I’m Angela Shelton
I believe healing is an act of revolution.
I spent years of my life on the trauma train, dealing with all the emotional and physical pain that comes from being a victim of child sexual abuse, rape and domestic violence.
YUK!
Even though I was on the cover of magazines, made loads of money, owned a house in the hills, and was “the tall drink of water” in the TV commercials -
I was attracted to jerks, found myself repeatedly in abusive situations, hated myself and thought I was ugly and stupid.
I did not know if I would ever get to a “Happy Healed Place.” I did not know what healed looked like, certainly not happily ever after!
I thought you were just stuck with weekly therapy and just had to “deal” with your life and grin and bear it.
After I drove around the country making the documentary Searching for Angela Shelton I discovered that 70% of the women I interviewed had been victims of child sexual abuse, rape and/or domestic violence as well.
That awful discovery propelled me into a mission of healing and moving on!
I didn’t think it was fair for so many of us to go through abuse and violence and then NOT get a happily ever after ending! Totally not cool!
Luckily, the documentary has a wonderfully happy ending.
But I wanted LIFE to have a HAPPY ENDING! Don’t you?
So I went on the road and spoke to over 30,000 survivors, advocates, therapists, heads of organizations and everyone I could in the trauma and recovery world. I’ve since lost count of how many people I’ve interviewed.
I asked about their trauma, how they healed, how they helped others, what worked and what didn’t and how they moved on. If they had not moved on, I wanted to know what was holding them back.
I researched and tried every possible therapy and healing technique I could find so I could share what worked with others, and I tried EVERYTHING!
I have set up a year’s worth of videos at HealingSurvivors.com for you to use on your own or in your service work.
I believe that when YOU heal and move on in your life, you break the cycle of crap (trauma/drama/violence) for the next generation – and everyone around you.
Fun!
My mission is to inspire you to live a joyful life no matter what you’ve been through (and we all have a story).
As a Funny Public Speaker, I share Happy and Humorous Healing to inspire people to lead joyful lives no matter what they’ve been through.
I also am Safe Side Superchick from the wonderful Safe Side Series (for which I won an Emmy, yay!).
Though she takes on serious issues, Angela Shelton is joyous, irreverent, funny, and feisty!
should be required reading in all high schools and colleges. It should be required reading for all social workers and law enforcement officers. I am so very proud of Angela Shelton and to share in the healing she brings to us all.
