BeMoreLikeClaire

07/11/2025

Gaslighting: the practice of psychologically manipulating someone into questioning their own sanity, memory, or powers of reasoning. If you or someone you know is struggling with gaslighting check out these tips and quips to put an end to the manipulation.

https://www.claires-community.org/post/how-to-combat-gaslighting

06/11/2025

Breakups are hard, but they feel easier with help from your community, Claire’s Community! This Breakup Guide not only suggests coping mechanisms for those recently made single but also provides healthy, emotionally mature, and safe ways of initiating a breakup. Regardless of your relationship status, understanding how to resolve conflicts externally and internally is a necessary life skill, definitely worth the 3 minute read!

If you are the one ending the relationship...How To Break Up1. Think about who is in your support system – think about who is in your support system – a group of people you can count on for help, care, and encouragement. 1. Remember: It is normal to miss the other person after a breakup, even if...

04/11/2025

"As a teacher and lifetime advisor for the Leadership Committee for Africa (LCA), it was a profound privilege and blessing to work alongside Claire VanLandingham who in the beginning stages of LCA helped shape and establish its foundation. She was a beautiful person, pure of heart and grace. Her compassion, intellectual curiosity and creativity balanced with her capacity to act with discipline and purpose made her an accountable participant and leader in local activities that benefited LCA’s global associates for the betterment of women and children. Together with her LCA sisters, Claire supported the study of amaranth with women food growers in mind. She also organized an Art Fair and various fundraising activities to help benefit impoverished children. After participating in the inaugural LCA mission trip to Christel House, South Africa (2006), and leading the Fundraising Committee for two years, Claire wrote, “The compilation of my experiences in LCA has made me passionate about helping the women and children in Africa.…I see this as our duty.” Although the adult sponsor, I was and am truly the learner as I reflect on her many selfless contributions. With deep sorrow, I mourn Claire’s absence, yet I remain uplifted by the memory of how she consistently and authentically modeled a life of service worthy of emulation."
- Nancy Nowalk McKinnis, Service Leadership Master Instructor and LCA Co-Advisor, Culver Academies

02/11/2025

Claire's Community interviewed several participants after completing the Live Respect training. These powerful reflections from young men show the real impact of Live Respect, a curriculum by A Call To Men. By promoting healthy manhood and challenging harmful norms, Live Respect is helping shift perspectives, foster respect, and build a generation of boys who value empathy, equality, and accountability.

Read more about Live Respect and all our other programs at https://www.claires-community.org/programs

31/10/2025

Happy Halloween from all of us at Claire's Community!

29/10/2025

Preventing interpersonal violence is a huge task, and one person can't take it on alone. However, being a knowledgeable, active bystander is one way you can affect real change that will ripple out to your community.

When one person stands up or intervenes in a situation where harm is occurring, it can empower others to do the same, either at the moment or in the future.

Note: Not all of these strategies work in every situation! Read the article linked below for more context.

Read more about the 5 D's of being an active bystander here: https://righttobe.org/guides/bystander-intervention-training/

28/10/2025

28/10/2025

28/10/2025

Today's is from Kelly Wessel, Claire's friend and University of Louisville School of Dentistry classmate:
"To me, Claire was the modern-day, twenty-something Martha Stewart. She knew how to cook, bake, entertain, and throw the best parties where she considered every detail. I remember even asking her to make my wedding cake at one point, which she totally would have done. She also impressed me so much because she could dance like none other (she literally would kill us in Zumba and have the moves down in just one go around), she could sing, play guitar, and do the best (and funniest!) impressions and impersonations you have ever seen. On the flip side of that, there was another more intense side of Claire. A side that was so smart, well-educated, cultured, well-traveled, politically involved, an activist, and a volunteer. She cared so much for everyone around her. I can remember watching her cry after telling one of her first patients that her teeth couldn’t be saved and she would be committed to a denture because she truly cared about her patient. She never thought of this as her patients fault, but the fault of lack of education and circumstance. I also remember Claire in Honduras lighting up all the little girls by teaching them ballerina dance moves, and crying because she couldn’t help all of the needs of the people during the short time on our trip. To Claire, helping wasn’t really the answer, solving was. She wanted to not only “do her part,” but take away any need to do further service because she wanted to complete the job. She truly was the perfect package and such a gift to this world. I am thankful for the memories and for being able to know a person like Claire."

27/10/2025

We're looking for a motivated, compassionate, and hard-working person to take over our Prevention Educator & Community Engagement Role!

Learn more about the position and apply today:
www.claires-community.org/job-posting