TOPICS OF NOTE:
The Enneagram: what it is + how it gave her the language to know herself better
The value of noticing our good and bad patterns to enable us not to run from challenges
Her intentionality in slowing down and being present during the busiest time of her life
Coming to terms with the many chapters of her life
Being raised in instability and around drug addiction
Her first memory of molestation
Mentally escaping to block reality
The false promise of her father's recovery
Substance abuse being swapped for evangelicalism
Her feelings of fear and responsibility around the abuse
Immersing herself in school and her social life to compartmentalize her two lives
Attempting to get help as an 8th grader
Fighting feelings of self-hatred
How her experience affects her parenting
Then, during AFTER THOUGHTS, consider what happens when we share our stories in the way Samantha has shared hers and to consider all the untold stories people carry with them.
QUOTES OF NOTE:
“I was raised to think I was worthless from the start.”
“My children are going to know I love and cherish them above all.”
“I hope, at the end of the day, my kids can look back on their childhood and growing up in our home and know that it was a place of love and safety.”
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SHOW NOTES:
Samantha's email: srhorton15@gmail.com
The Wounded Heart by Dr. Dan B. Allender
Childhelp® National Child Abuse Hotline:
1-800-4-A-CHILD (1-800-422-4453)
You can find Part 2 of Samantha's interview here.
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