I live here; learning to heal through embracing your own story - Poland, Lori Ellen
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In 1983, Lori Poland was an ordinary three-year-old girl playing in her Colorado front yard, when a strange man offered her candy from the open passenger door of his car. Four days later, Lori was found abandoned in the mountains after sexual abuse and trauma. She emerged whole but unaware of the ripple effects her abduction would cause in her life and the lives of those around her. I Live Here is an intimate tale of survival, triumph, and empowerment. This inspirational memoir retells what happened during Lori's four "missing" days, and chronicles her memories of identifying her abuser,…mehr

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In 1983, Lori Poland was an ordinary three-year-old girl playing in her Colorado front yard, when a strange man offered her candy from the open passenger door of his car. Four days later, Lori was found abandoned in the mountains after sexual abuse and trauma. She emerged whole but unaware of the ripple effects her abduction would cause in her life and the lives of those around her. I Live Here is an intimate tale of survival, triumph, and empowerment. This inspirational memoir retells what happened during Lori's four "missing" days, and chronicles her memories of identifying her abuser, facing his imprisonment and release, and tackling people's sometimes-unpleasant reactions. In these pages, Lori explores how family and community dynamics amplify trauma and explains how self-reflection, compassion, and hope heal even the most tarnished life stories.Lori's childhood experiences became national news, contributing to the creation of the U.S. National Sex Offender Registry. Now, she commits herself to fight the silent horrors of abuse and neglect that tens of millions face daily. Lori Poland, MA, LPC, RRT, is a therapist, speaker, and mother of three. She is CEO and co-founder of The National Foundation to End Child Abuse and Neglect (EndCAN). Lori lives in Colorado and spends her time traveling across the country speaking on hope, healing, and possibility.
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Lori Poland, MA, LPC, RRTLori is a thought leader by nature, guiding and leading innovation and conversation about taboo topics using authenticity, humor, and humility. Lori is a therapist who is trained in family counseling, child and adolescent therapy, and infant mental health. Lori provided mental health therapy supporting people in attachment, relationships, and personal growth. Lori has spent the last 25 years as a public-speaker motiving audience in self-improvement, personal introspection, and healing through life's presented challenges. Lori shares openly and genuinely about the effects of trauma, the journey of healing, and the impact that relationships have on our growth by opening up about her own traumatic experience of being abducted, severely abused, and left for dead in the pit of an outhouse toilet at the age of 3. Lori's healing experience has led her along, with her treating doctor from her kidnapping, to co-found and become the CEO of The National Foundation To End Child Abuse and Neglect (EndCAN). Through her work at EndCAN, Lori continues the conversation with audiences big and small helping people to talk more openly about child abuse and neglect, moving it from its current view of being solely a social and legal issue to also be seen as a public health, mental health and physical health problem that needs attention, community, a voice and significant change in order to end abuse and neglect. Lori's mission in life is to be intentional, impactful, kind, and loving to as many people as possible, spreading messages of hope and possibility and uniting communities to change together one audience at a time.