Stepping Stones News & Events

[This is a letter written by a former resident of our shelter for future women to inspire hope] Dearest Newcomer, Welcome to Stepping Stones. The moment you opened the front door here, you opened the door to your new life. You may feel nervous or unsure, but you are...

Have you ever heard this or maybe you have even said this about women in an abusive situation, “Why doesn't she just leave?” What most people don’t realize is that’s like asking, “why don’t you jump off that 100-foot cliff?” What those of us who work on the front...

In the helping professions, what you do and say, how you choose to live your own life, how you treat others – even the tiniest of things matter! This is a letter from a woman who was in Stepping Stones' shelter, and we just got this letter from her after almost two...

"The victim mindset dilutes the human potential. By not accepting personal responsibility for our circumstances, we greatly reduce our power to change them." -Steve Maraboli Victim posture is when someone is "externally referenced". That is to say someone who believes...

Once upon a time there were three little fears. The first little fear was named Fear of Abandonment. Poor little thing was overwhelmed with constant anxiety and doing anything to make people like him. He would never argue or assert himself because he believed conflict...

CAVEAT – NONE OF THIS APPLIES TO ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS. That is a completely, absolutely, profoundly different situation and NOTHING here applies. If you are in an abusive situation, call the Stepping Stones helpline and debrief with one of our advocates. “I just need...