling. Sponsoring events to assist with awareness about and prevention of violence against women and children. Supportive Recovery Bed for women going to or returning from drug and alcohol rehabilitation services, or for women on suicide watch.
Vancouver Rape Relief & Women's Shelter
A volunteer feminist collective joined to end violence against women; 24 hour crisis line, transition house for women and their children, support groups, speakers, women's organizing centre.
VIOLET Canadian Women's Shelters
Information about shelters and crisis services for women who have experienced violence, including information on counselling, treatment programs, education, support groups, intervention, and referral services.
V-Day10
A global movement to stop violence against women and girls.
RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline
Partnership of more than 1,100 local rape treatment hotlines providing victims of sexual assault with free, confidential services around the clock, at 1.800.656.HOPE.
Crisis Prevention, Initervention & Information Centre for Northern BC
Non-profit organization providing emotional support, suicide intervention and referral information to the people of Northern BC for those who are feeling overwhelmed, depressed, confused, suicidal or just needing someone to listen.
Older Women's Network
A Voice for Older and Midlife Women. Learning and Working Together
Highway of Tears, Missing Women This site is dedicated to help find the missing persons on the Highway of Tears in Northern British Columbia. Highway of Tears is the Yellowhead Highway 16 West which runs between Prince George and Prince Rupert BC. Also view Highway of Tears documentary about this by Sharmeen Obain Films.
John Howard Society of the Lower Mainland of BC
Sexual Exploitation Prevention Program, educating about sexual exploitation and preventative measures. The program runs until March 2009.
Missing People.net
This website is dedicated to Vancouver's eastside missing and murdered women.
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Women's Rights
HerStory - An Exhibition
A retrospective exhibition, capturing 20 years of work on a unique feminist project. It samples the pages of Herstory: The Canadian Women's Calendar from 1974 to 1995, and reflects on the processand the people that created them.
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Empowering Womens Magazines, Forums, Blogs
Herizons
Quarterly Canadian feminist magazine that delivers the inside scoop on the Canadian women's movement - health, activism, the environment and legal cases affecting women. Herizons serves up feminist satire and plenty of news at a glance.
Visionary Spiritual Forum
Online forum where you can meet with like-minded people to share experiences and thoughts of a metaphysical, spiritual or philosophical nature.
Moondance - Celebrating Creative Women
Inspiring poetry, art and literature written for women and an e-zine with opinions, columns, fiction, writing, song and story, inspirational art and fine poetry.
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Articles for Self Growth & Empowerment
The Boomerang Relationship (Lynne Namka)
Recognising and dealing with passive agressive behaviour, irresponsibility and resulting partner anger.
16-Steps for Discovery and Empowerment (Dr. Charlotte Kasl)
A wholistic approach to overcoming addiction that views people in their wholeness - mind, body and spirit - alternatives to the 12 steps, by Charlotte Davis Kasl, Ph,D., author of "Many Roads One Journey (Moving beyond the 12 steps)" and "Women, Sex and Addiction". If your are curious about alternatives to the 12 steps:
Blaming The Victim (Boston Women's Health Book Collective)
The most common emotional responses to sexual harassment, battering, and rape are guilt, fear, powerlessness, shame, betrayal, anger, and denial. Guilt is often the first and deepest response. Anger may arise only later, because as women we often have no sense of a right to be free from these kinds of violence.
Healing & Coping With Depression - A Holistic Approach (Alison Siwek)
Depression can seem hopeless, but there is hope and healing is possible. This article offers hope, encouragement & understanding from a holistic view of mind, body & spirit.
The Awakening - Sonny Carroll
There comes a time in your life when you finally get it... When in the midst of all your fears and insanity you stop dead in your tracks and somewhere the voice inside your head cries out "ENOUGH! Enough fighting and crying or struggling to hold on." And, like a child quieting down after a blind tantrum, your sobs begin to subside, you shudder once or twice, you blink back your tears and through a mantle of wet lashes you begin to look at the world from a new perspective.... This is your awakening...
Domestic Violence & Abuse (Melanie Tonia Evans)
The truth about physical, mental and emotional abuse to women. Intimate partner violence (IPV), is an enormous society issue.
