Broken Truth & Finding Peace: Becoming Whole As a Family After Sexual Abuse
There’s a Rainbow Out There Somewhere: Bonding, Optimism, & Survival Now
April 24, 2020
Both Sides Now: Life Lessons from a Shamanic Witch
May 8, 2020Episode Description
Brin Miller’s life is upended one terrible night in 2011 when she learns that her teenage stepson has been sexually abusing her two daughters. Once this secret is discovered, Brin’s marriage, already crumbling and unable to sustain itself, breaks for the final time. But against all odds, Brin and her husband, along with their daughters, are able to learn resilience, forgiveness, strength, and courage, and, miraculously, Brin’s marriage begins to heal.Haunting yet hopeful and beautiful, Buried Saints is a fast and raw memoir of forgiveness and resilience. It is a revelatory look into a family deeply destroyed by deceit. Mostly, it is a truly astonishing story about the love of two parents left in a tragic situation to fall or flourish. For Sexual Assault Awareness, a good resource for statistics is here https://www.nsvrc.org/statistics A thoughtful piece about the vulnerability of children during this pandemic https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/opinion/coronavirus-child-abuse.html
Brin Miller
Brin Miller grew up in an affluent suburb outside of New York City, leading a sheltered, if privileged, life. A graduate of Denison University, Brin was an all-American swimmer who sought to achieve personal and professional success by marrying her childhood sweetheart and climbing the corporate ladder with the same drive and determination that had served her well growing up. Miller had everything a modern American woman was supposed to want—husband, beautiful home, successful career—but she found herself consumed by panic and confusion. On the outside, she and her perfect family were living the American dream. But behind closed doors, they grappled with betrayal, anger, and blame. In an attempt to pull back the curtain on a world many consider “secret and untouchable,” Miller has chronicled her harrowing experience of bringing her children back from sexual abuse at the hands of a close relative. Buried Saints is her first book: You will find it unbearable, cathartic, and uplifting.
