As a child, I was taught to be a helpless victim.  I was taught that I had no choices in life.  My decisions were made to meet the needs of others.  I was not allowed to be the person I was born to be.

Now that I am an adult recovering from my traumatic experiences, I realize that my life belongs to me. I realize that I am making the decisions.  I am in charge of the belief systems that I carry.  I can choose to set boundaries, leave abusive relationships and create a peaceful life for my family.

As I advocate for trauma recovery, I meet other survivors struggling to take back their life, to take back what has always belonged to them.  But that road is a journey which requires long-term support and guidance.  There is no intensive 6-week program that undoes the affects of a traumatic childhood.

Through my work as a writer, advocate, speaker and guide, I am helping survivors of childhood trauma move past the trauma and find new ways to uncover who they were meant to be, as individuals and as parents.  I am also helping organizations by educating their staff and stakeholders about the holistic impact of trauma.  I want the world to understand that trauma runs deep within an individual.  And the significant number of global trauma survivors generates a considerable impact that permeates every aspect of every society.