You Are Seen and Heard
I know what it feels like to FLOAT around feeling invisible, Like a speck of dust that can only be seen in the light. safe connection with restorative community transformed me.
Carli F
MY PERSONAL MESSAGE TO YOU
I see you. You are not alone. Your presence is important.
I grew up with parents who were more interested in themselves, than in me. Any attempt to express my emotions, or opinions were met with disapproval or silence. I never developed my voice or confidence in my individuality. I felt enmeshed with my parents and molded myself to their desires. It crushed me.
Today, I’d like to talk to the lonely child in you.
- I know you want to be heard, but are afraid to use your voice.
- I know you want to be seen, but don’t know how to put yourself out there.
- I know you know stuff, and have important things to share, but are scared of rejection.
Dear One, it isn’t an accident that we are having this conversation today. You were lead here, because you are important, and have things to tell us, that only you can say. You have a point of view that is unique to the world. You were created on purpose, for purpose. Your voice cannot remain silenced, and your inner self stifled, without great loss to us. We are made rich by your presence.
Thriving Member of our Restorative Community, Carli F
Our mission is to give voice to trauma survivors and to support them on their healing journey.
AND to educate family members, friends & churches how to:
- walk with / be allies
- practice active listening
- create safe connection that heals relational trauma
- create safe organizational communities that promote inclusion and healing
- hold sacred space for processing difficult emotions in community rather than in isolation
- create organizational programs that provide practical support for those that are doing the very hard work of trauma recovery (and their loved ones)
Survivor to Thriver Resources
We provide free educational resources, newsletter subscription, affordable workshops and courses, peer mentoring groups, trauma coaching, and survivor support groups. The goal is:
- to give voice to the survivor (because secrets kill and silence is deadly)
- to inform and educate about trauma (because knowledge is power)
- to inform survivors about various therapy modalities & how to interview prospective therapists
- to explore their love language and their support language
- to explore and encourage self-advocacy
- to explore and encourage self-care
- to provide healing through safe community and connection
Family and Friends Program
We provide free educational resources, newsletter subscription, affordable workshops and courses, coaching, and a friends & family support group. The goal of these services is to advocate for the survivor, to inform and educate friends & family concerning what it’s like to experience trauma, and its lingering effects, and to inform concerning the best ways to support their beloved survivor:
- through active listening
- through non-violent communication
- through co-regulation of the nervous system
- through knowing the love language and the support language of their loved one
- with practical ways to serve and support the healing process
- through their own self-care practice
The Good Samaritan Church Program
We provide free educational resources, newsletter subscription, on-site workshops, paid courses, and ministerial support groups. The goal of this program is to advocate for the survivor, to inform and educate decision makers, and ministerial staff, in the best ways to support trauma survivors, so that the local church can exemplify the heart of The Good Samaritan:
- through intentional organizational changes
- through intentional safe sanctuary policies and practices
- through intentional education
- through intentional inclusion
- through the adoption of programs geared towards survivor healing
- through active listening
- through non-violent communication
- through practical ministry of burden-bearing (for survivors & their families)
- through their own self-care practice
The roots of resilience are to be found in the sense of being understood by, and existing in the mind and heart of a loving, attuned and self-possessed other.
Diana Fosha