HEALING FROM TRAUMA

Heal. Connect. Thrive.

Welcome. If you’re a trauma survivor, I am so sorry you were hurt.

But I’m so glad you’re here.

As a writer, I write for healing. In all my books, articles, blog posts and videos, you’ll find roadmaps out of darkness.

My novels offer stories that showcase pathways to healing. The blog, The Only Way Out, provides inspiration and resources for survivors of deep trauma. The Chrysalis Project focuses on the intersection between language, love, and healing, and the many ways survivors heal.

The work is slow. The healing is deep. The rewards are joyful.

My mission as an author is to melt art to hope. My mission as a human being is to role-model healing and create a safe place where trauma survivors can share their story, build community, and develop a meaningful vision for their lives. In this way, we may also find a safe space to support each other.

The Chrysalis Project’s vision is a world where every survivor of extreme trauma can enjoy a life of dignity, purpose, and meaning.

To learn more, please look at my inaugural project blog post: The Only Way Out

As an author, I hope to offer a window into another world. A world of joy. The stories, resources and evidence-based healing strategies shared here are intended to promote healing and fulfillment. 

Like the chrysalis that becomes a butterfly—an emblem of beauty and liberation—we can become whole.

Take wing.

And fly.

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Project founder

An author, advocate and “thriver survivor,” Amira has dedicated her life to giving voice.

Trauma silences. My writing, teaching, advocacy and other work have all centered in many different ways on giving voice. To reclaim our own voice is core to healing. Voice is agency.

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    Blog 1: What is the Interpreter of Love Project?

    A little background

    If you are experiencing extreme trauma, often your life goes off-track in peculiar ways. It can even seem that no matter how hard you try, you can’t quite live your life in the same way that “normal” people do.

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    Series 1 (Episode 1): You Deserve to Live

    If you’re thinking about suicide, the first reason not to kill yourself is that you’re precious.

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