Breaking Free from Endless Rumination Over Past Abuse Trauma

Many people struggle with rumination, replaying painful past events over and over in their minds. You can’t rewrite what happened, but you can stop rereading the worst parts over and over again. If you’ve experienced trauma, this cycle can feel endless—like being trapped in a movie that never stops playing. While it’s normal to reflect on past pain, excessive rumination can prevent healing and steal your peace.

The good news is that you can break free from this cycle. Below are practical steps to help you stop ruminating and start moving forward with greater peace and clarity.

    1. Recognize the Cycle

Rumination often feels productive, like you’re searching for answers or justice, but in reality, it just deepens the pain. Signs of unhealthy rumination include:

        • Replaying events without resolution
        • Feeling stuck in anger, guilt, or regret
        • Asking “What if?” or “Why me?” repeatedly
        • Struggling to focus on the present

The first step is to notice when you’re ruminating and remind yourself that reliving the past won’t change it.

    1. Reframe Your Thinking

Instead of seeing the past as a wound that won’t heal, try shifting your perspective:

        • “This happened to me, but it does not define me.”
        • “I can learn from this experience and grow.”
        • “I will not give my past power over my future.”

A simple mantra like “I release this memory with love and choose peace“ can help redirect your thoughts.

    1. Limit “Thinking Time”

If your mind keeps returning to the past, schedule a specific time for reflection. Give yourself 10–15 minutes to process your thoughts, then move on with an activity. Over time, this conditions your brain to spend less time dwelling.

    1. Focus on Your Body

Trauma isn’t just in the mind—it’s stored in the body. Instead of overthinking, try:

        • Deep breathing (4-7-8 method)
        • Yoga or stretching
        • Tapping (EFT – Emotional Freedom Technique)
        • Cold water exposure (splashing face, cold shower)

These methods calm your nervous system and help release emotional tension.

    1. Rewrite the Story

Your trauma is real, but your interpretation of it can evolve. Write a new version of the story where:

        • You acknowledge your strength
        • You recognize what you’ve learned
        • You find meaning, even in hardship

For example, instead of “I was betrayed and abandoned,” you might say, “I survived, I grew stronger, and I know my worth.”

    1. Engage in Something Absorbing

The best way to stop dwelling is to engage your brain elsewhere:

        • Read a book
        • Try a new hobby
        • Volunteer or help someone in need
        • Work on a creative project

When you’re fully present in an activity, your mind has less space to ruminate.

    1. Connect With the Right People

Isolation fuels rumination, while connection brings healing. Seek out:

        • Support groups (online or in-person)
        • A trusted friend or therapist
        • Spiritual or faith-based support

Talking things through with the right people helps you process and move forward.

    1. Practice Radical Acceptance

Sometimes, we ruminate because we resist what happened. Acceptance doesn’t mean you approve of the trauma—it means you stop fighting reality and choose peace. Try saying:

        • “This happened, but it no longer controls me.”
        • “I accept the past, and I choose to heal.”

Acceptance is not weakness—it’s the key to freedom.

    1. Release Stored Pain with Movement

If trauma feels stuck in your body, consider:

        • Walking or running
        • Dancing to music that uplifts you
        • Shaking therapy (letting your body tremble to release tension)

Moving helps your brain process and release stuck emotions.

    1. Seek Professional Help When Needed

If rumination is severely affecting your life, you don’t have to face it alone. Therapy options like:

        • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (rewires thought patterns)
        • EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) (helps process trauma)
        • Somatic Therapy (releases trauma stored in the body)

can be life-changing. There is no shame in seeking help.

You Are Not Your Thoughts

Breaking free from rumination takes time, but every small step moves you forward. The past does not define you—you have the power to heal, grow, and create a beautiful future.

You deserve peace. Choose it today.

Action of Attraction: The Power of You Not Chasing Abundance

These days, people are obsessed with the hustle—juggling multiple jobs, working long hours, and chasing every opportunity in the name of success. Society has conditioned us to believe that more effort equals more results, that if we just grind harder, push further, and sacrifice more, we will finally reach financial freedom and fulfillment.

But here’s the truth: hustling harder does not guarantee abundance. In fact, constantly chasing money and success often leads to burnout, stress, and a deeper feeling of lack. The belief that you must do more to receive more only reinforces the idea that you don’t already have enough.

