Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) - 1091

Tonight's special guest is Karen Addison from Denver, CO, an advocate for youth, and for women in destructive relationships at R.E.A.L. Relationships. Karen is also a speaker, educator, consultant and relationship coach. It is Karen’s passion and purpose to help people learn how to have healthy relationships and how to move forward in destructive relationships. Helping people learn the life skills necessary to form and maintain healthy, enduring relationships is Karen’s passion and purpose. By presenting a healthy template for relationships, Karen’s students and clients will learn how to create their own healthy relationships. Because she has experienced unhealthy and destructive relationship dynamics on a personal level, Karen has a great desire to empower others to recognize unhealthy relationship patterns. This includes providing students and clients with the skills and tools necessary to set safe and appropriate boundaries that expect respect from others and that offer dignity and respect to others, and providing awareness and knowledge about what a healthy relationship is, and the skills necessary to achieve these. The purpose of R.E.A.L. Relationships is to provide the education and tools necessary to form healthy and lasting relationships, and to prevent destructive relationships. Relationships are a fundamental need for all human beings. It is at the core of who we are. We spend our lives trying to find those deep, spiritual connections with others.