Claire Chamberlain: Survivor Advocate Resource, Talking about child and domestic partner abuse: VIDEO
Claire Chamberlain: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-louise-chamberlain-she-her-b547251ba/
Claire Louise Chamberlain (She/Her) Speaker. Author. Survivor. Advocate. Resource. Providing support and education on abuse and trauma. Waltham, England, United Kingdom
Resources, Knowledge & Tools for abuse survivors & all professionals wanting a future free from abuse.
Bringing all factions of the abuse support community together to change the focus & start making a large scale impact. Telling the story of abuse, survival & healing through the collective voices of inspirational advocates, professionals & survivors. Speakers include Caroline Strawson – Post traumatic growth. Sam Billingham – SODA. Natalie Page – The Court Said & Gemma Aitchison – Yes Matters #clearpath2021 #inspire #educate #empower
At this cycle-breaking event we’ll tell the story of the many forms of abuse, survivorship, and healing, through the collective voices of those who have found their way forward and have gone on to not only thrive, but become beacons of light for others to follow. We have come together to give hope to victims and survivors, provide resources to them and professionals in the field, to raise awareness, and to ask the following question. Why is the focus not to PREVENT this spread of narcissistic and abusive behaviour?
Abuse is an epidemic. Abusers are the virus. Their victims are the hosts. Currently we try to heal the infected. But there are so many that the services trying to do that are beyond breaking point. Desmond Tutu said, “We need to stop just pulling people out of the water. We need to go upstream and starting finding out why they are falling in.” At Clear Path, we have used our collective knowledge and studies to find what is causing this and how best to take steps to stop the spread. We aim to hold this event every year, inviting professionals (including judges, MPs, police commissioners, media, child protection officials etc) , survivors, and those with the power to drive or make positive changes to policies that are obviously not working at present, as a signpost to our movement and cause.
Clear Path wants:
* Survivors to be offered free access to timely and adequate mental health resources.
* Young people to receive education on abusive behaviour, healthy interpersonal relationships, red flags, and emotional awareness within the national curriculum and beyond.
* Strategic, supportive action from childrens services, police, education, and mental health organisations around young people (and their families) displaying narcissistic/abusive tendencies and children displaying signs of emotional abuse at home.
* A shift from reactive, to preventative systems. Because we need to stop this cycle from continuing to grow through further generations. What will you discover?
*Our inspirational stories, with clear purpose and calls to action.
*Ways to heal and thrive after abuse.
*The Clear Path Toolkit; An exclusive, all-encompassing abuse resources and signposting tool for survivors and professionals alike.
*Techniques to support those around you who’ve been affected by abuse.
*Tutorials and guided walk throughs of breath work, meditation, self defence, vision boarding, journaling, inner voices, red flags, and much more.
*A powerful experience filled with hope, solutions, and a Clear Path forward. There is light at the end of this tunnel. Follow us. We’ll show you the way.
Claire Louise Chamberlain founded Clear Path to tell the story of the many forms of abuse, survival and healing, through the collective voices of incredible people who escaped and went on to thrive and become beacons of hope. The mission is to spark a movement towards systematic prevention of abuse, rather than the current reactive approach. Because “We have to stop just pulling people out of the water. We have to start going upstream and find out why they are falling in.” – Desmond Tutu.
We are fighting for fully accessible support for victims and survivors, with sufficient bolstering for vital services on the front line. Because the current system is not fit for purpose and leaves tens of thousands abandoned with no support. We will highlight the key issues you need to be aware of to support victims and survivors in your community and beyond, show you how we can take steps to make positive changes, while offering resources for those looking to heal. Together we will incite the action needed for us to stop the epidemic of abuse and its devastating effects. We can show you the way. Join us at Clear Path Conference this September.
INSPIRE You will be inspired by our incredible speaker’s stories of escape, survival, and healing from abuse. You will have access to their expertise now, as professionals, activists, and specialists, forging a path for us all to follow.
EDUCATE You will learn how to heal the wounds caused by abuse. You will receive exclusive access to comprehensive resources and the knowledge that is essential to becoming a cycle breaker yourself and for others.
EMPOWER You might be wondering what on earth you can do to make a difference. The problem is so huge! The great news is, all you have to do is listen. By joining us, you will be empowered through our collective voices to step onto the clear path towards an abuse-free future. Whether you are a survivor, a professional in the field, or simply wanting to learn more about abuse, healing, and what can be done, join us at Clear Path Conference this September.
