Elizabeth Ostler does not just write about surviving childhood trauma—she has lived the journey from silence to strength, and now guides others through their own. Her authority is hard-earned, forged in the fire of her own history. Born in the Netherlands and migrating to Australia with her family in 1967, Elizabeth was the third eldest of eight children and personally endured significant violence during her upbringing. Forced to leave school and work as a teenager, she escaped through the Children’s Court at fifteen, beginning a life of self-reliance that saw her working at a remote truck stop and slowly building her own world from the ground up.