Today on Feminine Roadmap guest Kim Casey Cobb shares how she used her experience as a missing child to gain victory over victimhood. Kim’s story begins when her parents were going through a difficult divorce, her biological father made the decision to abduct her and her brother during a routine weekend visit. As the years passed, they moved many times to avoid being found, missed a lot of school and found themselves isolated from any family contact. As Kim neared her mid-teens she began to realize that she had to run away of she ever wanted to live the life that she dreamed of. Looking back on those years of being a fugitive with her father then running away to escape her father, Kim has learned to recognize that while her experience was not a common one, it did have some elements that she could use to help other people overcome their own struggles with being stuck in a victim mindset and unsuccessful patterns of behavior. She firmly believes that every situation has its gift, that there is always beauty in the ashes of even the most difficult life circumstances. No matter where you come from, what you’ve been through, how you’ve been hurt, there are mental and emotional processes that you can go through to heal, to deal with the scars that remain and live a life that is fulfilling. The greatest key to change of any kind is the management of our minds, the thought we think about ourselves and our situations. If you find yourself stuck, feeling the victim and can’t seem to find your way to freedom, this is the episode for you! Grab a cuppa something wonderful, a good sister friend and listen to this empowering conversation. Start making those changes in your life today so you can live the tomorrow that you dream of. http://www.feminineroadmap.com/episode141/
SHOW NOTES:
5:36 Kim’s story and the beginning of her turn-around
“I don’t think that you have to remain a victim. You can be a past tense victim, ‘I WAS a victim but I am no longer a victim’…it might not be your fault that you find yourself in the set of circumstances that you are in or where you are, but it is your fault if you allow yourself to remain there.”
11:20 Taking the mental steps necessary to have victory over victimhood
“I believe that the me today + the people I surround my self with + the new things that I learned was going to equal the future me.”
25:40 The importance of identifying and correcting your thoughts
“Your value doesn’t decrease based on someone’s inability to see your worth.”
34:26 Reuniting with her mom for the first time
44:04 Kim’s final take-aways
RESOURCES:
“Stuck: A Way Out” Kim Casey Cobb
Kim’s story on Feminine Roadmap You Tube
Music by bensound
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