Clearpathconference.org
Clear Path Conference Facebook link
Also, Claire Louise Chamberlain is her Facebook handle
SPEAKERS
*Caroline Strawson BSc (Hons) TICC IACP Founder The Post Traumatic Growth Academy™ and Member of The National Council Of Psychotherapists ICF Accredited Trauma Informed Certified Coach as well as a Certified Narcissistic Trauma Recovery Coach. ref
Post Traumatic Growth After Narcissistic Abuse
Narcissistic abuse is an insidious form of domestic abuse and is trauma to the very core. It can feel like life will never be the same again with feelings of shame and guilt a daily occurrence. Post-traumatic growth is a positive psychology phenomenon that happens when you turn your struggle and trauma into a strength to lead a much deeper, more connected life. Caroline helps others see that a narcissist can highlight all the self-worthiness wounds within the system and actually be an opportunity for growth and awakening. ref
*Sam Billingham Founder of S.O.D.A Talking about her personal experience of trying to escape her abusive relationship and the common barriers victims face when trying to escape. Sam explains safe exit planning and how employers/services can best support someone trying to escape. ref
*Claire Louise Chamberlain Founder of The Clear Path Project MD at Chamberlain Expressions. Claire talks about her experience of childhood emotional abuse and how that directly led her into dangerously abusive relationships as an adult. She goes on to explain how she discovered so many others like her, who all faced the same adversity and obstacles. She shares healing techniques that helped her and countless survivors whom she now supports, along with the changes needed to break the cycle as a society, not only as individuals. ref
*Gemma Aitchison Founder of YES MATTERS, Degree in Youth Work, Degree in Community and Social Policy. We see rape not convicted, domestic homicides at historical highs, 9 out of 10 girls feel unsafe at school and Britain is the third greatest consumer of child pornography in the world. All these things have sexual objectification at the heart of them. Gemma will explore the gender stereotype of sexual objectification and how it impacts the lives of men, women, and children, and most importantly, what we can do about it. ref
*Natalie Page Owner of Court Confidence. Natalie speaks about current events and issues affecting victims of abuse in court and how children are being put at risk every day. She provides clear guidance on how you can make an impact and make positive changes in this arena. ref
“Kate Harley Fox TikTok Influencer, Model, Content Writer & Creator, Survivor Kate is a writer and model who has built a successful career as a social media influencer. She now uses her platform to advocate for clearer and wider spread abuse awareness and education for all, especially for young people who largely walk into their first romantic relationships completely blind to this very real threat to their safety. tiktok@kateharleyfox. ref
*Sarah Tomlinson Founder of A Girl with Many Secrets, Professional Artist, Advocate, and Survivor. Sarahs art career has been fundamental in her recovery and she is now a globally recognised artist A Girl with many Secrets. Sarah escaped but fell into psychosis and then had a spinal cord accident after fleeing her home. Sarah now advocates for survivors and shares her healing methods from pain to peace after 13 years of domestic violence. ref
*Charissa Cooke TikTok Influencer, Campaigner for sexual assault prevention, justice, and support as well as a Survivor. Drawing from her own experience, amplified by the thousands of survivor’s voices she’s connected with as an influencer, Charissa will be speaking about rape culture and its effects on impressionable teen girls who are ‘barely legal’. Also how this passive acceptance of false narratives and the abusers among us, leads to young boys and men having an unhealthy and even dangerous sense of entitlement. How to support a friend, colleague, or employee who has disclosed abuse or sexual assault. How breaking the silence can help break the cycle. ref
*Louisa Herridge Founder of Mamas Ignited, Author, Survivor, Reinvention & Empowerment Coach. An introduction to vision boarding that will empower you to show up for yourself. A tool that allows you to Be more, Feel more and Do more! This isn’t about business or work or the kids, this is about YOU. ref
*Rebecca Fellows MD at Affinity Therapies, Accredited Meditation Facilitator, Reiki Master and Holistic Therapist, Forensic Psychology MSc. An explanation of the mental health and healing benefits of meditation, followed by FOUR Guided meditations and breathing exercises for beginners, spread throughout the day. Guided Grounding Meditation, Guided Inner Voice Meditation, Guided Cutting out toxicity Meditation, and Guided Self Love Meditation. ref
*Natasha Smith MD at Nateur Connections, Networking coordinator for businesses rooted in the spiritual. Beginners Guide to using Colour Energy with your Creativity as a Healing Support Tool – using Colours to express your Emotions, support your Wellbeing Physically, Mentally, Emotionally and Spiritually and expanding your awareness of the power of Colour in your Life. ref
Speaker Announcements By Matthew Storey, Owner of The Human Storey
Matthew is a master practitioner of NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) and accredited by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. His passion and enthusiasm for developing others are paramount in all that he does. His inspirational nature has seen him carry the Paralympic Torch at the 2012 London Olympic Games and he is an ambassador for Parkrun UK. ref
Damien Marie AtHope Axiological Atheist, Anti-theist, Anti-religionist, Secular Humanist. Rationalist, Writer, Artist, Poet, Philosopher, Advocate, Activist, Psychology, and Armchair Archaeology/Anthropology/Historian. i AM interested in: Freedom, Liberty, Justice, Equality, Ethics, Humanism, Science, Atheism, Antiteism, Antireligionism, Ignosticism, Left-Libertarianism, Anarchism, Socialism, Mutualism, Axiology, Metaphysics, LGBTQI, Philosophy, Advocacy, Activism, Mental Health, Psychology, Archaeology, Social Work, Sexual Rights, Marriage Rights, Woman’s Rights, Gender Rights, Child Rights, Secular Rights, Race Equality, Ableism/Disability Equality, Etc. And a far-leftist, “Anarcho-Humanist.”
