5 Ways to Practice Consent in Everyday Life
April 19, 2021, RAFT Team
In recent years, consent has become a hot topic. In fact, most colleges dedicate an entire page on their website to clearly outline what is and what isn’t ...
3 Lessons We Can Learn From Nature About Boundaries and Shame
January 11, 2021, RAFT Team
We’re in the throes of winter, the very coldest season of the year for us in the Northern Hemisphere. The days are short, the nights are long. Darkness ...
Holidays: Balancing Overtime With Family Time
October 12, 2020, RAFT Team
Holidays and family go hand in hand, at least in the movies. But the Covid days we’re living in are anything but a movie, unless you’re watching an ...
#BlackLivesMatter: A Foundation of Self-Care
June 10, 2020, Esteniolla Harbor
The following is a message to Black Advocates from Esteniolla Harbor, RAFT Team Member. Read her message to White Advocates HERE. “Could there be anything stressing you out ...
5 Steps to Saying YES to the Things You Love
May 4, 2020, RAFT Team
Many people have an aversion to boundaries. They’re hard to determine, all about “no,” and difficult to enforce. Today we’d like to flip that thinking on its head. ...
Trading the Power and Control Wheel for the Equality Wheel
March 2, 2020, RAFT Team
Almost all those who work in Advocacy know about the Power and Control Wheel. Developed in the early 80s in Duluth, Minnesota by the Domestic Abuse Intervention Project ...
Super Bowl = Super Busy
January 27, 2020, RAFT Team
Most eyes in the US will be on Miami for the Super Bowl on February 2. Whether or not you’re a football fan, it’s easy to fall into ...
How to Be Strong While Still Being Gentle
June 24, 2019, RAFT Team
“Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.” St. Francis De Sales When we think of a gentle person, we envision someone ...
Leaving an Abuser: What You Need to Know
March 25, 2019, RAFT Team
Abuse, by its very nature, is all-consuming, confusing, and messy. One in four women will experience intimate partner abuse in her lifetime. One moment things are golden and the ...