A Thriver: Living A Life She Loves

— "Now feeling confident, proud of Me and the freedom I've won. Now feeling happy, joyful, filled with laughter. Feeling peace, contentment And love. Now I just live in joy, peace, and happiness, centered and calm as I go about my life being me."

A healing journey is about both letting go and welcoming. It's about letting go of thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and even people that are not serving you. It's about welcoming and incorporating thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and people that will empower, enrich, and energize your life.

Valeria Teles interviews Denise Bossarte — the author of "Thriving After Sexual Abuse: Break Your Bondage to the Past and Live a Life You Love."

Denise Bossarte is a poet and an award-winning writer, photographer, and artist. Denise is a certified meditation facilitator and contemplative arts teacher. She is an information technology (IT) professional working for a large urban school district. Denise holds a BA in chemistry, an MS in computer science, and a PhD in developmental neuroscience. And she is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse.

Denise spent her adulthood healing herself from the traumatic impact the sexual abuse had on her life. She is not a mental health professional. She is a Thriver who has traveled a healing journey and is able to share a personal, guided experience for readers to find and engage in their own journey to healing, to becoming Thrivers.

Her self-published book Glamorous was a bronze medalist in 2019's The Wishing Shelf Book Awards in Adult Fiction, and her success with Glamorous earned her membership into the Horror Writers Association and the International Thriller Writers. Denise is also a member of the Nonfiction Authors Association and the Texas Association of Authors. Denise lives in Texas with her husband, Randy, and literary cat, Sapphira.

To learn more about Denise Bossarte and her work, please visit: https://thrivingaftersexualabusebook.com/

— This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.