"Most great instigators of social change have intimate personal knowledge of trauma. Oprah Winfrey comes to mind, as do Maya Angelou, Nelson Mandela, and Elie Wiesel. Read the life history of any visionary, and you will find insights and passions that came from having dealt with devastation".
Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk, ‘The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma’