THE INTERPRETER of LOVE Project

What is The Interpreter of Love Project? A collection of resources and a community. Its goal is to inspire and instill hope in survivors of extreme trauma.

This project is devoted to the intersection of language, love and healing from trauma. Those who join the private members-only space can anonymously post their own story, share their vision for the life they choose to live and receive support in a safe, nurturing space.

Hope for healing.

Hope of fulfillment.

A fundamental premise of this project is that writing down and sharing our own trauma story and a vision for our life in words can promote healing for survivors.

Another fundamental premise is that love expressed in language has its own healing power too. Nearly magical power.

It is a gift to speak with the voice of love. To say “I love you,” whenever we can, as often as we can. To anyone, not only trauma survivors. The more we choose consciously to express love f in healthy ways—and the project website seeks to model such expressions—the more we may promote healing from trauma in ourselves and others.

Ample research shows that writing down our trauma story can help us heal. So can writing down the ways you choose to live. Writing helps to reify a vision for a life worth living.

Here is the heart and nexus of The Interpreter of LoveProject: the role that language, love and sharing our story and a vision for the life we choose to live can play in healing from intense trauma.

If you want to know more about this project. please read the project’s inaugural blog post: What Is the Interpreter of Love Project?

If you’re wondering about the project’s unusual name, here is a short answer. Love is a raw force. It’s real. All of us need it. Part of my personal vocation is to find ways to embody love in words, both for my loved ones and for survivors of extreme trauma.

Is this force “love” or “God”? In all humility, I cannot say. I can speak only from my personal experience. To me, this force feels conscious, powerful and benevolent.

It has also gently called me to this task. In short, I act here as an “interpreter” of that compassionate force and seek to render its loving messages in words. That force—call it divinity if you will, or simply love—has protected me from my own history of horrific trauma. It now directs me toward those still suffering from trauma who need solace.

Trauma often robs us of our voice But love is more powerful than trauma. 

I deeply hope that what I write here in the project blog, its vlog and on this website will buoy survivors’ hearts, raise their spirits and bring hope.