Aspen Matis is the author of Your Blue Is Not My Blue: A Missing Person Memoir (Little A, June 2020), a #1 Amazon bestseller in memoirs. Aspen, who has been published in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Tin House, Psychology Today, Salon and Marie Claire, is also the author of critically acclaimed memoir Girl in the Woods, published by Harper Collins in 2015. In this conversation, Aspen shares how surviving sexual assault and stepping out of her comfort and safety zones to hike the Pacific Crest Trail, helped her discover the powerful connection to herself. Aspen’s honest and insightful reflections are mirrored in her writing as a gifted storyteller, and advocate for women who have survived sexual violence. As human beings we can feel inspired and learn from Aspen Matis’ stories that courage, resilience, and self-determination can help us to heal from trauma and transform us into our most authentic and powerful selves.
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