Yvonne's Blog

I always like to finish my blog each year on a positive note. Whilst it is important to continue to raise awareness of sexual abuse and...

As an inspirational speaker, I have been sharing with audiences since June 2010 my experience of being sexually abused as a child and how...

Last month I had the pleasure of meeting Paul Martin, CEO of Wandsworth and Richmond Council. It was an informative meeting, and I was...

I remember the first time I had to say a difficult goodbye. It was the day the social workers came to take me into government care at...

At the beginning of the year I wrote about the importance of setting goals and having something positive to focus on. I have found this...

Because of personal challenges and the injustice I experienced, for a long time I was angry and unappreciative about my life. I did not...

Last Saturday I shared my story of childhood sexual abuse and gave my testimony of how I was able to recover from its effects on the...

To find your voice is to find your strength It gives power to your soul, to tell the story of your journey No one can steal or take it...

It is easy to assume because you survived through the initial brutal battlefield of childhood abuse that once you become of age, the road...

It happened to me but it is not my identity It was my past but it is not my present or my future I was a product of its effects, but it...

This is a very special month for me. February 2016 marked a turn in my life, a decision I decided to make to commit my time, energy and...

Happy New Year! As we all already know this is the time of year where people make resolutions for all sorts of things. Whether it is...