Kristen Skedgell
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Non-Profit |
| Occupation | writer, social worker |
| Location | United States |
| Introduction | It's hard to say, as one of six billion people, what makes me any different or more special or why anyone should bother to read my blog. I am (on no particular order) a writer, a social worker, a wife, mother, sister, niece, cousin, citizen, student, teacher, neighbor, client, survivor and friend. I'm happy to say I'm a "thriver" as well. A thriver is someone who has not only survived some trauma or tragedy but has learned to prosper in spite (or because) of it. From victim to survivor to thriver. That's why my blog is called "Thriving reality." I wrote a book called "Losing the Way: A Memoir of Spiritual Longing, Manipulation, Abuse and Escape" about my experience in a cult called The Way International. I have just completed a sequel which covers what happened after I left the cult and how I learned to thrive. More to come on that. Thank you for visiting. |
| Interests | survival stories, thriving stories, recovery from trauma, spirituality, mental illness and mental health, writing and journaling, art and artists, prison ministry, dogs and horses, screenwriting |
| Favorite movies | "It's a Wonderful Life", "Shane", "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly", the Thin Man series, "Much Ado About Nothing" |
| Favorite music | Chopin piano concertos, Schubert piano sonatas, Beethoven symphonies, U2, Jackson Browne, Van Morrison, Norah Jones, most Rhythm and Blues |
| Favorite books | Don Quixote by Cervantes, The Idiot by Dostoevsky, The Man on the Flying Trapeze by Saroyan, The Bible, The Collected Prose and Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, Shakespeare's complete works, Collected Poems of Mary Oliver, The Courage to Be by Tillich, Ovid's Metamorphoses |