I am an (Axiological Atheist) a far-leftist, “Anarcho-Humanist.” Also an atheist-humanist philosopher & pre-historical writer/researcher at damienmarieathope.com
While hallucinogens are associated with shamanism, it is alcohol that is associated with paganism.
The Atheist-Humanist-Leftist Revolutionaries Shows in the prehistory series:
Show two: Pre-animism 300,000 years old and animism 100,000 years old: related to “Anarchism and Socialism”
Show tree: Totemism 50,000 years old: related to “Anarchism and Socialism”
Show four: Shamanism 30,000 years old: related to “Anarchism and Socialism”
Show five: Paganism 12,000 years old: related to “Anarchism and Socialism”
Show six: Emergence of hierarchy, sexism, slavery, and the new male god dominance: Paganism 7,000-5,000 years old: related to “Anarchism and Socialism” (Capitalism) (World War 0) Elite and their slaves!
Prehistory: related to “Anarchism and Socialism” the division of labor, power, rights, and recourses: VIDEO
Pre-animism 300,000 years old and animism 100,000 years old: related to “Anarchism and Socialism”: VIDEO
Totemism 50,000 years old: related to “Anarchism and Socialism”: VIDEO
Shamanism 30,000 years old: related to “Anarchism and Socialism”: VIDEO
Paganism 12,000 years old: related to “Anarchism and Socialism” (Pre-Capitalism): VIDEO
Paganism 7,000-5,000 years old: related to “Anarchism and Socialism” (Capitalism) (World War 0) Elite and their slaves: VIEDO
Paganism 5,000 years old: progressed organized religion and the state: related to “Anarchism and Socialism” (Kings and the Rise of the State): VIEDO
Paganism 4,000 years old: related to “Anarchism and Socialism” (First Moralistic gods, then the Origin time of Monotheism): VIEDO
I do not hate simply because I challenge and expose myths or lies any more than others being thought of as loving simply because of the protection and hiding from challenge their favored myths or lies.
The truth is best championed in the sunlight of challenge.
An archaeologist once said to me “Damien religion and culture are very different”
My response, So are you saying that was always that way, such as would you say Native Americans’ cultures are separate from their religions? And do you think it always was the way you believe?
I had said that religion was a cultural product. That is still how I see it and there are other archaeologists that think close to me as well. Gods too are the myths of cultures that did not understand science or the world around them, seeing magic/supernatural everywhere.
I personally think there is a goddess and not enough evidence to support a male god at Çatalhöyük but if there was both a male and female god and goddess then I know the kind of gods they were like Proto-Indo-European mythology.
This series idea was addressed in, Anarchist Teaching as Free Public Education or Free Education in the Public: VIDEO
Our 12 video series: Organized Oppression: Mesopotamian State Force and the Politics of power (9,000-4,000 years ago), is adapted from: The Complete and Concise History of the Sumerians and Early Bronze Age Mesopotamia (7000-2000 BC): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szFjxmY7jQA by “History with Cy“
Show #1: Mesopotamian State Force and the Politics of Power (Samarra, Halaf, Ubaid)
Show #2: Mesopotamian State Force and the Politics of Power
Show #3: Mesopotamian State Force and the Politics of Power (Uruk and the First Cities)
Show #4: Mesopotamian State Force and the Politics of Power (First Kings)
Show #5: Mesopotamian State Force and the Politics of Power (Early Dynastic Period)
Show #6: Mesopotamian State Force and the Politics of Power
Show #7: Mesopotamian State Force and the Politics of Power (Sargon and Akkadian Rule)
Show #9: Mesopotamian State Force and the Politics of Power (Gudea of Lagash and Utu-hegal)
Show #12: Mesopotamian State Force and the Politics of Power (Aftermath and Legacy of Sumer)
The “Atheist-Humanist-Leftist Revolutionaries”
Cory Johnston ☭ Ⓐ Atheist Leftist @Skepticallefty & I (Damien Marie AtHope) @AthopeMarie (my YouTube & related blog) are working jointly in atheist, antitheist, antireligionist, antifascist, anarchist, socialist, and humanist endeavors in our videos together, generally, every other Saturday.
