Successful Survivors podcast is by and for survivors of childhood trauma (abandonment, neglect, poverty, chaos, dysfunction, abuse, trafficking or any other cause of trauma). It's real, raw and funny--like us.

We're glad you're here. We're sorry about what you went through. We hope as you're listening to this that those painful times are in the past. We know that for some, it feels like it's still going on with the pain feeling as bad today as when it happened. We hope that by getting together with us, the pain will lessen and eventually be gone.

We get together to talk about the stuff that victims, survivors and successful survivors care about. We don't compare who had a worse childhood. No matter what happened, pain is pain. We had to live through the gory details of it all, so we don't spend a lot of our time re-living it. What we talk about is how we got through it. How we refused to waste our pain. How we found meaning in our pain and made the painful events of our lives matter. Those are the things that helped us move beyond the pain, and we hope it helps you too.

We want you to know that YOU ARE NOT ALONE. There are an estimated 36 million survivors of child neglect, abuse (verbal, physical and sexual), and trafficking in the US today. When we add the people who experienced childhood poverty, abandonment by a parent who left the home or died, and all of the other types of trauma that children experience, we think that number is much higher. The bottom line is that means that we survivors of childhood trauma are everywhere!

WE ARE YOUR TRIBE, and you are safe here. We come from every background, culture, race, ethnicity, age group, etc., so we don't agree on everything. (It would be pretty boring if we did!)

We want to hear from YOU! Let us know what you think. Let us know your questions or topics you'd like to hear about on an upcoming show. If you'd like to join us on the podcast and share your thoughts, let us know that too. You can go to our website, ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.successfulsurvivors.org/join⁠ and send us a message or a voice note. There's no cost or obligation to join--just purpose, meaning and connection.

YOU MATTER. That's why we're here.

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If you survived childhood trauma of any kind, YOU'RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE! We're here for YOU! We're your tribe!

This podcast will include survivors of all different types of childhood trauma from all over the country. We come from different age groups, cultures, ethnic backgrounds and just about every other way that people can be categorized. What we have in common is the bond of having survived painful experiences when we were too little and too vulnerable to prevent them. We don't always agree on everything (if we did, that would be boring, right?)

We respect one another and we respect YOU, our listener, but there's so much more than that. We see you. We understand you. We value your lived experience. We value the wisdom you acquired through your hard times. We recognize the character traits, learned abilities and coping skills you acquired throughout your life.

We want to hear from YOU. We hope you'll join the conversation on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/successfulsurvivorsfoundation and on the podcast! If you have a comment, question or would like to join us on the podcast, please send a message here: www.successfulsurvivors.org/join