As a child, Charlene experienced PTSD from an unhealthy home environment. She ran away from home and was attracted to the 'dark side'. Her life took a positive turn, when she began following in the footsteps of a meditation teacher. Today, she helps people understand there are powerful ways to heal, empowers those that are stuck and teaches meditation. Charlene shares these powerful nuggets of life wisdom: - we can heal from almost anything - you can do this - ask yourself what brings you joy - follow your joy - neurons that fire together stay together - find a way to 'let go', e.g. journal, feel the feelings or cry, weekly for an hour - be mindful of your night dreams, which are metaphors and powerful energy - do the 'body work', e.g. release the memories and energy from the body - practice meditation and visualization - build your conscious mind - make meaning out of your suffering - we are developing a collective conscious - you are the drop that is making the wave happen - practice appreciation, gratitude and be positive     tags: Charlene, Jones, writer, author, healing, abuse, PTSD, healthy, mind, body, meditation, storiesthatempower.com, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean