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Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis: two things to learnView
This weekend, actors Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis have been criticised for letters of support that they wrote for friend and fellow actor Danny Masterson, sent to a judge following Masterson’s rape conviction. Kutcher and Kunis’s letters described Danny as an ‘excellent role model’ and an ‘amazing friend’. Masterson has …
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Pattern matching and our responseView
This is the third part of a blog series about trauma, pattern matching, and how it influences our responses to domestic abuse. You can catch up on part one here, and part two here. Previously in this series, we’ve explored how our brains work in the context of someone who …
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Pattern matching and domestic abuseView
This is the second part of a blog series about trauma, pattern matching, and how it influences our responses to domestic abuse. You can catch up on part one here. In part one of this series, we looked at Elizabet's story, and saw how the perpetrator of her abuse tried …
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Trauma responses: Elizabet's storyView
At Restored, we encourage people to always believe a disclosure of abuse, because the person disclosing has trusted you for a reason. But, it's known throughout the domestic abuse sector that perpetrators of abuse will often attempt to claim they are the one being abused, countering any disclosures made by …
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'Boundaries' vs 'Control'?View
This weekend, conversations began on social media about emotional abuse and coercive control, after screenshots were shared of texts from actor Jonah Hill to his ex-girlfriend Sarah Brady. Brady is a professional surfer, and Hill’s texts explain the 'boundaries' he’d like to set for their relationship: she shouldn’t surf with …
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An International Update!View
We're so excited to announce that Restored has taken over from the World Evangelical Alliance as the host of CNEDA: the Christian Network to End Domestic Abuse. CNEDA is an international alliance of organisation and individuals who are working to end domestic abuse. The network was founded by Amanda Jackson …
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Why don't we want to believe it?View
As more safeguarding failures within the Church hit the headlines, I am acutely aware of the experiences of so many within our Survivors’ Network. More than 500 women have found a safe space to be seen and heard within this community; the stories they share all too often are not …
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Forgiveness: what does the Bible say?View
This is the second part of a blog focussing on forgiveness and what it means for survivors of domestic abuse. Read part 1 here. Forgiveness is not a choice“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” Ephesians 4:32The uncomfortable truth is, …
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A Survivor's StoryView
It was my 13th wedding anniversary earlier this month. I didn’t actually realise until my Facebook memories popped up and there I was, all dressed in white, beaming with excitement and full of hope. I wondered:Would I have gone through with it if I’d known the horrible twists and turns …
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Father, forgive them...View
“Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” Luke 23:34.Some of the most extraordinarily beautiful and yet challenging words in the Bible. In his hours of despair, in the agony of the cross, Jesus has the grace and the capacity to forgive those who have put …