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Kerry McAvoy

How My Day Buying Wigs Reminded Me We Are All Beautiful

How My Day Buying Wigs Reminded Me We Are All Beautiful

Accepting my brokenness has helped to heal my insecurities
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Kerry McAvoy, PhD
What I Learned From Being Left Waiting at the Restaurant

What I Learned From Being Left Waiting at the Restaurant

I was stood up on a first date
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Kerry McAvoy, PhD
How Poor Medical Care May Have Contributed to My Husband’s Death

How Poor Medical Care May Have Contributed to My Husband’s Death

He might been willing to fight for his life if he’d gotten better support
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Kerry McAvoy, PhD
What I Learned From My Encounters With Evil People

What I Learned From My Encounters With Evil People

Can they be saved? I’m not so sure.
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Kerry McAvoy, PhD
I Was Shamed for Helping Out

I Was Shamed for Helping Out

Sometimes it’s impossible to do enough
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Kerry McAvoy, PhD
Being Widowed is More Painful than Being Divorced

Being Widowed is More Painful than Being Divorced

At least it is today as I remember my husband on our wedding anniversary.
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Kerry McAvoy, PhD
When Spiritual Advice Does More Harm than Good

When Spiritual Advice Does More Harm than Good

The danger of using spiritual bypassing as a form of support
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Kerry McAvoy, PhD
How Literacy Deepened the Relationship with My Father

How Literacy Deepened the Relationship with My Father

My dad’s discovery of audiobooks changed everything.
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Kerry McAvoy, PhD
How Being Raped as a Preschooler Affected Me and What I’m Doing About It

How Being Raped as a Preschooler Affected Me and What I’m Doing Abo...

It’s hard work, but I’m finding the inner strength to stand up for myself.
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Kerry McAvoy, PhD
Social Distancing Isn’t New, We Do It to Victims All the Time

Social Distancing Isn’t New, We Do It to Victims All the Time

A closer look at our uncomfortableness with trauma stories.
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Kerry McAvoy, PhD
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