{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Laura Davis - Beyond \u2018The Courage to Heal\u2019 ","description":"\u201cWhen I wrote The Courage to Heal, if you had asked me who I was at that point in my life, I would\u2019ve said \u2018I\u2019m an incest survivor,\u2019 and that would have been it. I didn\u2019t have any other identity. I was consumed by it, and it felt like my life had been destroyed by it and that I would never recover. So many decades later, I\u2019m in such a different place that if you asked me, \u2018Who are you?\u2019, I would say \u2018I\u2019m a teacher, I\u2019m an author,  I\u2019m a mother, I\u2019m a grandmother, I\u2019m a swimmer, I\u2019m a hiker,  I\u2019m a friend, I\u2019m a sister.\u2019 \u2018Incest survivor\u2019 wouldn\u2019t even be on the list, and it\u2019s because that experience, with many other experiences, is in the fabric of the cloth that shaped me, but it\u2019s so in the background now.\u201d   Laura Davis is a six-time bestselling author. Her books, including The Courage to Heal and I Thought We\u2019d Never Speak Again have been translated into 11 languages and sold 1.8 million copies. Laura leads writing workshops in the U.S. and internationally that focus on writing as a tool for healing and transformation.    Laura\u2019s new memoir, The Burning Light of Two Stars: A Mother-Daughter Story is the riveting story of her embattled relationship with her mother Temme, their determination to love one another, and the dramatic and surprising collision course they ended up on at the end of Temme\u2019s life. For the millions of readers of Laura\u2019s first book, The Courage to Heal, The Burning Light of Two Stars is both prequel and sequel, revealing in page-turning, intimate detail how Laura reconciled with the mother who betrayed her, and came to care for her in her final days.    You can read the opening chapters here: https:\/\/lauradavis.net\/the-burning-light-of-two-stars\/   SUBSCRIBE to the show to be the first to hear about new episodes! Contact Laura: www.LauraDavis.net \/\/ FB: @thewritersjourney \/\/ IG: @laurasaridavis Contact Molly: molly@theembodyconnection.com   Special thanks to: Jenn Baykan, virtual assistant for creatives: https:\/\/www.jbaykan.com\/ Dave Hiltebrand for intro and outro music original composition: https:\/\/www.davehiltebrand.com\/ Gina McLaughlin Photography for photo and graphic design: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ginamclaughlinphotography\/?fref=tag   ","author_name":"Beyond MeToo: Healing the Wounds of Sexual Trauma","author_url":"https:\/\/www.mollycoeling.com\/","html":"