by Sarah Beaulieu | Sep 27, 2013 | Truth About Sexual Violence
It’s hard to imagine, but less than 50 years ago, having breast cancer was a shameful thing. In my grandmother’s generation, women suffered – and died – alone, keeping their cancer a secret from family members and friends. The treatment available was crude and...
by Sarah Beaulieu | Aug 26, 2013 | Art of Intervention
If you have entered into conversation and dialogue about the issue of sexual violence, you may have heard the term “rape apologist.” While this term hasn’t yet made it into Webster’s Dictionary, an apologist is someone who “makes a defense in speech or writing of a...
by Sarah Beaulieu | Aug 13, 2013 | Pregnancy, Parenting, and Birth
There’s nothing like a school or daycare potluck to bring on a burst of competitive parenting. Personally, I dread the cheerful closing, “Bring a dish to share!” because I instantly start to think about how everyone in the room is going to judge my lack of Martha...
by Sarah Beaulieu | Aug 8, 2013 | Art of Intervention
This week, I tried to help a blind man on the subway. I say tried because whatever I did was totally not helpful at all, despite my best intentions. I was waiting to get on a busy rush hour train as I saw a man with a white cane exiting from the subway car. He was...
by Sarah Beaulieu | Aug 7, 2013 | Mini Truth Bombs
A few months ago, Noah Flower, a brilliant network weaver, put me in touch with Julie Sherman, founder of J Sherman Studio, a small design firm in Newton, MA. Noah thought Julie and her team might be interested in the work of The Enliven Project, and that The Enliven...