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by Sarah Beaulieu | Apr 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
Feeling like a working mom rockstar. This may be my first home cooked meal in a weeknight since baby!
by Sarah Beaulieu | Apr 24, 2012 | Career and Leadership
I just had coffee with one of the many amazing and soon to be college graduates in my life. She suggested that I write down my snippets of apparent wisdom that I have picked up over the years. Here they are in all their (hopefully) glory: You are not going to...
by Sarah Beaulieu | Apr 21, 2012 | Sexual Violence
One of the most powerful tools we can provide for survivors of sexual assault and abuse is hope. When facing the pain and suffering that accompanies sexual violence, hope can seem like a distant joke. As friends and family of survivors, as members of a community...
by Sarah Beaulieu | Apr 20, 2012 | Sexual Violence
As a survivor of sexual assault and abuse, I watched the media coverage of the allegations against Sandusky and administrators at Penn State unfold with fascination and disgust. There were lots of stories published about lots of different people, and through it all,...
by Sarah Beaulieu | Apr 17, 2012 | Mini Truth Bombs
Last week, I received an email from a name I didn’t recognize. M said he was a student at Ralston Middle School. He thought I had done a presentation at his school and was writing to let me know that he planned on counting the number of times i get called...
by Sarah Beaulieu | Apr 15, 2012 | Advocacy and Activism
I love the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center’s annual Walk for Change. It’s an event for survivors of sexual violence, their family and friends, and advocates. This year, I’m walking with my husband and 8-month old baby boy. I want to teach my son...
by Sarah Beaulieu | Aug 31, 2010 | Supporting Survivors
One of the things that provides my life with a lot of meaning is sharing my story with others, in hopes that a piece of my experience might help transform another person’s life. Currently, I am a part of the Survivor’s Speakers Bureau at BARCC, which...
by Sarah Beaulieu | Aug 16, 2010 | Mini Truth Bombs
I just bought Stephen Levine's book, A Year to Live. In this book, Levine explores what it is like to live in the face of death. He chronicles his personal journey of imagining his own death, and how deepening his relationship to death brought him...
by Sarah Beaulieu | Aug 9, 2010 | Uncategorized
I read an article in the NY Times this weekend about how spending money on experiences makes you happier than spending money on stuff. Having just bought a new house with my husband, Marc, this article, of course, made me immediate question whether I should...
by Sarah Beaulieu | Jan 10, 2010 | Advocacy and Activism
In 2008, I created a presentation for a nonprofit management class at Boston College’s Carroll School of Management on the messaging and funding challenges for organizations that work in the sexual violence arena. This work came out of my experience as a...
