Consciousshift With Julie Ann Turner

BROOKE AXTELL / SHE IS RISING 02/15`/17

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Sinopsis

Brooke Axtell's own story - and the heartbreakingand stunning way she tells it - helps give voiceand hope to all other victims of abuse and human trafficking.Brooke's own story and voice rangout across the globe in her appearance on The Grammy's with Katy Perry in 2015 - where her gifts as a writer, poet and activiststunned the world: "After a year of passionate romance with a handsome, charismatic man, i was stunned when he began to abuse me. I believed he was lashing out because he was in pain, and needed help. I believed my compassion could restore him, and our relationship. My empathy was used against me.I was terrified of him, and ashamed I was in this position.What bound me to him was my desire to heal him.My compassion was incomplete - because it did not include me.When he threatened to kill me, I knew I had to escape.I revealed the truth to my mom, and she encouraged me to seek help at a local domestic violence center.This conversation saved my life.Authentic love does not devalue another human bein