"Survivor not Victim" is both a powerful memoir and a self-help guide, providing readers with the essential elements to achieve thriving. Through education and training, Michelle empowers others to become more trauma-informed, equipping them with the knowledge and tools to support the journey from victim to survivor to thriver.


Here are some of the topics she speaks on to educate others:

  • Animal Assisted Therapies

    • Equine Assisted Services (Therapeutic Riding)

    • Service Dogs

  • What does Survivor-Victim-Thriver really mean? What are some roadblocks in getting there?

  • Childhood Trauma resurfacing as an Adult - now what?

  • How unresolved trauma can be stored in your body

  • Making adaptions to succeed

  • Reframing what it means to be strong 

  • Re-authoring my story – what is my story?

  • Learning to accept disability as a childhood trauma survivor

  • Victim Blaming vs. Victim/Survivor Supporting 

  • Why we should get rid of the terminology victim mentality 

  • Learning to love your scars 

  • Ableism 

  • Learning to set boundaries around your trauma story. Taking control of the narrative of your story. 

  • What is my trauma vs. what is me? Learning to embrace my inner self. 

  • Attachment wounds - how they show up and how to heal.  


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