Breaking Free of Silence and Shame
“Even when I have denied it, trauma has been as real and powerful a force as gravity in my life.”
Topic: self-care
“Even when I have denied it, trauma has been as real and powerful a force as gravity in my life.”
If you’re reading this, this is your invitation. What is the one thing you wish could say? What is the one thing you need to hear?
“I am choosing to look at May as an opportunity to defeat the fear that threatens us. And I am choosing to welcome the future as the gift that it really is.”
“You are alive and we are your proof, your audience and fellow members of this choir.”
I was looking at it all wrong when I first started running. I thought I was in it alone.
“We are waving from our distant corners, ensuring your story is my story is our story.”
I’ve learned there is more power in treating myself well than the power I was searching for with my compulsive behaviors.
I didn’t want to give my mind time to respond to the sadness; I wanted to escape it. Somehow I was convinced I could outrun it.
No matter where you are, you have at least one reason to run: for yourself.
We just need to start with a little hope and a whole lot of self-love.
We hope you’ll use this discussion guide to start a conversation at home, with your friends, and in your community about the issues and themes you’ll see in this movie.
“I hope that you can run for yourself. I hope you can run for your story.”
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