Mary was sex-trafficked by her family when she was little. Her parents were also involved in child pornography.
“My parents were pimps, “ she says. “I am an incest survivor and was abused in ritualistic ways, by men and women.”
Because of the abuse, she experienced during her childhood, she outlines how she has chronic pain, fibromyalgia. Despite this, Mary has ‘risen from the ashes’ and created a life for herself like no other.
Read MoreMaz immigrated from Iran to Canada with her family in the 1980s. Fleeing from a war-torn country, she moved to Canada for safety. Little did she know that in Canada the abuse would continue by her father physically, and her Canadian peers through racism. She tells us her story of resilience and healing. Spirituality, strong core beliefs, looking inwards, and using descriptive, expressive images that clearly articulate paradoxes in the physical realm. Maz, in this interview, vulnerably unfolds her wings from her core, and shares with us true messages of love, kindness and peace - wise gifts of words that we can all use to strengthen ourselves along our own healing journeys.
Read MoreIn this episode, I talk with the creative, vibrant, envisioned, educated, kind, funny, storytelling Teresa…
Raised by a single father in the 1970s and ‘80s, at a time when it was not common and the courts were heavily biased in favour of the mother. Her parents separated when she was a toddler, so she had very few memories of them being together. During her early childhood and teenage years, there was sometimes a lot of conflict (yelling, sometimes physical arguments) in their household…
Read MoreGoing through this storm together, it reminds me of how to consider past, present and future actions.
Read MoreI outline submitting my research and how this experience was for me.
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