Roe GabrielRoe is an empowered 48 year old woman survivor of horrific trauma. She lives a happy life in the beautiful North Shore mountains of North Vancouver Canada. Although these two things seem incongruent, they are actually perfectly balanced in her life. . .now. She is a well respected Senior Manager for a wholesale furniture company, and she lives a regular life with her dog. This has been her goal for 40 something years, just to live a regular life. Her life has been full of trauma related healing, and now she is beginning a new chapter; the chapter of sharing her story with others who may benefit from her unique perspective from within the community of those with PTSD and depression and related mental illness. She is not a trained therapist or counsellor however she has a story to tell of how she struggled through life to get to this point of peace; what steps she took to achieve this normalcy. Her best asset is her sense of humour even in the darkest moments of her life there was always a glimmer of spirit that kept her going through the tough years.

About her healing she says "when I wanted to heal I had to ask myself 'Do I want to go with the choice that supports my goal of healing? Or do I support that which continues to victimise me?' Then my revelations started to become transformative rather than just bouncing back to depression and anxiety. Trauma will happen, the important question isn't "why me?" It's "what are you going to do about it?" Read More Read Less