Workshops

“My Avenging Angel is leading me to my best revenge."

— Testimonial from a participant in Susan Omilian's My Avenging Angel Workshops^TM

My Avenging Angel Workshops™

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The My Avenging Angel Workshops^TM, originated and facilitated by Susan Omilian, provide the critical "next step" for women who have been abused to permanently break the cycle of violence and reclaim their lives. Based on the idea that "living well is the best revenge," the workshops allow women to uncover their hidden talents, find the focus of their creative potential and transform their lives in positive, productive ways.

The Thriver Workbook: Journey from Victim to Survivor to Thriver! contains the motivational guidance Susan has successfully used in her workshops since 2001. The workbook takes the reader step-by-step, chapter-by-chapter, through the same exercises, writing prompts and interactive activities that women experience in Susan's two-day basic workshop.

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Learn more about The Thriver Workbook

Upcoming Workshops

Attend a Free Workshop

The My Avenging Angel Workshops™, originated and facilitated by Susan M. Omilian are currently conducted four times a year in two locations in Connecticut. The two-session, full-day workshops are provided free of charge to women who have been abused. Workshop participants should plan to attend both sessions of each workshop.

These workshops are sponsored by the Hartford Hospital Domestic Violence Prevention Program and supported by the Connecticut Alliance for Victims of Violence and Their Families, Inc. (CT-ALIVE). To register, call the Hartford Hospital Health Referral Line at 860-545-1888.

Download the Flyer

Please download the flyer for the upcoming October/November 2013 workshop. It includes more information about the workshops as well as driving directions to the locations.

Inspiration for the Workshops

A Way to Avenge a Tragic Death

When her nineteen-year-old niece, Maggie, was killed in 1999 by her ex-boyfriend, Susan came to recognize the power in the moment when a woman decides to leave an abuser. Since Maggie did not live beyond that moment, Susan vowed to help women move on after abuse, as Maggie could not.

Susan envisioned a workshop that would avenge Maggie’s death, but with a lighter touch like an angel’s and without anger or recrimination. Living well is the best revenge for women who aren’t stuck in their anger or caught in a downward spiral. Instead, they are pushing through their fears, rediscovering the positive energy in their lives and forging a new future for themselves and their children.

Contents of the Workshop

Reconnecting to Positive Energy

reconnecting to positive The essential component of Susan’s innovative and unique My Avenging Angel Workshops^TM progam is a "basic" workshop conducted in two all-day sessions.

On the first day of the workshop, women reconnect to positive energy by quieting the Inner Critic and embracing the Happy Person Inside. The second day, women identify positive patterns in their lives that can feed the thriver energy, and they set new short-term and long-term goals for themselves that flow from that life-affirming energy.

By reconnecting with the possibility of a future free of abuse and violence, women who have faced abuse and trauma can heal and become truly alive again. All the exercises and writing prompts used in the workshop are now available in Susan's The Thriver Workbook: Journey from Victim to Survivor to Thriver!

What Women Are Saying

“Susan has started me on a journey to find the person I most want to be, and with the exercises she has presented, she is showing me how to get there.”

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In taking this journey of heightened self-esteem, participants have described Susan’s My Avenging Angel Workshops^TM as “life-changing” and providing “a component for women recovering from crisis that until now has been virtually overlooked.” The success of Susan's work with women, spurring them on to personal growth and amazing transformations, shows the power, efficacy and promise of her motivational model.

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Workshops Get Results

Susan’s My Avenging Angel Workshops^TM provide women with hope that they can bring new vigor and purpose to their own lives after experiencing abuse.

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"A year after taking one of Susan’s workshops, I am proud of the progress I have made toward accomplishing the goals that Susan helped me set for myself. I have nearly completed my third year of school with a 4.0 GPA, I'm working toward my undergraduate degree, and I plan to apply to law school. I am now an activist who is making a difference for women who have been in domestic violence situations like I have been."