But what if the key to abundance isn’t in doing more—but in being more?

The Shift from Scarcity to Abundance

There are two ways people approach life: from a mindset of scarcity or a mindset of abundance.

    • Scarcity mindset: “I need to work harder to make more money.”
    • Abundance mindset: “Money flows to me with ease because I am aligned with abundance.”

People operating in scarcity are always chasing—working long hours, scrambling for more clients, saying yes to every opportunity out of fear that something better won’t come along. This desperation stems from an internal belief that there is never enough: not enough time, money, love, or opportunity.

But when you shift into true abundance, you stop chasing. You trust that the universe is always working in your favor. You no longer feel the need to force or struggle because you know that everything naturally flows to you.

Your Energy Is Your Greatest Currency

Your energy—your thoughts, emotions, and beliefs—determines what you attract. If your energy constantly says:

    • I’m struggling.”
    • “I need more money.”
    • “I have to work harder to succeed.”

Then you are telling the universe: “I don’t have enough.” And because the universe mirrors your internal state, it responds by giving you more struggle, more scarcity, more reasons to believe you have to work even harder.

But when you shift into the frequency of abundance—when you trust that money flows easily, that opportunities are already aligning for you, that you are supported—you stop chasing and start attracting. The universe matches your belief, and suddenly, things begin to flow effortlessly.

Are You Hustling or Are You Aligned?

If you’re constantly exhausted, burnt out, and feeling like you’re never doing enough, you are likely caught in hustle mode instead of abundance mode.

Signs You’re in Hustle Mode:

    • You constantly feel pressure to work harder.
    • You say yes to everything out of fear of missing out.
    • You feel anxious when you’re not being productive.
    • You equate your worth with how much you accomplish.
    • You feel stuck in cycles of financial struggle.

Signs You’re in Abundance Mode:

    • You trust that opportunities come to you naturally.
    • You make decisions from a place of confidence, not fear.
    • You attract financial abundance with ease.
    • You set boundaries and prioritize your well-being.
    • You feel peace and certainty, even before money shows up.

The key to unlocking abundance is not in chasing more—it’s in BEING more.

The Law of Assumption: Believe It Into Reality

The Law of Assumption states that whatever you assume to be true—consciously or unconsciously—will manifest in your reality. Your external world is simply a mirror of your internal beliefs.

    • If you assume life is hard, it will be.
    • If you assume money is difficult to earn, it will be.
    • If you assume things always work out for you, they will.

Most people were programmed from childhood to believe that success requires struggle. They grew up hearing things like:

    • “Money doesn’t grow on trees.”
    • “You have to work hard for every dollar.”
    • “Only lucky people get rich.”
    • “It’s selfish to want more money.”

These beliefs limit your ability to receive. But the truth is:

    • Money is energy. It flows to those who are open to receiving it.
    • Wealth is an extension of your self-worth.
    • You don’t have to earn abundance—you just have to align with it.

Rewire Your Money Beliefs

If you want to attract more financial abundance, start by shifting your assumptions:

    • Assume money comes to you in expected and unexpected ways.
    • Assume opportunities for wealth are everywhere.
    • Assume financial success is your natural state.

The moment you believe that money is easy, limitless, and always flowing to you, your reality will rearrange itself to match that belief. Let go of the old programming and assume your wealth into existence.

Healing: The Key to Unlocking Your Freedom

Abundance isn’t just about money. It’s about feeling whole, worthy, and complete within yourself.

Your financial reality is a reflection of your inner world. If you have unresolved trauma, deep-seated fears, or limiting beliefs, they will show up in your relationship with money.

Healing is the key to stepping into your highest potential. Until you face your wounds, they will continue to write the script of your life, keeping you chained to the past.

How Trauma Blocks Abundance

When you’ve experienced hardship, your nervous system holds onto that energy. If you grew up in scarcity, your body might still be operating from survival mode, constantly fearing that there’s not enough.

Signs Your Trauma is Affecting Your Money:

    • Fear of spending money, even when you have it.
    • Feeling guilty for receiving wealth.
    • Undercharging for your work because you don’t feel “worthy” of more.
    • Attracting financial instability or unexpected expenses.
    • Believing you must struggle to succeed.

To step into true abundance, you must heal the subconscious wounds keeping you in scarcity.

