Every day I receive Google news alerts informing me of the latest news concerning domestic violence. On any given day I receive ten to fifty news alerts. Yes, we have a big problem that is not going away anytime soon.

There does not seem to be a cure for this enormous social dilemma, but perhaps there is a way to stem the recidivism rate of women who leave and then return to the toxic relationship.

Statistically 85% to 90% of women who leave a domestic violent relationship return and one of...

Women who have been in domestic violent relationships overcoming fear or the capacity to manage fear is crucial to the ability to break the cycle of violence in their lives.

Women who have endured domestic violence in their lives have come to live with fear and for so many women fear has become a way of life.

“The Business of Me” works with women to help them overcome their fears and especially their fears of dealing with their finances. If they are able to overcome their fear of deali...

It is fear that women survivors of domestic violence have come to live with and for them living in fear has become a way of life. The abused women’s fears of money and money management are often crippling and acute and can often block their paths to financial stability and independence.  These problems often block the woman from leaving (or returning to) an abusive relationship.

In order to help a woman “break the cycle” of domestic violence they need to overcome their fears of dealing...