In these past months I have been working on hiding. It is so easy to get trapped in our everyday lives and our everyday thinking about our lives. Our habits can capture months, years, even lifetimes.…
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Do you hide from your beliefs?
Every piece of me
I am in the grieving stages of my healing journey from child abuse. I started this process years ago without realizing it. I think all of us who have lost something or someone begin the grieving process immediately unknowingly.…
Leaving My Pretend World
It never ceases to amaze me how life can show you gratitude if you let it. Actually, how God will show you new ways to live your life if you are open to His gifts and receiving.…
The direction of conversations
I am at a pivotable place in my life and career. I have trained myself to stay isolated only sharing what I thought was worthy of being heard. As I am reaching out, building trust in myself and those I decide to put my faith in, I am experiencing feelings that are unfamiliar to me.…
What do you do to have fun?
I’ve been thinking about ‘fun’ lately. It seems like ‘fun’ is another one of those lost child development milestones for adult survivors of child abuse. I mean who has time to learn about fun when you are consumed with surviving.…
Moving past isolation and finding peace
Isolation is one of the biggest feelings to overcome on my healing journey. It has taken me years to accept that I am not alone with my feelings, thoughts and actions as an adult survivor of child abuse.…
Do you know who you are?
I hope it is a true statement to say some people recover from their child abuse trauma. I hope it can be said that some survivors of child abuse can put it behind them, forever.…
Why are you hiding?
Several years ago I ran into a heart surgeon at a networking event. In the normal fashion, as we exchanged our businesses, I told him my business was talking about the effects of child abuse on the adult survivors.…
Receiving, Goals and Child Abuse
How can the losses from child abuse be measured? We openly and politely talk about the numbers of survivors, how to prevent child abuse, and the cost of the trauma on our health care system.…




Let's Talk About Child Abuse addresses the impact of child abuse in the adult survivor's life.
Susan Jacobi is an advocate, author and speaker for adult survivors of childhood trauma. She is dedicated to helping survivors reclaim their lives and educating the public about the tragedies of childhood trauma. She struggled for years with Major Depression and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and healed from her own personal journey of severe trauma. Now that she’s on the other side, she hopes that by sharing her own struggles and victories she will inspire more survivors to do the same.
