What does it take to rebuild a life after years of challenges?

Morgan Meadows is someone who took control of her future after overcoming human trafficking, starting her own business, and raising four children on her own. She’s a writer, educator, and survivor who now works to educate others on resilience and the signs of trafficking.

Morgan shares insights about:

• The power of kindness from strangers
• How resilience grows with support and learning
• Ways you can recognize and respond to trafficking in your community

Key Takeaways

1. Morgan’s journey details her experiences with childhood trauma, abuse, and trafficking within the context of family and cult environments. Her escape, healing process, and focus on resilience highlight the significance of courage, self-education, and the vital role of supportive strangers in recovery.

2. Throughout her story, Morgan emphasizes how the kindness of strangers played a transformative role in her escape and recovery.

3. Morgan’s commitment to lifelong learning, starting college in her 30s and pursuing advanced research on trauma and resilience, underpins her belief in the power of education to drive personal transformation and social change.

4. Morgan’s public education work, including founding A Lucid Tree Consulting, underscores the need for broader community awareness about trafficking, its warning signs, and the diverse ways it can manifest, often “closer to home” than most assume.

5. Morgan’s story is a testament to the human capacity for resilience—not just surviving, but thriving—after immense trauma and adversity, including her near-fatal accident and ongoing recovery.

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