Why Does Power Bring Responsibility?
Think, how often is it the powerless that start wars, oppress others, or commit genocide? So, I guess the question is to us all, to ask, how can power not carry responsibility in a humanity concept? I know I see the deep ethical responsibility that if there is power their must be a humanistic responsibility of ethical and empathic stewardship of that power. Will I be brave enough to be kind? Will I possess enough courage to be compassionate? Will my valor reach its height of empathy? I as everyone, earns our justified respect by our actions, that are good, ethical, just, protecting, and kind. Do I have enough self-respect to put my love for humanity’s flushing, over being brought down by some of its bad actors? May we all be the ones doing good actions in the world, to help human flourishing.
I create the world I want to live in, striving for flourishing. Which is not a place but a positive potential involvement and promotion; a life of humanist goal precision. To master oneself, also means mastering positive prosocial behaviors needed for human flourishing. I may have lost a god myth as an atheist, but I am happy to tell you, my friend, it is exactly because of that, leaving the mental terrorizer, god belief, that I truly regained my connected ethical as well as kind humanity.
Cory and I will talk about prehistory and theism, addressing the relevance to atheism, anarchism, and socialism.
At the same time as the rise of the male god, 7,000 years ago, there was also the very time there was the rise of violence, war, and clans to kingdoms, then empires, then states. It is all connected back to 7,000 years ago, and it moved across the world.
Cory Johnston: https://damienmarieathope.com/2021/04/cory-johnston-mind-of-a-skeptical-leftist/?v=32aec8db952d
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The Mind of a Skeptical Leftist By Cory Johnston: “Promoting critical thinking, social justice, and left-wing politics by covering current events and talking to a variety of people. Cory Johnston has been thoughtfully talking to people and attempting to promote critical thinking, social justice, and left-wing politics.” http://anchor.fm/skepticalleft
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Cory Johnston ☭ Ⓐ @Skepticallefty Evidence-based atheist leftist (he/him) Producer, host, and co-host of 4 podcasts @skeptarchy @skpoliticspod and @AthopeMarie
Damien Marie AtHope (“At Hope”) Axiological Atheist, Anti-theist, Anti-religionist, Secular Humanist. Rationalist, Writer, Artist, Poet, Philosopher, Advocate, Activist, Psychology, and Armchair Archaeology/Anthropology/Historian.
Damien is interested in: Freedom, Liberty, Justice, Equality, Ethics, Humanism, Science, Atheism, Antiteism, Antireligionism, Ignosticism, Left-Libertarianism, Anarchism, Socialism, Mutualism, Axiology, Metaphysics, LGBTQI, Philosophy, Advocacy, Activism, Mental Health, Psychology, Archaeology, Social Work, Sexual Rights, Marriage Rights, Woman’s Rights, Gender Rights, Child Rights, Secular Rights, Race Equality, Ageism/Disability Equality, Etc. And a far-leftist, “Anarcho-Humanist.”
I am not a good fit in the atheist movement that is mostly pro-capitalist, I am anti-capitalist. Mostly pro-skeptic, I am a rationalist not valuing skepticism. Mostly pro-agnostic, I am anti-agnostic. Mostly limited to anti-Abrahamic religions, I am an anti-religionist.
To me, the “male god” seems to have either emerged or become prominent around 7,000 years ago, whereas the now favored monotheism “male god” is more like 4,000 years ago or so. To me, the “female goddess” seems to have either emerged or become prominent around 11,000-10,000 years ago or so, losing the majority of its once prominence around 2,000 years ago due largely to the now favored monotheism “male god” that grow in prominence after 4,000 years ago or so.
My Thought on the Evolution of Gods?
Animal protector deities from old totems/spirit animal beliefs come first to me, 13,000/12,000 years ago, then women as deities 11,000/10,000 years ago, then male gods around 7,000/8,000 years ago. Moralistic gods around 5,000/4,000 years ago, and monotheistic gods around 4,000/3,000 years ago.
Damien Marie AtHope (Said as “At” “Hope”)/(Autodidact Polymath but not good at math):
Axiological Atheist, Anti-theist, Anti-religionist, Secular Humanist, Rationalist, Writer, Artist, Jeweler, Poet, “autodidact” Philosopher, schooled in Psychology, and “autodidact” Armchair Archaeology/Anthropology/Pre-Historian (Knowledgeable in the range of: 1 million to 5,000/4,000 years ago). I am an anarchist socialist politically. Reasons for or Types of Atheism
My Website, My Blog, & Short-writing or Quotes, My YouTube, Twitter: @AthopeMarie, and My Email: damien.marie.athope@gmail.com