• For Our Daughters
  • Backstabber
    This is a song I wrote from my personal experience with relational aggression.

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  • Double Dragon

    The Double Dragon is an appropriate symbol for the topic of covert aggression and empowerment - two heads coming out of one body.

    For in truth, the dragons exist one within the other, as both aggression and empowerment exist within each person.

    Relational aggression isn't so much about a specific person, a "bitch" we love to hate, as much as a state of mind; a set of choices we all can make.

    The possibility for their manifestation exists in every person. Some people do play the role of aggressor as opposed to target, but to become an aggressor is only a choice away for each one of us.

    Be willing then, to see yourself, if only in potential, in both roles - aggressor and target. Doing so will give you insight and understanding, and with that, true empowerment.

    Demian Yumei,
    ~"DreamSinger"

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My Music Therapist

Published By Cheryl Dellasega On Saturday, April 29th 2006. Under Cheryl Dellasega, Guest Authors    
My Music Therapist
The "Just for Me" retreat ended six hours ago but Demian's voice still echoes in my mind. It brought back our first meeting, when she drove 30 miles to Harrisburg and sang two songs for the young women at Camp Ophelia (as a volunteer, no less). I got ... Read More

Just for Me Weekend

Published By Demian Yumei On Friday, April 28th 2006. Under Updates and Events    
Just for Me Weekend
Cheryl and I will be participating in the Just For Me weekend in Harrisburg. I will be singing four songs on Friday and two on Saturday. Cheryl will be the keynote speaker. I'm looking forward to meeting and being with other women. Just recently a group of women friends and I ... Read More

Time Magazine Highlights Club Ophelia

Published By Cheryl Dellasega On Tuesday, April 25th 2006. Under Cheryl Dellasega, Guest Authors    
Time Magazine Highlights Club Ophelia
A few months ago, a reporter from Time magazine called and asked if he might come to a Club Ophelia session. Having previously gone the way of getting numerous parental and school permissions for events that didn't happen, I was wary, but with the help of one of my ... Read More

When Girls Play Together

Published By Demian Yumei On Monday, April 24th 2006. Under Demian's Articles    
When Girls Play Together
I was at a homeschool gathering at a park the other day, and one of the mothers related an experience she just had. Her daughter had a birthday party and several of her girl friends were over. One of the girl's father was there. His daughter was not homeschooled, as ... Read More

The Girl’s Friendship Journal

Published By Demian Yumei On Monday, April 17th 2006. Under Resources    
The Girl’s Friendship Journal
Today I had lunch with Cheryl, the first time we've seen each other in a good while, though we communicate regularly through email and phone. It was *great* seeing her again. The time went by way too quickly. One of the things she shared with me was her book, The Girl's ... Read More

I’m Alone

Published By Demian Yumei On Wednesday, April 12th 2006. Under Demian's Articles    
I’m Alone
I'm just getting over the worst case of flu I have ever had...except for when I got my last flu shot back when I was a teenager. I rarely get sick, and when I do, I usually kick it on my own within a relatively short period of time. ... Read More