Meet Stephanie Poma, OTR/L
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April 2017 officially goes down in my life history as the time when my mind, body, and soul said, “enough is enough.”
My past was already filled with the twists and turns of complex trauma when I experienced sexual abuse at the hands of a trusted friend.
In the aftermath, it felt as though my body carried the weight of everything I had been through.
For a time, I returned to habits that numbed the pain, but something within me knew there had to be another way.
With my newfound faith and a desire for lasting healing, I chose a different path.
I remember driving to a Panera with a notebook in hand and sitting down to write and create a plan I called “Inspiraré” or “I Will Inspire.”
In those pages, I outlined goals for my mind, body, heart, and spirit. Over the next few weeks and months, I crossed out each goal, one by one, and began to feel hope return.
One of those goals was to be accepted into an occupational therapy program, which I achieved two years later to the date of my trauma.
As I studied, I realized that the restoration I had been working toward in my own life aligned closely with the profession of occupational therapy.
From that point forward, I pursued every opportunity to connect OT with trauma recovery: I partnered with an anti-trafficking organization in Brazil, witnessed survivors rebuilding their lives, and later spoke at conferences including the New Jersey Occupational Therapy Association, the American Occupational Therapy Association, and the International Human Trafficking and Social Justice Conference.
Still, I noticed a gap.
No matter where I worked, I continued to meet people whose past traumas made it difficult to step into their full potential.
I longed for a space where survivors could experience the fullness of healing and move beyond survival into living.
When I could not find that space, I created it.
That space is Resurrected Living.
Resurrected Living is where your mind, body, heart, and soul can align with the life you have always imagined.
It is where you get to say “enough is enough.” It is where cycles of masking pain and holding back your dreams come to an end. You have already grieved and processed enough to arrive at this point. Now you stand at the fork in the road.
One road leads to what you already know.
The other leads to the version of yourself you have yet to meet.
I am here to walk with you as you take that road, the road towards fully living.
