When Physical Abuse Prevents You From Living Your Best Life

'Living Your Best Life in Afrika' Podcast.

English - December 05, 2019 06:00 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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Previous Episode: Trying to Live Your Best Life When Loneliness Holds You Back

Next Episode: When Coercive Control In Your Relationship, Stops You From Living Your Best Life

Hi everyone

I hope you had a positive week. My week - it’s been amusing. Lots of people I know are travelling in Afrika and sending me funny memes, which are keeping me laughing.

You know it’s good to laugh, but I also understand that in lots of our relationships, laughing is the last thing some of us are able to do and here’s where I want to continue the current theme of looking at something or someone that might be holding you back from living your best life. If you listened to last week’s episode… you’ll know that I dealt with the impact of loneliness on your ability to live your best life. This week, I’m starting a series of podcasts that look at domestic abuse in all its forms, beginning this week with looking at how physical harm in your relationship… can hold you back from living your best life.

It’s interesting that we should be talking about this subject during the United Nations’ ‘16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence’ Campaign, which runs every year from 25th November to 10th December. Right across the world, organisations and businesses are paying particular attention to gender-based and domestic violence in the work they are doing and I felt that this podcast should be no different because Black women and men also suffer domestic abuse in all its forms.

If you are affected by domestic violence, please use the organisational contact details below and reach out for help and support.

Thanks for listening.

Dr Asher

LINKS TO UK SUPPORT SERVICES

WOMEN

London Black Women's Project https://www.sistersforchange.org.uk/contact-us/

Sistah Space https://www.sistahspace.org/contact-us

Southall Black Sisters Helpline Mon / Wed / Fri: 0208 571 9595 https://southallblacksisters.org.uk/contact-us/

Muslim Women's Network holds a list of services for Muslim / Asian women

http://www.mwnhelpline.co.uk/issuesstep2.php?id=14

Women's Aid https://www.womensaid.org.uk/domestic-abuse-directory/

MEN