Abundance: A State of Being

Abundance is not just about financial wealth—it is an energetic state of being that flows through every aspect of life.

    • It exists in the love we give and receive.
    • It exists in the creativity we express.
    • It exists in the health we nurture.
    • It exists in the wisdom we gain.

Abundance is everywhere. It is in the air we breathe, the endless possibilities before us, and the deep knowing that we are always supported.

To live abundantly, you must embody it. When you think abundantly, speak abundantly, and act abundantly, you attract abundance in all forms.

Affirmations for Abundance

Speak these affirmations daily to shift your mindset:

    • I am limitless, ever-expanding, and abundantly supported in all ways.
    • Everything I desire flows to me effortlessly and naturally.
    • Money, love, and opportunities come to me in expected and unexpected ways.
    • I trust the universe, and I trust myself.

The more you assume abundance, the more you will see it manifest in your life.

You don’t need to chase money.
You don’t need to struggle.
You don’t need to earn your worth.

You just need to BE in alignment with the truth:

You are already abundant.

Step into your power, trust the flow, and watch your reality transform. You were never meant to live in scarcity. You were meant to overflow.

 

The Love of Jesus Mindset in Dealing with Trauma Victims

The greatest tool that can be wielded when working with a trauma victim is the “love of Jesus mindset.” This means that you defend the rights of the victim to be and do anything and everything they can to have some peace of mind. You and I might not agree with how they do so, but we will defend their right to do so, possibly with one qualification: as long as it doesn’t encroach on another’s rights to live their life as best they can.

In doing so, we create a sacred field of energy in which we can do the work necessary to assist the victim in their desire for true recovery. Note that I said “their desire,” as it cannot be your desire or the desire of a relative, loved one, boss, or judge. If we have learned anything, we know by experience that change cannot occur unless the victim seeks transformative change over all else, including but not limited to coping mechanisms.

You may be able to threaten a victim into feigning recovery to keep from losing the family, risking incarceration, or worse, but the victim will not be likely to conduct the deepest work necessary to get free from the trauma unless it is their idea. Allow them to come to this conclusion of his or her own volition. You cannot make this decision for them. If they choose to never do so, love him or her anyway. If they do, know that it is a process, a lengthy, long, and winding road of discovery, reinvention, and adaptation along the way to authentic recovery and new life.

The love of Jesus mindset provides a safe and sacred space where there is no judgment. Only empathy, reflective listening, compassion, openness, and a true sense of caring. Use phrases like “I’m here to listen” and “I care about your well-being.”

Practice active listening by reflecting back on what the person is expressing. This helps them feel heard and understood. For example, you might say, “It sounds like engaging in these activities is important to you, but I’m also hearing that it has some negative impacts on your life.”

Carefully and gently explore the patterns in their behavior and help them connect the dots between their coping mechanisms and their overall well-being. Ask open-ended questions about their experiences and feelings. Let them fill in the blanks and elaborate. If they offer resistance, change the subject. This is not an intervention.

Making the necessary adjustments in a victim’s life will be difficult for them, and it may take several attempts to make the changes in utilizing their coping mechanisms stick. You can help by encouraging them to celebrate their victories, no matter how small and no matter how short the duration. You understand that this is a process, and further attempts at change will yield better, more long-lasting results.

Over time, they feel supported and can build the self-confidence to move forward and dig deeper into finding the root cause(s) of their life struggles. Little by little, they are becoming the master of their own destiny, no longer just a victim struggling against wounds from trauma from the past.

You can offer them ideas about more positive coping mechanisms that they can use as alternatives to the negative behaviors they are expressing now, but the choice of what to try is theirs. Never suggest that they do a particular thing. You will lose them if you try to tell them what to do. Give them three choices and let them pick one to attempt, or let them devise another option. Alternatively, continue to listen to them and see if they are willing to dig deeper.

Help them examine that the negative coping strategies come at a price, and allow them to discover and relate the potential risk factors to you. At their request, you could help them in the examination process and ask their thoughts on your research results. Allow them to be wherever they are in their process.

Basic healthy suggestions you could make might include embarking on a path of personal growth and change, mindfulness practices, physical exercise, relaxation techniques, building supportive relationships, self-care practices, setting healthy boundaries, and seeking out a specialist to work with.

