Audreia Josephs is an Author, Life Coach, Intervention Strategist and
Motivational Speaker who teaches the Art of Forgiveness as a way to live and
as a journey of release and reconnection. With training in counselling and
social work, her career has taken her across the United Kingdom where, as
a workshop facilitator and coach, she spends part of her time encouraging
parents and families to support their children and women in prisons. Both
her professional experience and her journey have led her to develop a keen
interest in the empowerment of herself and others. Her extraordinary work
in and around the United Kingdom is gaining a new audience around the
world.
Audreia trained as a counsellor at the University of Central England (UCE)
and became a social advisor for young people with ‘Values Education for
Life’. Later, she worked for Prison Link, where she established the ROSE
Project to support the families of people in prison. While at Prison Link,
she was asked to join the board for the ‘Action for Prisoners and Families’, a
group set up through the Princess Diana Memorial Trust. Here, she served
as a co-opted observer for two years and then as a trustee and director for
a further four years. She has worked as a college counsellor, and she has
been interviewed on local television for her work with refugees. She has
also discussed various issues on Radio West Midlands. In 2004, she escorted
a group of her clients to the Commonwealth Games, where she met HRH
Prince Edward, The Duke of Wessex, and his wife Sophie, The Countess of
Wessex, and the former US Envoy, Terry Waite.
She has also trained with the Samaritans to help and listen to vulnerable or
suicidal people. As a passionate Life Coach, Audreia believes in and teaches
the Art of Forgiveness through workshops and one-to-one sessions as a way
of releasing resentment and reconnecting with our community and with
life. She teaches how to recognize negative habits that we develop where
we choose not to forgive. Her own life experiences and her professional
training form the basis of her strategy. With a focus on experiencing and
finding freedom through thought-provoking questions, written exercises,
meditation, and sharing, she encourages her clients to open up and explore
areas of life that deserve attention and forgiveness and self- love.
In this interview, Audreia shares her journey, which, although filled with the
pain of abuse, rejection, betrayal, shame and disappointment has turned
out to be a fairy-tale with a happily ever after. Be inspired to bounce back
from adversity. Yes, you can!
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DOZ Magazine | May 2020