From Invisible Target to a Big, Brave Breath. How speaking my Truth finally healed me. – with Andrea Vaughan

Andrea Vaughan earned her master’s degree in clinical social work from Boston University. She has been educating the public about the prevention of child sexual abuse for fifteen years. Andrea is the author of the award-winning books, Invisible Target: Breaking the Cycle of Educator Sexual Abuse and Victoria and the Big, Brave Breath. She also hosts the podcast, Andrea Speaks Out, which shines a light on healing from and prevention of sexual abuse. Her hope is that with education and prevention, every child will live in a world safe from abuse. Andrea wanted to create a resource that families could utilize to help little ones cope with their worries. Her background in social work and sound healing joined forces to create the book Victoria and the Big, Brave Breath. Her dream is for children everywhere to have calmer, more peaceful childhoods. Andrea Vaughan is a certified sound healing practitioner. For the past five years, she has provided group sound healing sessions for yoga studios, corporate wellness trainings, classrooms, girlfriend mimosa parties and more. She is also an author, an activist and a budding voice-over actor. She calls it vocational ADD, and she wouldn’t have it any other way. Andrea hopes to bring peace and joy to the world in all she does. Show Notes: 12:54 It’s like a bad after school special. 13:50 By the end I thought he was going to kill me. 14:30 What it took for me to leave him was telling the truth. 20:51 Kids loved him, parents trusted him and the school awarded him. 37:42 I really need to reach more people… 47:31 How can I get more Joyful? 58:46 I love who I’m growing into! 1:01:38 I need to do things that scare me a bit. 1:09:50 It teaches kids mindful breathing to help with their words. You can find Andrea Clemens Vaughn here: andreaclemens30@gmail.com https://andreaspeaksout.com/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/andrea-speaks-out-podcast/id1444546554 https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Target-Breaking-Educator-Sexual/dp/069239219X https://www.amazon.com/Victoria-Brave-Breath-Andrea-Vaughan/dp/B08XL9QY3W You can find Cathy here: www.CathyTallone.com https://www.facebook.com/cathy.tallone https://www.facebook.com/TravelingLightCR https://www.instagram.com/travelinglightcr