Excerpt from Daring to Share Trauma to Recovery
Chapter 2 by DenaMaria Milanese ~ Inspiration

Shannon Mackenzie

Shannon is not a victim, but a survivor who wants to make a difference, and she fulfills that role each and every day. Forever the leader and a consistent motivator, Shannon refuses to get drawn into drama or negativity. She is a force to be reckoned with if you try to bring her down!!!

DenaMaria Millanese

DenaMaria is a kind woman who feels deeply and loves greatly. She is an enthusiastic, passionate person with an enormous heart. Over time, all of these beautiful attributes gently percolate until suddenly and unexpectedly a cornucopia of creative energy explodes onto her canvas of life.

Jamie Stimson

Jamie is fully and unconditionally committed to her values and beliefs and shows up with clarity and decisiveness about who she is and where she comes from. Void of shame and filled with pride, Jamie stands up for the rights of herself and her community while beautifully celebrating her heritage through song and dance.

Charlene Genial Prosser

Charlene is that person we’ve all read about; the one who against all odds, manages to go beyond surviving and thriving. She is the warrior who fights for herself and others when no one else will and all with a smile on her face that never seems to disappear. Charlene extends compassion and kindness to all.

Leigh-Ann Sellars

Leigh-Ann possesses a high degree of social intelligence. I have seen her jump into a conversation in support of another with the genuine compassion of someone who has experienced far too much for a woman her age. She is acutely aware of others and what they are feeling and has an uncanny way of articulating and bestowing her wisdom upon them.

Stephanie Stephens

Stephanie has an ease of empowerment that she makes others feel beyond hopeful about the gift that life has in store for them if they are open to receiving it. She is willing to articulate how she feels including all of her good, bad, ugly, and sad. I believe she acquired great lessons from past life experiences that were incredibly difficult to endure and are not easily forgotten.