When you grow up in a home witnessing domestic violence, that’s Childhood Domestic Violence. Carlie witnessed domestic violence in childhood and the effects stayed with her into adulthood. Through the lens of childhood, domestic violence is violence between parents or towards a parent from a significant other. It can be physical or nonphysical.

Unlike most other universally understood childhood adversities – such as physical child abuse or sexual abuse – CDV remains largely unknown, even among those who experience it, like Carlie. As an adult, Carlie became aware she experienced CDV and realized she’s more than she knows. And she’s not alone. More…

Childhood Domestic Violence negatively wires a developing brain and the formation of the cognitive belief system. It instills a common cluster of negative beliefs that, if unchallenged, can last well into adulthood, leading to psychological, emotional, social, and behavioral challenges.

A key step forward, is knowing what to call it, as that validation itself, is healing. More…