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Happy Valentine’s Day to me!
I have just been given the equivalent of a billion roses I doubt I’ll ever get used to this emotional rollercoaster post cancer. This intense, paralysing fear before the scans and the too-good-to-be-true euphoric relief when I am told that everything looks fine (…for...
Le film qui fait ressurgir un drame familial
Le Film Fund a suspendu son soutien financier au nouveau film du Luxembourgeois Adolf El Assal. Son père a joué un rôle dans un autre film du réalisateur – également financé avec de l’argent public. Le père a fait de la prison pour abus sexuel. Photo: Mike...
New Book Release 2023
The writing is surprisingly flowing, which only means one thing: it was about time (again)!
New book release planned for the first half of 2023!✍🏻📚❤️
Mark my words 😉
A kind reminder to all the evil people out there who sexually, physically and/or psychologically abuse their victim(s). According to my latest evidence-based research, I am pleased to conclude that by creating a victim, you are basically feeding into his or her...
SAWAH – ça va pas !
It’s been 18 months since publishing my (first) book and the chronic backlash from my ‘family’ has been substantial. What makes me write this post, however, is the latest obnoxious lawyer’s letter from the abuser himself, who is very very eager to cash in on my dead...
‘It is just hair’
Thank you Alicia for being there during and after chemotherapy People told me ‘it’s just hair, it will grow back…’ Well, it isn’t just hair, I can confirm that….food for thought for future interactions with cancer patients #cancer #chemotherapy #chemosucks #chemocurls...
Dear Nora
Dear Nora, Today, I received the news of your death. Strangely, it coincided with the same day I received the sweetest news that I am allowed to live on… I knew this day was approaching, rather sooner than later, while we were both fighting cancer, only you were not...
not all disabilities are visible
Isn’t society funny and so very paradoxical? While going through any hardship (aka life’s panoply of shits), society wants you to be ‘positive’, smile more, complain less…..but please not too positive. Allow me to elaborate. Not all disabilities are visible to the...
C MY NEW ME – Témoignage
RDV avec Mary (Luxembourg). Atteinte d’un cancer rare en pleine pandémie, elle a écrit un livre et est très active pour parler du cancer et des causes qui la touchent.
Happy First Birthday to me!
Thanks very much for all the love coming my way today I am euphoric to have added one more year to my life, to many many more I have never particularly enjoyed my birthdays until the latest realisation that ‘growing old and grey’ was not a given anymore 2 years ago!...
Podcast ‘Humains’
Bonjour à toutes et à tous, Notre invité de la semaine est le docteur Mary Faltz, personnalité rayonnante au destin qui aurait pourtant pu, en ces revirements d'un rare tragique, briser définitivement l'individu désormais plein de gratitude que j'ai eu l'occasion...
Nice to meet you, Pippi!
Mäi WORT interview gouf lo no 5 Deeg erofgeholl Mission ass awer méi wéi accomplished!! Iwert 18000 views an 50 shares an där kuerzer Zäit! En plus ass de Video nach aktiv op Instagram Wann ech mam Video interview juste 1 Persoun ereecht hun, war et mir derwert fir...
WORT Video-Interview 7.12.2021
D’WORT huet mech am Dezember agelueden fir e Video Interview ze machen. Daat war 5 Deeg nom RTL KLOERTEXT. Et kascht mech emmer rem immens vill Courage fir mech frieme Leit géigeniwer ze öffnen, zumols well et em d’Intimitéit geet déi jorelang mëssbraucht gouf....
Conférence – Libramont 28 avril 2022
Soirée très émouvante hier soir à Libramont, un grand merci au Zonta Club Saint-Hubert Redouté pour l’organisation et à Olivia Hody pour sa contribution. La beauté du Luxembourg avec son éducation plurilingue qui me permet de faire ce travail crucial au-delà des...
Themenowend am Trifolion – 25/04/22
Grousse Respekt fir déi 4 jonk Schülerinnen vun WSafety2022 aus dem Lycée classique d'Echternach fir d’Initiative an d’Organisatioun vum Themenowend gëschter am Trifolion Echternach. Eng ganz interessant Ronn mam Me Noémie Sadler, Mme Caroline Martiny an Dr Roland...
Public speaking
Thoroughly enjoyed this 8 hour public speaking course with Dirk Daenen at CNFPC, definitely worth the price tag! I am convinced that public speaking must become an integral part of elementary school curriculum!! It is not a nice to have but an absolute must have from...
Merci Patrick!
The beauty of social media is that even after 13 years, I am still able to find people who played a huge game changing role in my life’s turbulent path. Virun 13 Joer war ech um Commissariat zu Péiteng, um déifste Punkt vun enger 16 Jähreger Emprise déi een sech guer...
Relais pour la vie 2022
Thank you Michele Fox for creating this wonderful initiative Jonk & Kriibs through which I got to know many other cancer survivors my age! To everyone out there still going through this cancer hell, I wish lots of courage, better days will come
Keynote lecture at the European Investment Bank
Thanks to the European Investment Bank VP Lilyana Pavlova, Una Clifford and Reneta Dimitrova for the warm welcome and the kind invitation to be the keynote speaker in yesterday’s event. Congratulations to all the nominated men and women who go above and beyond...
Labels in society
We all carry labels. Some are light, others are heavy. Society will treat us accordingly if we allow it. All my life, I have viewed these negative labels that were given to me against my will as society did - as weakness or failure. Today, I regard these labels as...
Groupe de parole (Facebook)
Ce groupe privé est strictement destiné à toute personne, de sexe masculin ou féminin, qui a survécu à l’abus sexuel durant l’enfance et/ou jeunesse. Vous pouvez parler ouvertement, de façon anonyme ou simplement être spectateur sans contribution tout en étant à...
Book reading and signing event at Café littéraire Le Bovary – 26th February 2022 (15h-18h)
It’s been a year since the official book launch and the feedback since has been overwhelming To celebrate this in style (and to celebrate the fact of simply being alive) I will have my first Book reading and signing event at the wonderful Café littéraire Le Bovary...
“Why did you not say something earlier?”
The main question that many sexual abuse victims get asked is: *Why did you not say something earlier?* Let me try and answer that question with a picture that many may be familiar with. Firstly, to make victims understand why they waited so long to speak about what...
Table ronde am Lycée Nic Biever
Merci dem Schülercomité vum Lycée Nic-Biever - LNB Dudelange fir d’Initiative fir iwert sou e wichtegt Thema ze schwätzen! Et war eng immens interessant Ronn an et war secherlech net déi läschte Kéier!Merci och dem Ana Pinto, Charel Schmit (Ombudsman fir Kanner an...


