Remember, the process of change is often gradual, and individuals may need ongoing support. Professional guidance can play a crucial role in helping them navigate this journey towards healthier coping mechanisms and improved well-being.

 

How to Help a Victim of Trauma

Recreating the scene of the crime of a victim’s trauma and unconsciously acting out in homage to one’s abuser can reinforce negative behavioral patterns, prevent an otherwise healthy and expansive quality of life experience, and greatly hinder personal growth potential, making true deep and meaningful healing next to impossible.

While victims of trauma may find solace in revisiting similar activities from their traumatic past as an effective coping mechanism, the relief realized is temporary, blocking them from confronting and processing the emotions, slaying the demons, and ultimately overcoming past trauma, emerging from the flames as true masters of their own destiny.

Revisiting, acting out, and recreating traumatic experiences and circumstances, while they may offer some relief, may severely complicate or compromise otherwise potentially healthy relationships, as the individual may struggle with trust and emotional intimacy.

Not only that but there is a tremendous opportunity to make matters worse, re-traumatizing the victim or creating a new generation of victims. Engaging in these unhealthy activities and placing oneself in trauma-related circumstances can lead to serious health risks and may come with moral and legal consequences.

How to Help a Victim of Trauma

If there is any hope for you to help someone struggling with these mind-bending dichotomies, it is vitally important that you do everything you can to first understand how the trauma victim fights for survival in manners which you could not possibly “know,” unless you were also a victim of similar trauma. Even so, everyone’s experience and how they respond to it is highly individualistic, so you can never truly know what someone is going through, but you can do your best to have an idea. And your heart, if it is inclined to truly care about someone suffering in this way, can be a bridge to a victim’s recovery.

Suggesting that someone’s sacred act of providing relief from the pain suffered from one’s traumatic past may be a huge hindrance blocking their potential for a higher quality of life must be considered with the utmost respect and caution. This new idea may threaten their very existence, for their tendency to act out in the manner they do is their key to survival, enabling them to live a somewhat normal life. They may feel as though their very life depends upon it, and they may not be wrong.

Not engaging in the activity could kill them. One such example would be John, whom I asked if he thought he might be an alcoholic. He refused such a label, admitting that he did drink every night, but unlike his father, he could quit at any time. Just to prove it to himself, he decided not to partake in any alcohol over the weekend. By Sunday at noon, he was dropped off at the hospital by the ambulance. Sunday evening, he was sent home with strict orders to drink alcohol until he could be entered into an inpatient rehab program.

Neither you nor I could have explained this to John. For this exercise to be effective, he had to come up with the idea to test his own potential for addiction. He was a strong, independent, successful individual, making his way through life. No one in his circle of life had any idea that he might have an alcohol addiction, yet his very life depended upon it. Today, he is in his sixteenth year of sobriety. But it was a process of facing and defeating his demons from a traumatic past over time. There is no quick and easy fix for this.

While I say there is no quick and easy fix, I am quickened by those words because I have seen miraculous and instant recovery, but only from a magnificent and instantaneous transformative spiritual experience. These born-again-type experiences are far rarer these days than in days gone by. Keep an open mind; you might experience such a feat, but don’t count on it.

Helping a victim of trauma, one who has spent a great deal of time learning to self-medicate or revisit the victim’s root behaviors as a key coping mechanism, will take the love of Jesus mindset.

 

Why Do Victims of Trauma Find Solace in Similar Activities?

You may have a client or a friend who is engaging in activities that are similar to those that they experienced in childhood that were traumatizing, thereby continuing the cycle of abuse and, in a sense, paying homage to the person or persons who victimized them in their youth. If you have been one of the lucky ones who have not been a victim of such childhood abuse, you may never understand. The question remains,

Why Do Victims of Trauma Find Solace in Similar Activities?

For adult victims of childhood trauma, engaging in activities or placing themselves in situations reminiscent of the traumatic experiences of their past is an effective coping mechanism. The psychological, emotional, and neurological factors behind such actions are highly complex and extremely individualized. These individuals share their ability to adapt to their environment, a successful survival instinct, and the potential to avail themselves to engage in activities that are potentially unhealthy in the long term.

If the victim was robbed of his or her personal power as a child in the traumatic event, note this is a definitive distinction of trauma in general, then restaging the event in adulthood can empower the victim, thereby offering him or her a sense of relief from the traumatic experience of the past.

