Yvonne's Blog

I am excited to share my new book with you supporting young people harmed through familial sexual abuse. It is aimed at Practitioners and...

During my 30-year journey to healing from childhood sexual abuse, I discovered certain things I used to believe was not the truth. Many...

Wow, what a year! It has been quite challenging mentally, spiritually and emotionally at times, but I am glad to say I’ve made it...

October is a celebratory month. My autobiography Daughter Arise has turned ten years old. I cannot believe it has been a decade since I...

I recently moderated a panel discussion called Secret Society: An open discussion about child sexual abuse in the black community. I...

I had the great honor of interviewing Davina on the Daughter Arise Youtube channel. She is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. Davina...

My love of writing helped me heal from childhood sexual abuse. It has had a positive and beneficial influence on my life. It gave me a...

In this monthly blog post, CSA Advocate Niki Fayase shares her thoughts on denial and its devastating effects in regards to the difficult...

I have found going through the journey of childhood sexual abuse a very lonely and isolating experience. I first recognized this at nine...

Recently I hosted an event in California to empower survivor’s sexual abuse. The theme of the event originated from the ‘Me Too’ movement...

Recently I stood before full council elected members at Lambeth council to give a deputation to raise awareness of the challenges faced...

My new book Choose Life was released yesterday and I am so excited to reveal it. Choose life is an awareness and empowerment practical...

Earlier this week I had the pleasure of being invited as a guest on Starr radio show ‘black women talking’. Roz, the presenter of the...

In this blog post, Niki Fayase ex- Training Manager for Mosac, a charity that supports non-abusing parents and carers of sexually abused...

In January this year, I had the pleasure of writing a guest blog for Dawn Warwick, Director of Wandsworth Children Services. This blog...

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...

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...

I remember as a child reading the story ‘the ugly duckling’ by Danish Poet and Author Hans Christian Anderson. It tells the tale of a...

Earlier this year, in a radio interview I was asked by the presenter how in the aftermath of such traumatic experiences, did I manage to...