When I met Linda, I had been in a state of disassociation and freeze from a huge burnout for many months, desperate and concerned that a broken me was going to be permanent. I felt very little hope for my future and a great deal of fear for the financial situation of my family. Linda ‘hired’ me as a moderator for her Facebook Community Healing from Complex Ptsd Group and embraced me as a ‘direct report’, providing me with a safe, low-risk way to rebuild my executive functions in a ‘work-like’ environment with trauma-trained bosses. These were skills that I thought I had lost forever. She encouraged my growth and healing in a way that I had been unconsciously craving. She understood when I was stuck, if I needed encouragement, and how to “rupture and repair.” She role models what it means to maintain boundaries when it’s difficult (as often is for people healing from complex trauma). Showing me what collaboration can be like, she not only appreciates what I do, but helps me be better without triggering my trauma responses. Gentle and firm, thoughtful and generous, Linda is brilliant when it comes to seeing the potential of something or someone. She can identify where a concept needs more information or breakdown or structure. She is incredibly knowledgeable about the healing process and has a way of normalizing overwhelm or distress. A huge contrast from people who are not trauma-trained; when they try to ‘comfort’ us, it can feel very much like gaslighting or repression. Linda helped jump start my healing process big time. With her encouragement, coaching and mentorship this past year, I’ve become a Certified Trauma Recovery Coach working with clients around the world! Thank you Linda, for who you are and what you are doing for our world. Thank you for inviting me into this community and for supporting my healing and growth. I have found myself again.