They can affirmatively experience being in control of the present situation when they have had no control in the recollection of their memories of the past. Reenacting the scene(s) of the crime is conducted in an effort to rewrite the past, rebuild confidence, and, in a sense master the circumstances surrounding the trauma.

Desensitization is another way to cope with one’s traumatic past. Normalizing the activity and partaking in it regularly dulls the senses and makes it not as painful as it was in the past. This type of cognitive rationalization can be thought of as just a fact of everyday life that everyone could or should get accustomed to, thereby reducing or eliminating the pain associated with the traumatic experience.

The victim may be in search of understanding regarding the former traumatic event(s), and revisiting the trauma avails them more data regarding the predator and their own victimization. As further information is gathered and research is conducted by engaging in similar activities as an adult, the inner child believes it can make sense of what happened in the past and find a way to integrate this understanding into present-day life. It might be believed that this understanding could lead to reducing the potential for furthering this type of abuse for others in some way.

When you are haunted by memories of abuses or injustices of the past, they can show up in adulthood in the strangest ways and at the most inopportune times. Managing these emotions by creating similar circumstances to expose and deal with the trauma of the victim’s own volition, in their own way, on their own terms, places them “in control” of emotional trauma when previously there was likely little or no control, never knowing when the compressed emotions might explode into life-threatening exposure next.

With all this effort, relief is experienced by the victim in the revisiting of the traumatic events or circumstances, but the relief is not lasting. This fleeting sense of relief causes the victim to seek relief again by seeking opportunities to revisit the trauma yet again.

When victims come to the realization that even with all their efforts to reconcile their traumatic pasts are in vain and may cause more harm to themselves and others in the long run, that is when they seek out me or one of my contemporaries.

How to Help a Victim of Trauma

 

Why Do Victims of Trauma Find Comfort in Familiar Activities?

Trauma leaves indelible imprints on our psyche, shaping our responses and behaviors. For some survivors, revisiting activities reminiscent of their traumatic past becomes a paradoxical refuge—a way to grapple with their history and regain a semblance of control.

When discussing the phenomenon of trauma survivors finding comfort in familiar traumatic experiences, I often encounter strong emotional reactions—even resistance or hostility. Many struggle to comprehend why someone would engage in such behaviors. Early in my career as a counselor and coach, I shared this perspective. However, over time, I have cultivated an open and understanding approach, allowing individuals with this specific experience to seek support through my practice.

Rather than framing it as a “problem,” it is more accurately described as a coping mechanism—one that is far more common than many realize. When an individual is unexpectedly observed engaging in an act that seems shocking or incomprehensible to their peers or intimate partners, it is often a manifestation of this very survival strategy.

The Complex Nature of Trauma Coping

1. Adaptation and Survival

Trauma survivors exhibit remarkable adaptability. Their ability to navigate hostile environments—whether as children or adults—becomes a survival mechanism. Familiar activities offer a semblance of predictability, even if that familiarity stems from painful experiences.

The brain seeks patterns and routines, especially during distress. Engaging in similar activities provides a sense of order amidst chaos.

2. Empowerment Through Reenactment

Childhood trauma often robs victims of agency. By reenacting traumatic scenes in adulthood, survivors reclaim control. It’s as if they say, “This time, I choose to step into the arena.”

Revisiting the scene of the crime allows them to rewrite the script, confront their fears, and emerge as protagonists rather than passive victims.

3. Desensitization and Normalization

The mind seeks equilibrium. Desensitization occurs when survivors normalize the traumatic context. By repeatedly exposing themselves to similar situations, they dull the emotional intensity.

Imagine a war veteran who revisits a battlefield—the sights, sounds, and smells. Over time, the memories lose their razor edge, becoming part of everyday life.

4. The Quest for Understanding

Trauma leaves unanswered questions. Why did it happen? Who was the predator? What led to my victimization?

Engaging in similar activities becomes a quest for answers. The inner child seeks coherence—to make sense of the past. Perhaps understanding can prevent future victimization.

5. Control Amidst Chaos

Trauma is chaotic—an emotional tempest that defies reason. By recreating familiar scenarios, survivors regain a semblance of control.
It’s akin to rehearsing a play where they dictate the script. The trauma becomes a performance, and they hold the director’s chair.

