Surviving the Unthinkable: Cheryl Hunter's Journey from Trauma to Triumph
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What happened to Cheryl Hunter overseas?
You were overseas, you were in Europe, and you were approached by a couple gentlemen. You were approached by a couple of assholes. Criminals. That told you they would promise to make you a model, and you trusted them, and they kidnapped you and pretty much left you for dead. The torture was real. While I was there, I remember praying. I thought, I am such a bad person. This is what God does to bad people. Wow. And I'm lying there on the cement and, you know, bloodied and beaten. And the ringleader chopped off my hair. Why they let me go and I have no idea. I just got up as soon as the car was out of sight and ran for my life. Sharp French, what up?
This one look, I let the pain inspire me. I put my all in everything I'm doing. Up until it's done, I'm me for the entirety. I put in overtime. I be working. Just know I'm a gopher, man, because I earned it. They watching. I know it's time. I confirmed it. The whole society determined. Determined society. What's up, everybody? Welcome back to another episode of The Determined Society. I'm your host, Sean French. And before you go on and listen to this episode, if this is your first time listening, please, pretty please hit subscribe, whether it's on YouTube, Apple or Spotify. Leave us a nice review. Let us know what you'd like to hear more of and where we are doing well. We'd like to hear your feedback. Today, I have such an amazing guest. It's been a long time coming. She's a three-time best-selling author, four-time TED Talker. She's a TV writer, producer, and just overall an unbelievable badass. My friend, Cheryl Hunter, what is up?
Sean, this is a long time coming. Dude, you know what's so funny? For people listening, people don't understand how relationships are actually formed. You know how I actually found out who you were? No, dude, you were all over my ad screen. Like Facebook, you were just like in my face, in my face. I'm like, Jesus. Okay, fine. Who is this chick? And then, you know, so I was like, I sent you a follow. And then eventually Todd Armstrong connected us, um, or, you know, that one agency. And this is something that we've been trying to do for like a year. In the meantime, every time we, since we both follow each other on social media, I know, you know, people diss it and are like, ah, there's no authentic connection created. I disagree. We're on opposite ends of the country and we're able to cheer each other on, see what your family's doing, see what your kids are doing, the great work you're doing.
And we're just like, yeah, we've been like school kids for the past month. Can't wait till the day we meet.
How did Cheryl survive her kidnapping?
I'm like, November 21. I'm like, good God, can we? I'm like, okay, that's fine. It's something to look forward to. And then it's funny, the other day we were talking, you said, is it Thursday yet? I'm like, it can't get here quickly enough. Like, it just wasn't getting here fast enough. But it's funny, you mentioned, you know, there's no authenticity in social media. And it's a funny topic. And then we'll get to your background and everything. But I wanted to touch base on that first since you said it. I want to overlook it. It's like everything in life, right? It's what you make of it. And if you can genuinely connect with people, like you really give a shit about people, then you can make really good friends online.
Like a lot of my friends that I have now are ones that I've never even met. But I trust them so much more than the people that live in the same town as me that call friend. Isn't it amazing if we – in one regard, if you put aside – all the quote distractions that would be there if you're meeting somebody in person, you can really just get to the heart of the matter right away and, and drop all the small talk and go straight for the heart. I mean, I suppose that's right. The truth in any context. Sure. Sure. I mean, that's the thing. It's like a lot of people don't, I don't think it's a sweeping generalization. I don't want to say everybody, but there's a lot of people that don't truly leverage social media the right way. And they look at it with intentions that may not serve them building relationships. But we've built this relationship over the last year or so.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What happened to Cheryl Hunter overseas?
0:00–2:52
2
How did Cheryl survive her kidnapping?
2:52–7:56
3
What role does authenticity play in healing?
7:56–12:00
4
How can sharing your story help others?
12:00–15:38
5
What is the importance of connection in overcoming adversity?
15:38–23:49
6
How can we embrace trauma as part of our journey?
23:49–29:12
7
What can we learn from Cheryl's experience?
29:12–34:36
8
How does determination shape resilience?
34:36–1:07:26
Speakers
1 identifiedMore from The Determined Society with Shawn French
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