MY Story
“In overcoming adversity, I was not starting over; I was starting from experience.”
I believe that in the world of personal development, there is a massive difference between academic knowledge of trauma and a survivor who has walked through the fire and is still standing to tell the tale. Mine is tempered authority, not only research. I didn’t just start doing this recently; I started before anyone ever heard of the term life coach. I hope to reach people who think they can’t recover and help them bridge the gap between their deepest pain and new life. I’m not just another influencer, but someone who has been there, experienced, and survived the dark
I didn’t learn about transformation in a classroom. I learned through many dark nights of the soul and survival. I learned from people whom I thought I knew. I learned from heartbreaking experiences that no one should have to endure. I learned to keep going even when I was at bottom and life seemed hopeless. I have experienced the fires of childhood trauma, abandonment, and abduction, and the trenches of parental grief.
For those of you who may be carrying a heavy weight, or feel your past has defined your future, or that your loss has ended your story, know that your life is not over. I’m here to share with you what I’ve learned from life, and that your life can be so much more than you ever thought possible.
My passion for personal growth and transformation has spanned over 20 years of grounded self-study and research, a lifetime of experience and survival authority, and 16 years online through my websites. I learned, and know, that the human spirit can overcome the deepest despair. I spent those years searching for the “why” behind human suffering and the will to continue despite the suffering. I’ve turned my lived experience into a dedication to my mission. Life Talks is much deeper than just personal transformation; it’s about post traumatic growth and radical resilience.
Life isn’t about the absence of pain; it’s what you build with it, how you turn that pain into good to help others. I believe there is a bridge between deepest pain and new life. I am determined to share my wisdom, not just as another influencer, but as an example of someone who survived the dark.
Letters of Hope
If you are someone who lived through any kind of significant childhood trauma or abuse, abduction, or abandonment, lived through a very abusive relationship or marriage, or experienced the excruciating despair of losing a child, I know what all of that is like.
Shortly after I started my research into post traumatic growth, I developed a program of change, hoping to help people who had experienced addiction. This program is now for anyone as a beginning to transition out of living a negative, self-sabotaging, life-sucking lifestyle into resilience and self-agency to start over with. I call it the Life Talks Method. The program is to help people create greater freedom, purpose, confidence, and self-agency, supporting meaningful personal growth. It’s a program with authentic real talk and delving deep into self-analysis to uncover the source of pain and how to handle creating a new life with improved coping skills. It’s about lasting change, a deeper meaning for your life, and an improved mindset.
Also, since I spent 13 years as a licensed financial advisor, I include strategies for handling your finances aligned with your life.I present my program and research through my websites, books, and speaking.
If you would like to find out more about anything I offer, or request speaking engagements, please contact me here for more information.
Contact Velinda here
