We can create a new paradigm.

Sisters: we are triggered and we are raw. Whether #ibelieveher or not, sexual violence and trauma has been blazoned in the media with little sensitivity or empathy, the very reason #whyididn’treport. Statistics show what my experience confirms, most of us have experienced this sort of violation and have been impacted by it in ways that affect our nervous system, our baseline sense of safety and worth, make us more vigilant, and the list goes on...

These are the very issues that brought me to this work as I gained knowledge and tools for my own healing. It was in addressing my own wounds that I found my strengths and my purpose, to emerge from the fire of trauma to support my sisters. To create safe spaces for women where my creativity, silliness, and capacity to sit with pain could be put to meaningful use. This was me Rise(ing) Up.

In the midst of all this ugliness, today was the best day to sit in circle with a beautiful and eclectic group of humans and imagine a better world together. We can resist that which destroys us or we can create that which nurtures us. Best strategy: do both.

Now more than ever I want to raise my voice and shout from the mountaintops…YOU ARE A QUEEN SISTER!!! You are sacred! You are worthy of respect! 

Now more than ever I want to gather the SISTER QUEENS and support them in their own rising. Rising to say no to that which is hurtful. Rising to create a more beautiful world our hearts tell us is possible. 

I want to inspire you and support you and fill your basket with tools so that you can bless your realm with your talents and your love and your vision for tomorrow.

There are three ways that you can join me in this mission right now.

​ONE: download the free PDF “Tools for Triggering Times” 

which I created for you to help you through the coming weeks. This Royal Remedy is based on my training as a trauma-informed expressive arts facilitator working with trafficking survivors. My hope is that it will be part of your self-care as you navigate any resurfacing of memories, feelings of powerlessness, grief, anxiety, or rage that may be arising in these times.

DOWNLOAD

​TWO: sign up for Rise Up and be a part of the healing conversation.

We will look at our wounds and our struggles and we will make beauty out of them for ourselves and others. It starts in NINE DAYS!! If money is an issue, you can pay as little as $1. If time is an issue, you will have the curriculum forever. There will be meditations, videos, projects, journaling and LOVE!!

REGISTER

​THREE: I want to take this message to more and bigger platforms

to reach more and more women. A beautiful opportunity has presented itself to me in the form of a nomination for a partial scholarship to Sonali Fiske’s Pick Your Platform, Raise Your Voice: a 12 week program to get me onto the Tedx stage!!! I need to raise an additional $500 by Monday evening to participate.

Donate $25 and receive your choice of an art print.
Donate $50 and receive a hand painted jewel stone.
Donate $75 and receive a handmade crown.
Donate $100 and receive all three!!
Donate $200 and I will teach a workshop for you and up to 4 friends!!
​(Locals only).
​

DONATE

Sisters, I can’t say it enough, I am grateful for you. For your love and support. I am here to support your healing and empowerment. It is my mission and greater purpose in life. You are my purpose. 


With butterfly love,
Susan