by Deidre Beacham | Sep 3, 2010 | Book: I Am Bound and Determined
What is it about your life right now that is different than you or others expected? (Please share your feelings and thoughts as well as the “what”.) I didn’t expect that would ever have the life that I have now. I believed that I would never get married and would...
by Deidre Beacham | Aug 31, 2010 | Book: I Am Bound and Determined
What or who is it that helped you to overcome and move in the direction of healing? My friend, Diane and her mother (aka “Mom”) loved me during the most confusing time in my life. While they weren’t able to help me to stop my downward spiral, I truly...
by Deidre Beacham | Aug 26, 2010 | Book: I Am Bound and Determined
If you haven’t already, please try to explain your thoughts and hopes about the future as you were experiencing your personal trauma. The future? I had absolutely no dreams for a future. I simply existed. As a matter of fact, because I had no hope for happiness, I...
by Deidre Beacham | Aug 24, 2010 | Book: I Am Bound and Determined
Why was this experience debilitating for you? I was already quite withdrawn from being separated from my family during third grade. By the time I was molested at the age of 12, I had become increasingly withdrawn, confused and scared. (The person that attacked me was...
by Deidre Beacham | Aug 19, 2010 | Book: I Am Bound and Determined
What is the trauma that you have overcome? Wow. So here we go… I was under the distinct impression that my parents didn’t want me. I was hospitalized in first grade for two weeks for pneumonia. In third grade, my family was building a house on a 15 acre lot and...
by Deidre Beacham | Aug 17, 2010 | Book: I Am Bound and Determined
As a child, did you have a dream about the future? As a child, you were probably asked this question by a wide variety of people. Parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, teachers, clerks at the grocery store…perfect strangers felt the liberty to ask you what you wanted to...
