Wounded Healers: Champions for Change

Overcoming trauma is extremely difficult. However, it is possible to channel the pain of the past into motivation to help others. Those of us who use what we have learned from our own hardships for the good of others are known as Wounded Healers.
This week’s show invites three inspirational past guests back to share their unique stories of overcoming extreme hardships, and how they learned to heal through the process of helping others.

Mona Makki is a survivor of domestic abuse and spent years questioning why she and her children were made to suffer such horrors. Now, as an advocate for others escaping domestic violence, she has discovered inner peace.

Marsaille Arbuckle was only a toddler when his parents abandoned him. Yet, he has used his experience of growing up in foster care as the base for establishing a support network for other foster youth who are finding their way in the world.

As a young adult, Jeff Hawkins struggled to accept his vision loss and rebelled against its limitations. Then he discovered the powerful positive effects of using his own hardships to help others.
Watch MI Healthy Mind this Sunday, & Let’s Talk About It!