Seeing What They Tried to Make Us Unsee: Abuse, Data, and Healing with Dr. Ruth

Lessons in Discernment

What if the very thing your abuser tried to shame you for became the source of your strength?

This week on Lessons in Discernment, I’m joined by Dr. Ruth—statistician, survivor, and founder of Healing by the Numbers. Blind in one eye and with limited vision in the other, Ruth endured years of cruelty from an abuser who weaponized her difference. Today, she transforms those scars into clarity: breaking down patterns of abuse through both numbers and story, and reminding survivors they are not alone.

We talk about the subtle moments that reveal abuse, the power of naming what really happened, and how healing becomes possible when we reclaim our narrative.

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