Amputee & Domestic Abuse Survivor Dana Lawson Awarded “Survivor of the Year”

Dana Lawson – 2022 Survivor of the Year and Unbounded Horizons Founder

Lawson is an amputee and a survivor of home abuse, who has used her expertise to launch a brand new nature-based trauma therapeutic program, Unbounded Horizons.

PORT ANGELES, WA, UNITED STATES, September 7, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — On August 1, 2022, Dana Lawson, a lady dwelling with most cancers, an above-the-knee amputee, and a survivor of home abuse was awarded a Purple Ribbon Award of “Survivor of the Year” by Domesticshelters.org. This award, introduced solely to the finest of the finest, acknowledges those that are making a considerable optimistic impression on the lives of home violence victims and survivors.

The Purple Ribbon Awards are the first complete awards program honoring the numerous heroes of the home violence motion, together with advocates, packages, shelters, survivors and members of the neighborhood assist system.

While Lawson’s grant quantity has not but been revealed — $30,000 value of grants can be awarded to stand-out Purple Ribbon Award recipients throughout a digital celebration of all winners on September 21, 2022. The celebration will comply with the Purple Ribbon Awards Inspire Webinar, a free-to-attend digital convention the place winners will inform their success tales, share recommendation for different home violence professionals and rejoice the work being performed to assist victims and survivors of abuse. Registration to attend the Inspire Webinar and/or Purple Ribbon Awards Celebration is now open at www.purpleribbonawards.org.

“One of the things that happens in a domestic abuse situation is that the abused person is conditioned to think of themself as small, incapable, and dependent,” stated Lawson. “This happened to me. But connecting with nature, and pushing my own limits–both physically and emotionally–has helped me to rediscover my unbounded horizons. Now I’m giving back to help other women do the same.”

The nationwide outside training nonprofit that Lawson based in 2007, Nature’s Academy, simply celebrated the launch of Unbounded Horizons, a program for home violence and trauma survivors with its inaugural retreat in August 2022 on the shores of Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park.

Unbounded Horizons makes use of the therapeutic energy of the pure surroundings, coupled with group assist, to help contributors in creating extra confidence, resiliency, self-compassion, and self-worth. Graduates go away the program empowered with abilities to efficiently rebuild their lives. The program contains facilitated outside excursions, respiration and physique consciousness, nature-connected motion, trauma training and a strong post-program toolkit for ongoing assist.

“I spent my time with 14 women from all over the country, and from all walks of life. We laughed, we cried, we learned, and we reconnected with ourselves and with nature. [I left] with self-empowerment, self-awareness, stress relief, new friends, and a whole big bag of tools to help with [my] emotional and physical journey.” says Unbounded Horizons Retreat attendee Cayte, from Port Angeles.

Lawson and her workforce have launched a fundraising marketing campaign, Rediscovering Unbounded Horizons. All funds raised by this marketing campaign will immediately assist Unbounded Horizons — particularly the scholarship fund for ladies with restricted means. Learn extra about the program and donate to the marketing campaign at www.unboundedhorizons.org.

“Receiving this award is a monumental step in my quest to end domestic violence and support trauma survivors.” Lawson stated. “I’m so grateful for this recognition because it validates the work that I’ve chosen to do and the path that I proceed to blaze. This award is just not just for me – it’s for all of the brave and undaunted survivors on the market who stand in assist of us all.”

Cecilia Lauerman

Nature’s Academy Board Member

+1 425-736-9724

[email protected]

Cecilia Lauerman
Nature’s Academy
+1 425-736-9724
[email protected]
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Dana Lawson – Unbounded Horizons Founder