From Survival to Storytelling

About this episode

Samantha Richardson shares her personal journey of survival and the power of storytelling in her life.

Send Sam Fan Mail In this deeply personal episode, Samantha Richardson pulls back the curtain on her journey - from being the “too much” kid raised in chaos, to surviving childhood abuse and the loss of her first daughter, to building Living Richardson in the middle of trauma, to fighting a two-year lawsuit that left lasting scars. Sam shares how her voice has carried her through survival, why storytelling became her lifeline, and how it grew into advocacy through The Silent Mother Project. ...

People in this episode

Host: Samantha Richardson

Topics covered

• childhood trauma
• storytelling
• advocacy
• mental health
• survival

Keywords

• childhood abuse
• loss
• advocacy
• trauma
• mental health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Silent Mother Project, Living Richardson

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