The Bittersweet Relief

1. Temporary Euphoria

Revisiting trauma provides fleeting relief. The adrenaline rush, the confrontation—it momentarily lifts the burden.

But like a sugar rush, it fades. The relief is ephemeral, leaving survivors hungry for more.

2. The Cycle of Seeking Relief

Victims return to the well, hoping for another sip of relief. The cycle perpetuates.

Each reenactment is a desperate plea: “Maybe this time, it’ll make sense. Maybe this time, I’ll find peace.”

Trauma’s legacy is complex—a tapestry woven from threads of pain, resilience, and survival. As outsiders, we may never fully grasp the allure of familiar activities for trauma survivors. But we can extend empathy, recognizing that their coping mechanisms—however paradoxical—serve a purpose.

And its up to us, those who care, are compassionate, and seek to be supportive, not to reject them, judge them or force our ideas about how it should be upon them, but to hold sacred space for them, love them, and allow them to find their way through the complex maze of seeking refuge in these activities.

Love them as these victims come to terms with their past, they are not merely revisiting old wounds; they are rewriting their narrative, one familiar scene at a time.

 

I Hope We All Can Heal from Those Unspoken Things

We all gather and store traumatic experiences, keeping them buried deep inside, afraid to disclose the details of these experiences due to fear, the fear of being judged, unaccepted, or being told that we’re making a mountain out of a molehill, and we’re further traumatized by being told to “just get over it.” I hope we all can heal from those unspoken things.

All this pent-up trauma leads us to try to find hope, anything that might help relieve the pressure we feel building up inside of us. And what is this pressure doing to us? What is the cost of hiding and feeling as though we cannot talk about the things that trouble us the most?

As an Olympian Life Coach and spiritual consultant, I am blessed to have lived a life of helping others voice their inner struggles with past trauma. And my longing is echoed in Jared Peterson’s statement made on September 8, 2022, “I hope you heal from things you don’t talk about.” The quote’s author is unassignable, but the sentiment strikes a chord in the heartbeat of Americans who try to ignore the past for the greater good, and/or the bravest of those who contemplate seeking alternatives for releasing the pressure of withholding.

Yes, there is healing from brokenness, few can find such healing in solitude, but better results are realized by reaching out for assistance in digging up the past, one’s deepest darkest secrets, unearthing the root cause of unhealthy negative ruminations, disconnecting painful triggers, and battling one’s inner demons.

A traumatic past can destroy your life

Therefore, unexpressed anger can cause disease. These withheld secrets can kill you. Hidden memories of a traumatic past haunt the energetic sphere that surrounds us all.

Unspoken trauma doesn’t just go away.

In the search for relief, believers may find themselves searching for bible scriptures for heartbreak. Christian counselors can be sought out, but many of them are ill-prepared to help individuals do the deep inner work necessary. Unfortunately, these victims of destructive trauma, are encouraged to trust God or pray about it. In a sense, forgive, forget, and just get over it. This can burden the victim with guilt or shame, now questioning “what is wrong with me,” when the standard Christian recommended solution offers little or no relief.

Every person you meet is fighting a battle you can’t see.

St. Paul says, “We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed, perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body” (2 Corinthians 4:8-10). This is to say that regardless of the adversity we face or how we have been exploited or victimized, all of this can lead to the glorification of God’s goodness.

Also, “And we know that all things work together for good for those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose” (Romans 8:28).

Given the sacred space necessary, in compassionate love, and understanding, without judgment, one can be empowered to do the deep work without fear of rejection or being accused of “attracting the trauma.” It cannot be swept aside by playing the “karma” card. Being allowed to fully release the trauma in a safe environment is necessary for finding healing in brokenness unashamedly.

I hope we all can heal from those unspoken things, and this is a more likely result of following this process of dealing with one’s traumatic past. Failing to do so causes infectious festering inner wounds to spread disease throughout the body. This can be realized and witnessed in a lack of energy, weakness, and a compromised immune system, leading to sickness, disease, and premature death if left unaddressed.

I am honored to have experienced the immense transformation of individuals who have overcome these kinds of challenges and am excited about results that can include the ability to help others who could be facing these kinds of victimizing circumstances.

This is the power of God realized in healing from brokenness, and in this way, the painfully broken can help others, doing their part to make the world a better place.