Stephanie's Ellen Project

Hey beautiful people! My friend Stephanie Chard is an amazing advocate for survivors and have helped so many. She has a mission to appear on the Ellen Show and talk about these issues. She writes below about how you can help. Let us work together to start the conversation, erase the silence and let others know they are not alone!

Katie

"Hey everyone!

As I am sure you all remember, I started a project about a year ago to campaign to get Ellen DeGeneres to address the very important topic of sexual violence on her show. I’ve written in a few times during her 11th season asking her to do so and to help me spread awareness. I’ve even create a YouTube video for survivors and to ask Ellen to join the conversation. Well the Ellen Show is now back after the summer hiatus for season 12 and now it’s time to get those typing fingers going again! There are some great categories right now on Ellen’s website for writing into the show! Take a look at her website and if you see one you like, please take a few minutes to write in on behalf of my project and tell Ellen why you think it’s important to talk about sexual assault and why having a survivor like myself on the show could go a long way to help! I feel season 12 is our lucky season! Never forget that we have the power to change the world with the power of our voice. It’s time to band together and get this conversation going!

Stephanie Chard."

Comments

The number will never be enough.

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Self care, sleep and all that important stuff

I've been trying to work on my self care and give myself the love and care I deserve. I haven't been sleeping well, at all. My doctor wants me to have a sleep study done to see if we can figure out the last 2% of why I'm not quite coming out of my last major episode. Tomorrow I'm scheduled to meet with someone in sleep medicine and go from there. In the mean time I'm working harder on my self care, and being good to myself. Today I have been enjoying watching my Monk, smelling my lovely candles and a yummy smoothie. Hoping to get some answers tomorrow. And that's where I'm at right now. Xoxo, Katie Butterfly

Tara's story.

" Here is my story of how I grew up in a home that was surrounded by domestic violence. Growing up was crazy for me. My parents always argued. Before I was born my mother and real father used to fight always according to what my mother told me and what my sister and brother witnessed. But after I was born my father stuck around until I was like 2 or 3. That's when my stepfather began raising me. After that my mother and he would always argue. They got physical with each other. They got to the point where my mother would get a knife and try to hurt my stepfather. I remember one time she chased him down the stair and in order to escape from her, he jumped out the window and broke his leg. This happened when I was younger. She has had so much anger in her we didn’t know where it came from. There were other times where she got angry at me and threw figurines at me. One Thanksgiving Day I wanted to spend it at my sister house, this was when I was in middle school, and my mother wok...

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