No Longer A Victim!

I have a super wise friend, her name is Michelle Orton. 

Michelle is a Life Coach and Motivational Speaker and she is darn good too.  I have had the pleasure of Michelle as my Life Coach in the past and have enjoyed my journey as a result.

June 23rd, I also had the pleasure of watching her in action at the TEDxSunRiver event.  I have heard her speak before on different topics and we have shared with each other during coaching sessions, but this time, she was so much more powerful. She put her heart and soul right there on the stage and showed how she had risen from the ashes to be this amazing person inside and out!

At this event, she spoke with such power and conviction and shared her beliefs of transforming from a Victim to Victorious.  Simply inspirational!  As a "former" victim of Domestic Violence, I embrace her two rules of life, "Trust" and "Safety".  I applaud her for sharing the message with others!

So many of us have felt the pain of being helpless and being frozen in fear.  Yet, what we do not realize is,  we have the power within ourselves to change the outcome.  We can take back our trust and safety.  That is just one of many lessons that Michelle has taught me. It has been more than 23 years since my experiences and I now see that I have risen from the ashes.  Today, because of the power that I have taken back,  I embrace the beautiful sight of the Phoenix (me) that has risen.

I now know that I have options. Now it is up to me to do something amazing with all this new found love and freedom from pain.

Since, hearing her story and feeling her transformation through her words, I also know that being a victim isn't something that defines who you are, it is something that happened to you. It is the becoming victorious that IS who you are.

Thank you my sweet friend!  I love and honor you!

This is a must see video!!!