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How did you get started?

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Where does Hall come from?

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Yeah, so I actually have an interesting background.

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I worked in social services for over a decade,

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running a nonprofit,

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but I felt God was really pulling me

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to start my own ministry.

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I do need to give this caveat.

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I am a trauma survivor

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and working through my own trauma for many, many years

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and still in many respects, I still am.

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And also seeing some of the trauma

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that the people at my nonprofit were facing

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due to gun violence,

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it really caused me to feel passionate

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about the area of emotional healing.

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So I started writing weekly blogs on the topic

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that developed into a book, which developed into a podcast.

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And then eventually I became introduced

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to the Trauma Healing Institute,

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which allowed me to run Bible studies

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to help people heal from trauma.

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The local groups that developed

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into nationally working with people.

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And then I started my own counseling practice

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to help people additionally in other areas.

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And then that evolved into me coaching other women

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who needed help with starting their ministries.

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This was over years, but that's the cliff notes.