Valeria interviews Laurel Bahr, the author of Love Gone Wrong: Living Happily Ever After as Survivors of Abuse.
Laurel shares her personal journey of transformation. The book highlights the stereotypical aspects of abuse allowing victims to identify and see themselves in her story. Anyone will benefit from the lessons she learned and come away with increased awareness, compassion, hope and the courage to take a step towards their own healing.
Laurel Bahr is an author, speaker, and catalytic leader. Her passion is to inspire and coach others struggling with brokenness. A survivor of childhood sexual abuse, with 17 years’ experience as a Registered Nurse and 17 years as a Licensed Pastor, Laurel is uniquely qualified to help others who have experienced the effects of emotional trauma make progress and heal.
Currently, Laurel is the Director for Sexual Abuse Victims Anonymous or SAVAnon. She speaks to parents, survivors, clinicians, community groups, and churches to create awareness regarding the emotional harm done by sexual abuse while promoting the pathway to healing SAVAnon provides. Using her team building abilities, Laurel recruits, leads, trains, and coaches’ volunteers who facilitate the free 8-week healing groups available throughout the United States and around the World.
— This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life to the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.
