379. Lisa Ortiz - Survivor Story of Hitting Rock Bottom and Choosing to Live

This story comes with many warnings. There are descriptions of cruel violence, rape, addiction, crimes and incarceration, trauma bonding, and abandonment.

If listening to this episode becomes too intense, stop and do what is best for you.

Lisa Ortiz is an author and the founder of a nonprofit foundation. These are recent developments.

In this story, you will hear how she rarely caught a break in life he received middle, if any, guidance and had to figure out so much for herself.

There were a long list of mistakes and her mistakes had serious consequence

We might be able to identify with lisa and her story as it swings back-and-forth, but she needed to make tough decisions just to stay alive.

Knowing this is a survival story, you can be certain Lisa hits a time and a place where she is compelled to draw upon her good side and save herself.

This is a difficult story to listen to, but if you want to learn about a woman who turned everything around, this one by Lisa Ortiz was meant for you.

Lisa's book is available on Amazon. It is entitled: She Wore Her Scars Like Wings: A Memoir of Pain, Power and Rebirth

Her nonprofit foundation is called: "Scars Like Wings."

Bill Mitchell

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