Ruth Clare

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No matter how big your challenges or how unlikely you dreams, where there is a will there is a way. Here you will find courage-building strategies, tools and resets to support you on your journey. 

Lest We Forget the Real Issues

As the child of a veteran, Remembrance Day holds special significance to me. On this day, I think of my…
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When Systems Perform Care Instead of Practicing It

An organisation that publicly champions lived experience once responded to a critique I raised by listing all the ways people…
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How the Dandelion Myth Silences Military Children

The Dandelion Myth Visit any Defence or veteran institution across the world and you will find variations of the same…
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The Burden Carried By Military Children is Still Being Missed

Despite growing awareness of the harm faced by many children growing up in military families, their experiences continue to be…
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Resources for children of veterans

You are not aloneKnowing that you aren’t alone in your story can be powerful. Seeing your experiences reflected in research,…
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Being the child of a veteran

“My dad’s conflict didn’t end when he left the battlefield. It continued on forever inside him, sending shockwaves into the…
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Ruth Clare is an author, TEDx speaker, and intergenerational trauma educator whose work breaks silences and drives system change, especially for military families.

Developer of the Parenting After Trauma (PAT) program, Ruth's award-winning memoir, Enemy, was published by Penguin in 2016. Her TEDx talk, The Pain of Hiding Your True Self, has been viewed more than 600,000 times.

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