Seeking Sanctuary: House to Heart

Letters to the Broken: Sewa Fields' Story

Seeking Sanctuary: House to Heart

Show Notes

Guest: Sewa Fields.

Website: Sewafields.com

In this epsiode we talk with survivor, author, speaker, and abuse prevention expert Sewa Fields. Born and raised in India, Sewa moved to the US in her adult years. Despite her sheltered upbringing, she encountered domestic violence and loss that eventually led to a beautiful story of redemption and restoration.

Guest's Recommended Resources:

- Letters to the Broken by Sewa Fields.

- Overcomer: Defeating Anxiety and Absue by Sewa Fields, Toni Collier, Hope Moquin, and Nathalie Maxey.

- Sanctuaries : In Yours, I Found Mine an Anthology of 20 South Asian Survivor Stories by South Asian SOAR.

- ⁠The Body Keeps the Score⁠ by Bessel Van Der Kolk.

- Your Life After Trauma: Powerful Practices to Reclaim Your Identity by Michele Rosenthal.

- Suffering and the Heart of God by Diane Langberg.

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