Narcissism Understood (Melanie Tonia Evans)
Recognising the "Dr Jekyll, Mr Hyde" personality disorder that destroys relationships, families and lives. Feeling confusied, unsafe, sucked dry emotionally, mentally, physically, financially? You are probably in relationship with a narcissist.
Overcoming Relationship Addiction (Melanie Tonia Evans)
Identify & overcome obsessive love or relationship addiction. For those addicted to love, learn the steps to break away and heal the painful cycle.
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Women's Empowerment Workshops & Courses
Self-Healing Expressions
Bringing the Self to Healing, one lesson at a time. Holistic site providing self-paced e-courses on mind body spirit topics. Innovative courses feature interactive web tools, forums, flash shows and more.
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Inspirational Poetry, Empowering Quotes
Pearls of Wisdom
Inspirational quotes & wisdom sayings, prayers, affirmations, inspirational stories & inspirational song lyrics to uplift, heal & feed the soul for personal & spiritual growth, self empowerment and inner peace. Re-awaken your consciousness, remember your true inner power, be the best we can be, for ourselves and others.
Soul Awakening
A place of self-empowerment, spiritual enlightenment & awareness, personal & spiritual growth through Inspirational Poetry, Spiritual Philosophy, Holistic Healing & Counsellling Services and wisdom quotes. Offering hope, encouragement and inspiration to help awaken sleeping souls to their beauty and precious individuality.
Poetry For the Journey by David Stanley Bell
Passionate, inspirational romantic spiritual poetry. Wisdom quotes & inspirational stories, and spiritual articles for self reflection and soul growth.
Ian Kluge - Poet, Writer, Playwright, Teacher
Ian lives in Prince George with his family. He is a loving husband, devoted father, poet, playwright, teacher, philosopher, humorous, intelligent empathetic and caring. On a personal note a man who is kind, gentle, honest, diverse... and one of a few of mature gentle strong men I have met on my journey. I feel safe with that.
Poems by Rumi
Rumi's poems and writings are not so much about anything as spoken from within something. Call it enlightenment, ecstatic love, spirit, soul, truth, the ocean of the ilm (divine luminous wisdom), or the covenant of alas the original agreement with God) Names do not matter. Some resonance of the ocean resides in everyone, Rumi's poetry can be felt as a salt breeze from that, traveling inland. ~Coleman Barks~
Also read:
Quotes by HaliJo Webster
Poetry of HaliJo Webster
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Spiritual Growth, Self Awareness
Eckhart Tolle
Contemporary spiritual teacher who is not aligned with any particular religion or tradition. "There are ways of suffering and into peace". He travels extensively, taking his teachings throughout the world. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia
Zen Stuff:
"Watermelons and Zen students grow pretty much the same way. Long periods of sitting 'till they ripen and grow all juicy inside, but when you knock them on the head to see if they're ready-sounds like nothing's going on".
~ Peter Levitt ~ One hundred butterflies.
Some Zen sites.....
Krishnamurti Foundation of America
J. Krishnamurti (1895-1986) believed that truth is found in living. He was a renowned writer and speaker on fundamental philosophical and spiritual subjects who inspired millions.
Rob Budde is a Student of Language and a teacher of empowerment and awareness through creative writing. At UNBC, he is a poet, novelist, cultural worker, and social activist. He is fundamentally and profoundly dissatisfied with the world: its injustices, its dishonesty, its violence's, its toxic structures or institutional power. Oh, and he is a goof when needed. Also see http://theculturemill.blogspot.com.
SelfGrowth
Spiritual and Self Help Directory providing information about Self Improvement, Personal Growth and Self Help.
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Online Women's Support Groups
Below are some suggestions and alternatives or possible additions to your ongoing support systems of recovery, re-discovery and awakenings. I do not like to think as recovery as a life time process, but rather that it is is a beginning to rediscovery, and individual travelling!
Smart Recovery - Self Management And Recovery Training
The scientific alternative for people seeking independence from addictive behaviors including alcohol, other drugs, gambling and food addictions (eating disorders).
Narconon
Info on drug detoxification and other related scoops, informative and useful. A detox that thoroughly removes toxins from the body.
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